ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,440, issued on April 8, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Cleaning device, cleaning device system and vehicle with a sensoric system including at least a sensor for automated driving and method of spray cleaning of a sensor surface with the cleaning device" was invented by Ganesamoorthy Arumugam (Chennai, India), PrasadKumar Duraisamy (Chennai, India) and Archishmaan Vishwanathan (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device for spray cleaning of a sensor surface includes a spray-body having a spray-nozzle and a body-housing. A liquid fluid connection to a liquid inlet and a pressurize...