Patents Examined by Gary K. Graham
  • Windshield wiper blade
    Patent number: 11273796
    Abstract: A wiper blade having a wiper strip having a wide portion and a lip, and an elongate backing element. The backing element having a top portion, and two opposing legs that descend from the top portion, such that each opposing leg has a claw which extends towards the other opposing leg. A gap formed between the claws that is narrower than a width of the wide portion of the wiper strip. The claws, legs, and top portion define a wiper strip cavity sized to receive the wide portion wiper strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Wiper blade and wiper arm
    Patent number: 11273795
    Abstract: A wiper arm for use with a wiper blade, which is mechanically and detachably connectable to the wiper arm and to a wiper arm adapter by joining in an assembly direction using a wiper blade adapter, includes an electrical connecting element, disposed on a wiper arm side of the wiper blade adapter, configured to reversibly establish a connection to a second electrical connecting element on a wiper blade side of the wiper blade adapter. The connection between the electrical connecting element and the second electrical connecting element is formed along the assembly direction. The electrical connecting element and the second electrical connecting element are mounted floating. The electrical connecting element and the second electrical connecting element are mounted deflectable in a spatial plane oriented crossways to the assembly direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systémes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Bruno Egner-Walter, Michael Schäuble
  • Coupling clip, wiper lever, and wiper blade
    Patent number: 11254292
    Abstract: A coupling clip includes a clip body that includes a wiper lever anchor portion to be anchored to a coupling shaft provided at a wiper lever assembly supporting a blade rubber, and a wiper arm anchor portion for anchoring a wiper arm. The coupling clip also includes a damper member that is attached to the clip body. When the wiper lever assembly is displaced with respect to the clip body, the damper member is deformed between the wiper lever assembly and the clip body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Ota
  • Vehicle wiper device
    Patent number: 11254290
    Abstract: A vehicle wiper device includes a wiper arm, a wiper blade, a nozzle body, a hose, and a cleaning fluid supply section. A leading end side portion of the wiper arm is configured by an arm piece, and the wiper arm swings back and forth. The nozzle body is attached to the arm piece, is disposed on an outward movement side of the wiper blade, and jets cleaning fluid toward a windshield. The hose conveys cleaning fluid under pressure. The cleaning fluid supply section is at an opposite side of a rubber holder from the windshield, extends from the nozzle body so as to extend across the rubber holder from the outward movement side toward a return movement side of the wiper blade, is connected to the hose, and supplies cleaning fluid to the nozzle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Umeno
  • Windshield wiper cleaning assembly
    Patent number: 11247638
    Abstract: A windshield wiper cleaning assembly for dislodging debris from a wiper blade includes a housing that is attachable to a windshield wiper arm on a vehicle. A plunger unit is movably integrated into the housing and the plunger unit is urged outwardly from the housing when the plunger unit is turned on. The plunger unit abuts the windshield when the plunger unit is turned on thereby facilitating the arm of the windshield wiper to be urged away from the windshield. Moreover, the plunger is biased to retract into the housing after the plunger unit is turned on thereby facilitating a wiper blade on the windshield wiper arm to strike the windshield. In this way debris can be dislodged from the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventor: Brett Snaza
  • Wiper apparatus having arrangement structure between wiper arm tip and vertebra
    Patent number: 11247640
    Abstract: A wiper apparatus having an improved structure between a wiper arm tip and a vertebra includes a vertebra having a rod shape and providing elastic resilience to a wiper strip, a connector fixed to the vertebra; and a wiper arm detachably coupled to the connector. The position of the vertebra is above a lower end of an arm tip formed on a free end portion of the wiper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventor: Jae Woong Kim
  • Device for connecting a wiper blade to a drive arm for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11247642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting device (8) intended to join a wiper blade (4) to a driving arm (2) of a wiping system (1) for a vehicle, comprising at least one connector (9) and a cover (11) mounted in a rotatable manner on the connector (9), the connecting device (8) comprising at least one holding device (22) for holding the cover (11) on the connector (9) in at least one position, characterized in that the holding device (22) determines the position of the cover (11) on the connector (9), limiting the rotation of this cover (11) on the connector (9) in two directions of rotation (S1, S2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Guillaume Mouleyre
  • Wiper blade and wiper arm connecting structure and wiper blade
    Patent number: 11242038
    Abstract: There is provided a wiper blade and wiper arm connecting structure in which a wiper blade is connected to a wiper arm by fitting a connecting portion of the wiper blade into a coupling portion of the wiper arm, which improves the aesthetic appearance of a portion where the wiper blade is connected to the wiper arm. In a wiper blade and wiper arm connecting structure, a wiper blade 1 is connected to a wiper arm 2 by fitting a clip 13 of the wiper blade 1 into a coupling portion 21 of the wiper arm 2. The coupling portion 21 includes an opening 24 through which the clip 13 is introduced into the coupling portion 21. A locking portion 26 engaging with a locking recess portion 44 on a locking piece 40 of the clip 13 is provided at a distal end 22A (an edge portion of the opening 24) of a top wall 22 of the coupling portion 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Denso Wiper Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuta Shimizu
  • Rocker-type assembly device for wiper
    Patent number: 11235736
    Abstract: A rocker-type assembly device for a wiper includes a wiper fastening base (1), a connection base (2), and a control member (3). The wiper fastening base (1) is fixed to a wiper body (900) and has a shaft (11) and a buckling portion (12). The connection base (2) is combined with the wiper fastening base (1) and has a shaft groove (21) receiving the shaft (11). The connection base (2) swings in a rocker-like manner about the shaft (11) as a pivot. The swing arm (800) is assembled to the connection base (2). The control member (3) includes a buckling body (31) and swings together with the connection base (2) to drive the buckling body (31) to be engaged with the buckling portion (12) or disengaged from the buckling portion (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SCAN TOP ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Che-Wei Chang, Cheng-Kai Yang
