ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,024, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Assisted sensor cleaning system" was invented by Je Yeon Kim (Yangsan-si, South Korea) and Hyun Woo Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an assisted sensor cleaning system configured to receive support from a cooperative system that assists the sensor cleaning system. The assisted sensor cleaning system includes: an air cleaning system including a compressor to produce compressed air, and an air tank to store the compressed air. In particular, the air cleaning system is configured ...