ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,432, issued on May 20, was assigned to Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany), Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany), A.Raymond Et Cie (Grenoble, France) and Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Wind deflector for a windscreen wiper system of a motor vehicle" was invented by Stephan Haefner (Prebitz, Germany), Frank Ackermann (Koenigslutter am Elm, Germany), Sven Auch (Stuttgart, Germany), Axel Feger (Loerrach, Germany) and Karl Bode (Loerrach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind deflector for a windscreen wiper system of a motor vehicle has a receptacle for fastening the wind deflector to a component of a wiper arm of the...