ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,801, issued on June 24, was assigned to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage (La Verriere, France).

"Wiper blade and wiper device for cleaning a vehicle windscreen" was invented by Siegfried Waible (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Michael Buss (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a wiper blade for cleaning a vehicle windscreen, wherein the wiper blade has a wiper blade body of flat construction and a wiper blade adapter connected to the wiper blade body, wherein the wiper blade adapter has a first adapter element, which is connected to the wiper blade body, and a second adapter element, which...