ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,165, issued on June 9.

"Treatment station, treatment system, and corresponding treatment method" was invented by Michael Lauer (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Oliver Seyboth (Hemmingen, Germany) and Nico Stutznacker (Sachsenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to provide a treatment station for treating workpieces-in particular, for cleaning and/or coating vehicle bodies-which allows efficient workpiece treatment, it is proposed that the treatment station comprise a treatment container which surrounds a treatment chamber for receiving the workpieces, wherein the treatment chamber can be flooded with a fluid, wherein ...