# US 12,600,494 B2 · Manufacturing facility and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,600,494 B2 - Document ID: US12600494B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/083,791 - Filed: 2025-03-19 - Published: 2025-09-25 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2024-03-21 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Kei Kishida; Takehiro Yamada; Hiroaki Yoshitomi; Kazuhiko Terai; Koichiro Hayashi; Tsuyoshi Okada; Shotaro Suzuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600494B2 ## CPC - B64F 5/10: Manufacturing or assembling aircraft, e.g. jigs therefor - B64F 5/50: Handling or transporting aircraft components - E04H 5/02: Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial purposes, e.g. for power-plants or factories (buildings forming part of cooling plants E04H5/10) - B64F: GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract A multi-story manufacturing facility includes a movement mechanism configured to move, to a second story above a first story, a main body of an aircraft assembled on the first story, and after one or more components have been attached to the main body on the second story, move, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multi-story manufacturing facility comprising a movement mechanism configured to: move, to a second story above a first story, a main body of an aircraft assembled on the first story; and after one or more components have been attached to the main body on the second story, move, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached, wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move the aircraft to a rooftop story, after the aircraft has been inspected on a top story. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The manufacturing facility according to claim 1, comprising a floor with an opening on the second story, wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move the main body to the second story through the opening in the second story. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The manufacturing facility according to claim 2, wherein the movement mechanism has a conveyor configured to, while being loaded with the main body, move upward through the opening in the second story. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The manufacturing facility according to claim 2, wherein the floor is provided with a horizontally movable scaffold for a worker who attaches the one or more components to the main body, and the movement mechanism is configured to, upon moving the main body to the second story, move the scaffold closer to the main body than a perimeter of the opening in the second story. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The manufacturing facility according to claim 2, comprising another floor with an opening on the third story, wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move, to the third story through the opening in the third story, the main body with the one or more components attached. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The manufacturing facility according to claim 5, wherein the opening in the second story is shaped according to a shape of the main body, and the opening in the third story is larger than the opening in the second story, and is shaped according to a shape of the main body with the one or more components attached. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The manufacturing facility according to claim 1, further comprising, on a story below the first story, a warehouse configured to store each component for the main body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The manufacturing facility according to claim 1, further comprising, on a story below the first story, a line configured to manufacture each component for the main body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The manufacturing facility according to claim 1, wherein the aircraft is an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and the one or more components include a main wing. ### Claim 10 A method of assembling an aircraft in a multi-story manufacturing facility, the method comprising: assembling a main body of the aircraft on a first story; moving, by a moving mechanism, the main body to a second story above the first story; attaching one or more components to the main body on the second story; moving, by the moving mechanism, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached; and moving, by the moving mechanism, the aircraft to a rooftop story, after the aircraft has been inspected on a top story. ### Claim 11 A multi-story manufacturing facility comprising a movement mechanism configured to: move, to a second story above a first story, a main body of an aircraft assembled on the first story; and after one or more components have been attached to the main body on the second story, move, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached, wherein a floor with an opening is provided on the second story, wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move the main body to the second story through the opening in the second story, wherein another floor with an opening is provided on the third story, wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move, to the third story through the opening in the third story, the main body with the one or more components attached, wherein the opening in the second story is shaped according to a shape of the main body, and wherein the opening in the third story is larger than the opening in the second story, and is shaped according to a shape of the main body with the one or more components attached.