Patents Examined by Gary K. Graham
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Patent number: 11465589Abstract: An attachment for a wiper arm of a windscreen wiper of a vehicle, having a rod arm, comprises a fluid channel for conducting a fluid and a first dimensionally stable element, wherein a first fluid channel section is formed in the first dimensionally stable element. The attachment also comprises a second dimensionally stable element, wherein a second fluid channel section is formed in the second dimensionally stable element. A wiper arm including the attachment is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignees: A. Raymond et Cie, Audi AGInventors: Karl Bode, Stephan Häfner, Axel Feger
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Patent number: 11453368Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a windshield wiper. A fastening rack has a fastening seat and lateral fins. The elastic arms are disposed on the lateral fins and have a plurality of openings. The pressing sets are combined with the elastic arms, each pressing set has a pressing sheet and a buckling set, the pressing sheet is formed with an opening slot, the buckling set has a fastening bolt seat and an inserting member, the fastening bolt seat penetrates the opening and the opening slot, the inserting member penetrates the fastening bolt seat, the fastening bolt seat and the inserting member are mutually buckled to clamp the elastic arm and the pressing sheet. Thus, the pressing sheet is combined with the elastic arm and prevented from being loosened.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: DANYANG UPC AUTO PARTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Che-Wei Chang, Cheng-Kai Yang
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Patent number: 11447104Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, that is able to oscillate upwardly and downwardly between a downward position and an upward position. The windscreen wiper arm comprises a wiper arm member having a substantially U-shaped cross-section, as well as a wiper rod. The wiper arm member at one end is adapted to be pivotally connected to a mounting head mounted on a drive shaft. The wiper arm member at another end is rigidly connected to the wiper rod. The wiper rod at one end extends inside the U-shaped cross-section of the wiper arm member, and the wiper rod at another end is rigidly connected to an adapter adapted to be connected to an elongated wiper blade to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The adapter, at the location of its connection to the wiper blade, has a U-shaped cross-section with a base and two spaced-apart legs. The U-shaped cross-section is mounted offset in a plane of the base relative to a longitudinal axis of the wiper rod.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Trico Belgium SAInventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 11447102Abstract: An adaptive adjustment windshield wiper, comprising a wiper rubber body and an adaptive adjustment mechanism. The adaptive adjustment mechanism comprises an adjusting elastic piece, balance connectors and fixators; the adjusting elastic piece has elastic modulus, the balance connectors are arranged between the adjusting elastic piece and the wiper rubber body; elastic supporting parts are arranged on both sides of the balance connector, and the fixator is flexibly installed between supporting parts of the balance connector. The adaptive adjustment mechanism is installed on the wiper rubber body; elastic pressure of the adjusting elastic piece for the adaptive adjustment mechanism is transferred to the wiper rubber body through the balance connectors so that the wiper rubber body is bent to fit surface of the front windshield; the balance connectors flexibly connected with the adjusting elastic piece through the fixators can adjust balance during move to ensure wiping effects of the windshield wiper.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: DANYANG HURST AUTO PARTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kongjin Hu
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Patent number: 11440508Abstract: A wiper having a snapping seat, a pair of elastic arms and a pair of connection strips and a scraper is provided in this disclosure. One end of each elastic arm is connected to the snapping seat and the pair of elastic arms are respectively extended from the snapping seat in opposite directions. Two sides of each connection strip are respectively provided with a lower rail and the elastic arm is sheathed in the lower rail. An upper rail is disposed on a side of the scraper, and the upper rail is sheathed in the respective lower rails.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: DANYANG UPC AUTO PARTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Che-Wei Chang, Cheng-Kai Yang
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Patent number: 11400893Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper frame (10) comprising a resilient support rail (22) and a wiper blade (12) which is attached to the support rail (22). According to the invention, the wiper blade (12) has a wiper blade lip (44) having a substantially rigid cross-sectional structure, and the wiper blade lip (44) is mounted between a first bending region (32) and a second bending region (34) in a cross-sectional view.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Adam Angyal, Thomas Belmans, Marcello Bubba, Peter Deak
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Patent number: 11400892Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper arm device with an integrally formed wiper arm element (10) which is provided with a fastening part (12) for articulated connection and which has at least one wiper arm element portion (14) with a longitudinal extent of at least 10% of the total longitudinal extent of the wiper arm element (10). According to the invention, it is proposed that the wiper arm element portion (14) has a cross-section that differs from an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Godelieve Kraemer
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Patent number: 11383678Abstract: The invention relates to a blade guard (1) for a wiper (100) of a vehicle (200), the blade guard (1) comprising a first part (11) and a second part (12), the first part (11) being configured to allow the blade guard (1) to be attached on the wiper (100), the second part (12) being intended to come into contact with a glazed surface (50) of the vehicle (200), characterized in that the second part (12) is configured to contain a product to be applied onto the glazed surface (50). The invention also relates to a wiper (100) comprising such a blade guard (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Olivier Faligot De La Bouvrie
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Patent number: 11370394Abstract: Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventors: Matthew Graham, Will Young, Hiroshi Kawashima
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Patent number: 11364878Abstract: A wiper system for a vehicle is provided. The wiper system includes a driving assembly. The wiper system further includes a supplementary wiper having a first end that is coupled to a first pivot point of the driving assembly. When the wiper system is activated, the driving assembly is configured to swing the supplementary wiper about the first pivot point from a resting position to an extended position. The supplementary wiper is configured to be statically disposed at the extended position to prevent water from passing over one of two A-pillars of the vehicle to a side window of the vehicle. When the wiper system is deactivated, the driving assembly is configured to stow the supplementary wiper back from the extended position to the resting position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kurt A. Zielinski, Eric J Schumaker
