US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America on June 2 for "Automated marking systems and methods for replaceable automated machine component tracking" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,173, issued on June 2, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Automated marking systems and methods for replaceable automated machine component tracking" was invented by John D. Arthur (Georgetown, Ky.), Terry A. Lee (Shelbyville, Ky.) and James D. Womack (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated marking system for replaceable component tracking includes a robotic arm and a marking tool that is configured to place a distinguishing mark on a replaceable component of the robotic arm. A control system includes logic saved in memory that causes the robotic arm to move...