US Patent Issued to Cummins on Sept. 30 for "Automated vehicle component cleaning system" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,624, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Automated vehicle component cleaning system" was invented by Melissa R. Padgett (Columbus, Ind.), Eric A. Cantrell (Greenwood, Ind.), Romaine O. Edwards (Greenwood, Ind.) and Manoj M. Thete (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for performing a cleaning process of a component of a vehicle. The system includes a first cleaning applicator configured to deliver a cleaning agent to a first surface of the component of the vehicle, a second cleaning applicator configured to deliver the cleaning agent to a second surface of the component ...