US Patent Issued to Accenture Global Solutions on June 17 for "Self-sanitizing system for vehicle cabins" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,865, issued on June 17, was assigned to Accenture Global Solutions Ltd. (Dublin).

"Self-sanitizing system for vehicle cabins" was invented by Marc Carrel-Billiard (Vence, France), Mary Elizabeth Hamilton (San Mateo, Calif.) and Edy S. Liongosari (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes self-sanitizing systems that sanitize the cabins of vehicles. In one aspect, a method includes initiating a sanitizing cycle for sanitizing one or more surfaces of one or more components of a vehicle cabin. During the sanitizing cycle, one or more UV light sources are activated, and at least one of a shape, a position, o...