ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,137, issued on July 8, was assigned to WEBASTO SE (Stockdorf, Germany).

"Cleaning device for cleaning a see-through area of a motor vehicle" was invented by Magnus Sviberg (Stockdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device for cleaning a see-through area of a motor vehicle, the cleaning device having at least one supply line and at least one cleaning nozzle configured to be fed with a cleaning fluid via the at least one supply line. The cleaning device has a flow energy converter configured to generate electrical energy and/or heat as the cleaning fluid flows across and/or through it."

The patent was filed on May 7,...