ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,942, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DY AUTO Corp. (South Korea) and DY-ESSYS CORP. (South Korea).

"Vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and control method thereof" was invented by Jong Wook Lee (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Sin Won Kang (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Min Wook Park (Incheon, South Korea), Sun Ju Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Hyeong Jun Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method of the vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus are disclosed. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a liquid sprayer configured to spray washer fluid at at least o...