ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,653, issued on June 16, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for a retrofitting of a vehicle, method for an operation, cleaning apparatus, retrofitting system, kit, and vehicle" was invented by Filip Bessemans (Duras, Belgium) and Helmut Depondt (Boutersem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for retrofitting a vehicle, which is equipped with a spray unit mounted to be fixed relative to a vehicle window of the vehicle, having a wiper comprising a further spray unit mounted to be movable relative to the vehicle window. The fixed spray unit comprises at least one pump, which is provided for supply...