ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,862, issued on April 1, was assigned to ALFRED KARCHER SE & Co. KG (Winnenden, Germany).

"Cleaning apparatus with flow deflection element with built-in wall" was invented by Dominik Scholl (Winnenden, Germany) and Florian Ebert (Winnenden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning apparatus is provided, including at least one noise source and an air guidance device having at least one flow deflection element, wherein the at least one flow deflection element has a first duct arm and a second duct arm, wherein the second duct arm is oriented transversely to the first duct arm, and wherein the first duct arm and the second duct ...