ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,419, issued on March 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Cleaning apparatus" was invented by Hyun Woo Yoon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sung Min Yang (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning apparatus and, more particularly, a sensor cleaning apparatus. The cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle configured to receive a fluid and inject the fluid to a subject. The nozzle is configured such that a cross-section thereof changes in a flow direction of the fluid."
The patent was filed on June 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/212,378.
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