ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,420, issued on March 4, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Wiper device, sensor system, and vehicle" was invented by Akos Hegyi (Mezohegyes, Hungary), Bence Balint (Delegyhaza, Hungary), Janos Simonovics (Pecs, Hungary), Mate Hornyak (Pakozd, Hungary), Mihaly Nagy (Torokbalint, Hungary), Peter Deak (Budapest, Hungary), Peter Kosaras (Budapest, Hungary) and Zoltan Varga (Kecskemet, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiper device having a wiper arm (20a; 20b; 20c), having at least one wiper blade (18a, 18a', 18a") which is coupled to the wiper arm (20a; 20b; 20c), which includes at least one wiper lip (22a, ...