ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,621, issued on July 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Sensor protection device and control system thereof" was invented by Yun Jeong Shim (Donghae-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor protection device is configured to protect an environmental sensor of a vehicle. The sensor protection device includes a protector that is disposed to face the environmental sensor and configured to be movable with respect to the environmental sensor and includes a movement mechanism configured to provide power to the protector. The movement mechanism has a structure to...