US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Feb. 24 for "Production sequencing optimization for automotive accessory installation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,918, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Production sequencing optimization for automotive accessory installation" was invented by Nick S. Wu (Frisco, Texas) and Anthony D. Sanor (Melissa, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for determining a vehicle production sequence. The system includes production bays, at least one assembly line, and a storage area holding a number of vehicles. A processor executes operations to determine a first sequence in which the vehicles are moved from the storage area to the at least one produc...