ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,980, issued on July 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle" was invented by Eun Sik Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous driving sensor cleaning system for a vehicle includes a rotatable cover unit configured to surround a sensor such as a cylindrical sensor. The system also includes a cleaning unit coupled to the cover unit to transmit a rotation driving force to the cover unit and configured to clean the cover unit by friction while being rotated in a direction opposite to the...