Patents Examined by Gary Graham
  • Patent number: 9944254
    Abstract: A support structure for a front wiper device for a vehicle having an annular pivot cap which surrounds, under a deck garnish, a periphery of a pivot on which a base end portion of a wiper arm is supported is provided. The pivot cap includes a bottom plate section that is in an annular shape surrounding the periphery of the pivot, and is extended to a vehicle front side, and a flange section extending upward from an edge portion of the bottom plate section. The flange section is opened at a vehicle front side, and is provided with an opening. In a region at a vehicle rear side and at an electric motor side, of the bottom plate section, a protrusion that protrudes upward from a region at a side opposite to the electric motor is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Akashi, Hiroshi Amano, Ryota Yasui, Takeshi Araki, Satoru Hara, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Takanobu Toritani
  • Patent number: 9937897
    Abstract: The wiper blade-lifting system comprises a wiper arm with a motorized mechanism to cause the wiper blade to bend at a hinge point responsive to the presence of electrical power. The wiper blade-lifting system is useful to lift a wiper blade off the surface of a windshield when ice or freezing rain is anticipated, so that the wiper blade does not become frozen in place against the surface of the windshield. A second activation of the wiper blade-lifting system using electrical power of the opposite polarity causes the wiper blade to straighten and place the wiper blade back in contact with the windshield. The application of electrical power to the wiper blade-lifting system may be under control of an interior lift control or, in some embodiments, a blade lift remote control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Luis Ortiz
  • Patent number: 9937899
    Abstract: A wiper arm comprising an arm main body; a first nozzle portion disposed at a first predetermined position in a length direction of the arm main body; a second nozzle portion disposed at a second predetermined position in the length direction of the arm main body, and jets washing fluid toward a position that is different from an impact point of the washing fluid jetted from the first nozzle portion; a first line hose accommodated in the arm main body and connected to the first nozzle portion; a second line hose accommodated in the arm main body side-by-side with the first line hose and connected to the second nozzle portion; and a hose retention unit attached to the arm main body and that comprises: a first hose retention portion retaining the first line hose; and a second hose retention portion provided integrally with the first hose retention portion and retaining the second line hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Umeno
  • Patent number: 9932016
    Abstract: A connector for connecting a wiper arm to a wiper blade may be provided. The connector according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an adaptor which includes an opening and to which the wiper arm is fastened; and a cover part which covers at least a portion of the opening and is pivotably connected to an end of the adaptor. The cover part includes: a top surface is formed in a longitudinal direction of the connector; and a wing surface which extends downward from the top surface. Accordingly, the cover part can be prevented from being separated and can be prevented from being pushed outward in a width direction of the connector, so that a U-hook of the wiper arm is prevented from being separated and the wiper arm is connected to the wiper blade with a sense of unity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KBWS Corporation
    Inventor: Woo Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 9919683
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein free ends of the wiper blade are connected to a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, and wherein the wiper blade is provided with a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped, wherein at least one connecting piece comprises an internal transverse reinforcement rib, wherein the spoiler is removed along a portion of the length of the wiper blade; at a distance from a free end of the wiper blade facing the connecting piece so as to form a transverse slit, and wherein in mounted position the internal transverse reinforcement rib rests inside the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventor: Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: 9919684
    Abstract: The windscreen wiper device includes a longitudinally extending wiper element which is made of an elastic rubber or rubber-like material. A carrier supports the wiper element and is curved in a longitudinal direction to bias the wiper element into a curved shape. A connecting device is engaged with the carrier for connection with a wiper arm. End caps are disposed at opposite longitudinal ends of the carrier and are spaced longitudinally from the connecting device. A pair of subspoilers are disposed on opposite longitudinal sides of the connecting device. Each of the subspoilers includes a bottom, front and back walls which bound an open interior and two reinforcing members which extend through the open interior and divide the open interior into at least two chambers for reinforcing the front and back walls. The front, back and bottom walls and the reinforcing members are all formed as one integral piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
