ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,085, issued on June 23, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Vehicle spoiler assembly" was invented by Kyle Happy (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle spoiler assembly includes a vehicle body structure having a rear window, a rear wiper assembly and a spoiler. The rear wiper apparatus has a motor and a wiper blade arm installed to the vehicle body structure above the rear window. The motor is operable to move the wiper blade arm between a stowed orientation and rear window wiping position such that during movement between the stowed orientation and the rear window wiping position the...