ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,121, issued on May 19, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DONG HEE INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Ulsan, South Korea).

"Sensor cleaning system" was invented by Seong Cheol Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Won Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chul Young Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kun Su Hwang (Incheon, South Korea) and Kyun Bum Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor cleaning system includes: an air nozzle that sprays compressed air toward a sensor; a liquid nozzle that sprays liquid toward the sensor; a fluid tank that stores compressed air to be supplied...