ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,802, issued on June 24, was assigned to NIFCO KOREA INC. (Asan-si, South Korea).

"Composite nozzle for automobile" was invented by Heung Hwan Lim (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite nozzle comprises: a housing having formed at one side thereof a cleaning liquid inlet through which the cleaning liquid is introduced, an installation port communicating with the cleaning liquid inlet at the other side thereof, and an air inlet path communicating with an air inlet on the outer side of the installation port; an opening and closing valve installed so as to be slidably movable toward one side and the ot...