    Inventors: William D. Young, III, Dennis E. Cox
  • Patent number: 9914434
    Abstract: A wiper apparatus which removes foreign matters from a windshield by rotating by a pivot of a vehicle may include an arm piece connected to one end of an arm retainer to connect a wiper blade, and a coupling portion having a step portion formed to extend along a longitudinal direction so that an upper surface of the arm piece and an upper surface of the arm retainer form a same surface when coupled to correspond to a coupling hole formed in the arm retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Wiper Blade Co., Ltd., Denso Korea Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Hyun Sub Kim, Jin Hee Lee, Bock Cheol Lee, Young Sub Oh, Hong Yeon Na, Young Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 9914435
    Abstract: A vehicle wiper blade configured to both remove aqueous material from a windshield and additionally provide absorption of any aqueous material remaining during the same movement of the vehicle wiper blade. The vehicle wiper blade includes a body being rectangular in shape wherein the body has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer of the body is manufactured from a flexible rubber material and has a perimeter edge operable to contact the windshield. The second layer of the body is manufactured from an abrasive material and is configured to engage the windshield during the same movement of the vehicle wiper blade. The body is secured to a support arm providing structural support thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventors: Charalampos Nikopoulos, Theodora Nikopoulos
  • Patent number: 9902372
    Abstract: There is provided a wiper arm including a head cover attached to an arm head and securely preventing the head cover from coming off the arm head. A wiper arm (1) includes an engaging protrusion (19) which extends upward and is disposed on a step section (18) formed at a lower end of a dent section (17) formed on a side surface of an arm head (2), and a protruding engagement section (27) formed near a lower end of an inner surface of a side wall (23) of a head cover (4). An opening section (27A) opening downward is formed in the protruding engagement section (27). The engaging protrusion (19) fits into the opening section (27A) along a vertical direction, namely, a direction along the side wall (23). The open end of the side wall (23) of the head cover (4) is thereby prevented from being widened outward so that the head cover (4) is prevented from coming off the arm head (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON WIPER BLADE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ouchi, Yuichi Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 9902373
    Abstract: An end fitting for a wiper blade that can be mounted on a longitudinal end of the blade and that includes means for locking the end of the vertebra when in its inserted position in a longitudinal housing, the means are designed to engage with a slot made in a longitudinal edge of the end of the vertebra is disclosed, where the locking means are produced symmetrically with respect to a vertical longitudinal mid-plane of the longitudinal housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Xavier Bousset
  • Patent number: 9896066
    Abstract: A wiper blade for the cleaning of vehicle windows is disclosed. The wiper blade has a body which is connected with a wiper arm by a wiper blade adapter. The wiper blade adapter includes a first adapter element on the wiper-arm side and a second adapter element on the wiper-blade side, which are arranged pivotably with respect to one another in an axis. On the adapter element on the wiper-arm side a first holding arrangement is arranged for securing the wiper blade body in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade with a flexible tongue, and with a detent element arranged on the flexible tongue for form-fitting arrangement in a mount of the wiper arm, and with a second holding arrangement, which secures the wiper blade on the wiper arm additionally in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Wichersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Scholl, Siegfried Waible
  • Patent number: 9896064
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, includes a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin. The arm member has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near the pivot pin comprising two side walls. A part of the mounting head extends between the side walls and beyond the pivot pin. The part is provided with opposite surfaces each facing towards a respective side wall of the arm member. Each surface of the part of the mounting head is positioned spaced-apart from its respective side wall of the arm member, so as to allow paint to enter a space defined between each surface of the part of the mounting head and its respective side wall of the arm member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventor: Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: 9884612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade device comprising a main unit (10) and an adapter unit (14) which can be connected to a wiper arm (12) and is secured in a form-locked manner to the main unit (10) in at least one mounted state. The wiper blade device comprises at least one form-lock recess (16) that extends at least from a first face (18) to a second face (20) of the main unit (10) or the adapter unit (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Depondt
