ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,914, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Voltage assisted painting system" was invented by Sandeep Patil (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Cenk Gumeci (Northville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage assisted painting system includes a housing, at least one nozzle, and at least one electrode. The housing has a conduit for receiving paint from an external source into the housing. The at least one nozzle is disposed in the housing. The at least one nozzle has an inlet that is fluidly connected to the conduit to receive paint from the conduit. The at least one nozzle has an outlet that...