ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,023, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage.

"Cleaning system for a motor vehicle" was invented by Maxime Baudouin (La Verriere, France), Giuseppe Grasso (La Verriere, France), Denis Thebault (La Verriere, France), Yoann Dolle (La Verriere, France) and Adrien Peret (La Verriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cleaning system suitable for being mounted on a motor vehicle and comprising at least one first and one second cleaning devices, each cleaning device comprising a cleaning liquid reservoir, at least one cleaning nozzle for spraying the cleaning liquid, a fluid distribution ...