ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,433, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Voltage-assisted painting system" was invented by Sandeep Patil (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle assembly for a painting system including an outer wall, an inner wall and a pair of electrodes. The inner wall defines a paint passage through which paint is dispensed. The inner wall is spaced from the outer wall to define a fluid passage between an outer surface of the inner wall and an inner surface of the outer wall. The pair of electrodes extend circumferentially around ...