ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,301, issued on April 7, was assigned to DY-ESSYS CORP (South Korea) and DY AUTO 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 Tae Seong Roh (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 at least one compressor configured to compress and store air in...