ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,909, issued on April 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Spray structure for cleaning a sensor" was invented by Young Dug Yang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray structure for cleaning a sensor includes a first plate rotatably mounted on an environmental sensor, a plurality of first nozzles formed on the first plate and disposed toward the environmental sensor, and a fluid supply source configured to supply a fluid to the plurality of first nozzles so that the fluid is sprayed therethrough."
The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 2022, under Application...