ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,818, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research (Brussels).

"Cleaning device and method on board of a vehicle" was invented by Joel Op De Beeck (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device on-board of a vehicle, the cleaning device being configured for cleaning a surface of the vehicle, the cleaning device including: a tank configured for containing a gas and a washing liquid, the tank including a gas feed line, a washing liquid feed line, a washing liquid filling opening and a gas filling opening, a gas outlet port and a washing liquid outlet port, a gas pressurizing device fluidly...