ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,127, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZKW Group GmbH (Wieselburg, Austria).
"Lens cleaning system" was invented by Christian Jackl (Wieselburg, Austria) and Georg Pitterle (Kirnberg an der Mank, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cover lens cleaning system comprising a cover lens (101) for closing an opening of a housing (102) as well as a cleaning device (103), wherein the cover lens (101) is transparent, wherein the cleaning device (103) can apply an air flow for cleaning to an outer surface of the cover lens (101) via an air outlet (108). The cleaning device has one or more drainage openings (109...