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Patent number: 11358570Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, that is able to oscillate upwardly and downwardly between a downward position and an upward position. One end of the windscreen wiper arm is adapted to be pivotally connected to a mounting head mounted on a drive shaft. Another end of the windscreen wiper arm is rigidly connected to an adapter adapted to be connected to an elongated wiper blade to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The adapter, at the location of its connection to the wiper blade, has a U-shaped cross-section with a base and two spaced-apart legs. The U-shaped cross-section is preferably mounted offset in a plane of the base relative to a longitudinal axis of the windscreen wiper arm. The windscreen wiper arm is provided with a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto the windscreen to be wiped. The nozzle is detachably connected to the adapter through a key hole connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TRICO BELGIUM SAInventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 11358567Abstract: An automobile vehicle wiper arm system includes a wiper arm base rotatably connected to a fixed structural member. A wiper arm extension is slidably disposed to the wiper arm base during wiper arm base travel about an arc of travel. A motion link is rotatably connected to the wiper arm extension and is rotatably connected to the fixed structural member. The motion link induces the wiper arm extension to outwardly displace and inwardly displace opposite to the outward displacement during wiper arm base rotation about the arc of travel. A wiper blade is connected to the wiper arm extension and traverses an oval-shaped travel arc along a vehicle windshield by the slidable displacement of the wiper arm extension during wiper arm base rotation. A linkage group connects the wiper arm extension to a wiper motor with rotation of the wiper arm base induced by operation of the wiper motor.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jonathan L. Oakes, Robert A. Hrabak, Jared Phillips
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Patent number: 11351967Abstract: A windscreen washer system for vehicles, in particular for motor vehicles, including at least one rainwater collection element connected to at least one suction pump for collecting rainwater and conveying the same to a collection tank connected in turn to a pump for delivering windscreen washer fluid where the rainwater collection element is integrated in at least one wiper blade.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventor: Pierluigi Ansaldi
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Patent number: 11345316Abstract: A windscreen wiper device, particularly for automobiles, comprises an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade is of the flat blade type and includes at least one groove, in which groove an elastic, elongated carrier element is disposed, wherein the windscreen wiper device further comprises a mounting head for transferring a reciprocal movement to the wiper blade, with the special feature that the windscreen wiper device further comprises a longitudinal strip-shaped arm, wherein the arm near a first end thereof is directly connected to the mounting head and near a second end thereof is directly connected to a connecting device of the wiper blade, and wherein the arm made of a resilient material is biased in order to exert a pressure onto the wiper blade towards the windscreen to be wiped.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: TRICO BELGIUM S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 11338775Abstract: A vehicle wiper control apparatus monitors whether warpage occurs in a wiper strip made of a rubber-elastic material that is provided in a wiper blade. When a wiper of a vehicle is turned off and the warpage occurs in the wiper strip, the control apparatus controls the wiper mechanism to move the wiper blade to a parking position thereby preventing deformation of the wiper strip and maintaining the performance thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: In Tae Chun
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Patent number: 11325567Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, that is able to oscillate upwardly and downwardly between a downward position and an upward position. One end of the windscreen wiper arm is adapted to be pivotally connected to a mounting head mounted on a drive shaft. Another end of the windscreen wiper arm is rigidly connected to an adapter adapted to be connected to an elongated wiper blade to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. A joint part is adapted to be interposed between the adapter and the elongated wiper blade. The adapter, at the location of its connection to the wiper blade, has a U-shaped cross-section with a base and two spaced-apart legs. The windscreen wiper arm is provided with a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto the windscreen to be wiped. The nozzle is detachably connected to the adapter. At least one protrusion of the nozzle engages into a corresponding hole in one of the legs of the U-shaped cross-section of the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: TRICO BELGIUMInventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 11318913Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade adapter device with an adapter basic body (10) which is provided to be fixedly connected to a wiper blade component (12), and with an adapter unit (14) which is provided for releasable coupling to a wiper arm adapter (16), and wherein the adapter unit (14) is provided to be connected to the adapter basic body (10) via a latching connection. It is proposed that the adapter unit (14) comprises at least one latching means (18) for latching to the adapter basic body (10), said latching means being provided to be at least partially deflected in the direction of a longitudinal centre plane (22) of the adapter unit (14) during assembly with the adapter basic body (10).Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Barnabas Bencsik, Godelieve Kraemer, Koen Lammens, Stijn Truyens, Hubert Verelst, Marcello Bubba
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Patent number: 11305741Abstract: Sensor cleaning apparatus, systems, and related methods for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a sensor of a vehicle. The apparatus also includes a motor operatively coupled to the sensor to enable the sensor to move within a cavity of the vehicle. The apparatus also includes a wiper fixedly coupled to the vehicle and partially defining the cavity. An edge of the wiper is to engage the sensor when the sensor moves to remove debris.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Scott L. Frederick, Ryan C. Harris
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Patent number: 11305736Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper device (10) comprising a wiper blade adapter (12) having at least one first wiper blade adapter element (14) and at least one second wiper blade adapter element (16), which is connected to the first wiper blade adapter element (14) in at least one assembled state, and is provided for connecting to at least one wiper arm adapter (18), and comprising a spraying unit (20). According to the invention, in the assembled state, the spraying unit (20) is arranged at least partially between the first wiper blade adapter element (14) and the second wiper blade adapter element (16).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Helmut Depondt
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Patent number: 11299131Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper blade assembling adapter, a wiper blade assembly, and a wiper apparatus. There is provided a wiper blade assembling adapter for coupling a wiper blade to a wiper arm, which has a distal end at which a plurality of coupling elements facing each other protrude inward from each side surface surrounding the adapter, the wiper blade assembling adapter including a main body part coupled to the wiper blade and a locking part rotatably provided in the main body part.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: CAP CORPORATIONInventor: Yun Soo Kim