  • Patent number: 9873406
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wiper apparatus reduced in the number of parts. A wiper apparatus 40A has: a drive mechanism 13 for driving a wiper 12 for wiping a front windshield of a vehicle; a gear case 17 in which the drive mechanism 13 is housed, and which is fixed to a vehicle body, wherein the wiper apparatus 40A has: a fixing part 35 provided in the gear case 17 and fixed to the vehicle body; and a fixing part 36 provided in the gear case 17 and fixed to the vehicle body at a position different from a fixed position of the fixing part 35 in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: Mitsuba Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suzuki, Takeshi Kanai, Yutaro Takahashi, Masaaki Kimura, Yuki Takahashi, Koji Okabe, Takeshi Sasaki, Kazutada Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9868419
    Abstract: A windshield wiper system (3) for vehicles. A windshield (1) has a curved surface. The system (3) comprises two wiper arms (14) and one wiper blade (5), one of said two wiper arms (14) being mounted to said oscillating gear drive (2), said wiper blade (5) being mounted by means of said two wiper arms (14) distal to said oscillating gear drive (2) for oscillation across the windshield (1). Said two wiper arms (14) have each along said curved surface of the windshield (1) a respectively pivotal wiper arm axis (8). At least one cranked fitting (16) and a prolongation fitting (7) are provided, said wiper blade (5) being mounted rotatable about a wiper blade rotation axis (9) by means of said wiper blade holder (21) and said wiper blade fit bolt (22) to said prolongation fitting (7). Said prolongation fitting (7) is mounted rotatable about prolongation fitting rotation axes (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Vitali Miller, Roland Luik
  • Patent number: 9862356
    Abstract: A wiper blade having a spoiler-integrated lever assembly. The lever assembly of the wiper blade includes a connector seat to which a connector assembly for connection to a wiper arm is detachably connected. The connector assembly is detachably joined to the connector seat by inserting an insertion protrusion of the connector assembly to an insertion slot of the connector seat and then rotating the connector assembly towards the connector seat and thus bringing snap protrusions of the connector seat into snap-engagement with snap slots of the connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: THE KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK
    Inventors: In Kyu Kim, Kyung Su Kim, Kyung Jong Nam, Cheong Mo Yang, Jun Mo Lee
  • Patent number: 9862358
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper device, comprising a nozzle unit (10a-10c), which is provided for arrangement on a wiper arm (12a; 12c) and for applying washing water on a vehicle window (14a-14c). It is proposed that the nozzle unit (10a-10c) is designed to apply in one operating state washing water on both sides of a wiper blade (16a-16c) fixed to the wiper arm (12a-12c) on the vehicle window (14a-14c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kruse, Harald Rapp
  • Patent number: 9862354
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade device comprising a wiper strip unit (12) which has a wiper strip element (14), a wind-deflector unit (15) and a wiper lip (18). According to the invention, the wind-deflector unit (15) has at least two separate wind-deflector elements (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Koen Bex, Dirk Herinckx, Helmut Depondt
  • Patent number: 9855921
    Abstract: A wiper device for cleaning a vehicle window is disclosed. The wiper device has a wiper arm fastened in a torque-proof manner to a wiper shaft via an articulation piece, where the wiper arm is arranged pivotably on the articulation piece, a wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm, and a washing device for the wiper blade, which contains a feed for a washing fluid, where the feed runs in a partial region in the longitudinal axis of the wiper shaft and leads to the wiper blade in a direction running substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Michael Schaeuble
  • Patent number: 9855922
    Abstract: An automatic integrated automobile windshield wiper lifting device includes a driver unit, which includes, in the interior thereof, a driving element and a power supply. The driving element has an end to which a first driving body is mounted. A control element is arranged at a predetermined location of the driver unit. A lifting unit is mounted at a predetermined location of the driver unit. The lifting unit has an end at which a support element is arranged. The lifting unit includes therein a second driving body. The support element is coupled to the second driving body. The first driving body and the second driving body mate each other. An activator is arranged at a predetermined location of the lifting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: MANHOOD TECH CORP. LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Chia Chen