ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,519, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V. (Woerden, Netherlands).
"Cleaning device, motor vehicle and method" was invented by Jannick Daniel Wijntjes (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device for cleaning an outer surface of an optical instrument of a motor vehicle is provided. The cleaning device comprises a cleaning fluid supply for supplying to the outer surface, and a cover for temporarily covering at least the outer surface. The cleaning device is arranged to move the cover between a covering position and a releasing position in which the cover cov...