ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,504, issued on June 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus for cleaning a sensor" was invented by Kyung Hwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Heon Wang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Eun Cha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Nak Kyoung Kong (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for cleaning a sensor includes: a sensor that is positioned in a vehicle; a sensor bearing unit that is positioned on a vehicle body adjacent to the sensor, and at least one nozzle assembly that is positioned in the sensor bearing unit. The at least one nozzle ass...