ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,380, issued on April 15, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Pressurized straight line wiper system" was invented by Anumodh Rajan (Mysore, India) and Antriksh Shinde (Ambejogai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle comprising a cab defining a driver compartment by a windshield, a wiping arrangement configured to wipe the windshield over a wiping area, the wiping arrangement comprising at least one wiper including a support movably mounted on the cab and a blade mounted on the support to contact the windshield along a contact length,wherein the wiping arrangement includes an urging system configured to urg...