ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,948, issued on July 28, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Mudflap for a vehicle, associated fender for a vehicle, method of cleaning a mudflap, and method of cleaning a fender" was invented by Madhuchandra Koogenahalli Sadashivaiah (Bangalore, India) and Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik K S (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mudflap for a vehicle, configured to be installed on the vehicle, comprising a base layer, configured to be attached to the vehicle; and an exposed layer, configured to be attached to the base layer and movable between an operation position, in which the exposed layer is attached t...