  • Wiper blade assembling adapter, wiper blade assembly, and wiper apparatus
    Patent number: 11230268
    Abstract: 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 an arm part configured to rotate about a proximal end and a cover part coupled to a distal end of the arm part, wherein a coupling element protrudes inward from a lower side of a rear end at a side surface of the cover part, 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: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CAP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Myoung Yeon Kim
  • Window wiping assembly
    Patent number: 11230265
    Abstract: A window wiping assembly for removing moisture and debris from a side window of a vehicle includes a positioning element that is mountable to an exterior surface of a vehicle door having a window opening positioned therein. The positioning element extends substantially between opposed endpoints of a lower edge of the window opening. A wiper blade is engaged to and extends from an inner face of the positioning element so that an outer edge of the wiper blade contacts an exterior face of a window that is positioned in the window opening. The wiper blade extends substantially between opposed ends of the positioning element. The wiper blade removes moisture and debris from the exterior face of the window as the window is raised and lowered within the window opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Starks
  • Wiper device
    Patent number: 11225223
    Abstract: A wiper device is disclosed. The wiper device of the present invention is coupled to a wiper arm and removes a foreign substance attached to a windshield. The wiper device includes a contact member configured to wipe off the foreign substance, a lever structure configured to press the contact member to be tightly in contact with the windshield and having a plurality of levers connected in a multi-level structure, and an adapter configured to be coupled to the lever structure and connected to the wiper arm, wherein the lever structure comprises a connection member configured to hinge-connect at least at least one pair of the plurality of levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: CAP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myoung-Yeon Kim, Jae-Yong Jeong
  • Wiper blade
    Patent number: 11214238
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wiper blade, by balancing the opposite characteristics between the ease of operation and the cleaning force, the overall shape of the wiper blade is inclined laterally with elasticity in accordance with the moving direction of the blade mounting means for ease of operation, and the contact portion of the wiper blade for performing the cleaning is capable of maintaining an angle close to a right angle with respect to the cleaning surface, so that the wiper blade is also excellent in cleaning force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KIMBLADE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyungwoo Kim
  • One-touch slide assembly type wiper blade
    Patent number: 11208077
    Abstract: Disclosed is a one-touch slide assembly type wiper blade in which a rail spring is coupled to an upper part of a rubber blade, a base cover is formed, in the longitudinal direction thereof, at the center of the rubber blade including the rail spring, and right and left spoilers are respectively assembled at both right and left parts of the base cover, wherein one or more bracket-shaped grip parts are formed on the bottom surface of the base cover respectively at the front side and the rear side thereof, and then the base cover is slidingly assembled in a state in which bidirectional movement can be freely performed using grip parts, and the right and left positions of the base cover, which is slidingly assembled, are fixed by the right and left spoilers, which are respectively coupled to the both side parts of the base cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GOS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Su Yeun Goh
  • Multiple wiper blade system and assembly
    Patent number: 11208076
    Abstract: A multiple windshield wiper assembly is disclosed. The multiple windshield wiper assembly may comprise a first wiper assembly having a squeegee blade; a second wiper assembly having a scraper blade, the second wiper assembly being coupled to the first wiper assembly by a windshield wiper assembly connector; wherein the scraper blade comprises an attachment surface for engaging a wiper assembly, a scraper surface for engaging a windshield, a channel for conducting wiper fluid, a plurality of apertures for disbursement of the wiper fluid onto a windshield, and a water connection fitting for connection of the scraper blade to a vehicle water supply hose. A number of embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly connector for use in connecting one or more windshield wiper assemblies to pin-type and hookslot-type wiper arms are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: C&Z 3-In-1 Wiper System LLC
    Inventors: Cara Petrowski, Zoltan Ezer
  • Alternative wiper mechanism to remove rainwater on a sensor enclosure
    Patent number: 11208075
    Abstract: A sensor enclosure comprising a domed cover and a base. The base can be encased by the domed cover. The base comprises an inner frame, an outer frame, one or more wipers, and a powertrain. The inner frame can provide surfaces for one or more sensors. The outer frame, disposed underneath the inner frame, the outer frame includes a slewing ring. The slewing ring comprises an inner ring to which the domed cover is attached and an outer ring attached to the outer frame. The one or more wipers extends vertically from the outer frame, each wiper having a first end attached to the outer frame and a second end attached to a support ring, and each wiper making a contact with the dome cover. The powertrain, disposed within the outer frame, configured to rotate the ring and the dome cover attached to the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Pony AI Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongnan Hu, Zuoteng Chen, Nengxiu Deng, Cheng Jin, Kai Chen, Yubo Zhang, Xiang Yu, Tiancheng Lou, Jun Peng
  • Connecting device between a wiper and a terminal part of a motor arm
    Patent number: 11203327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting device intended to connect a wiper to a motor arm of the wiper, comprising at least one connector (7) configured to be securely attached to the wiper and an adapter (6) intended to be received in a terminal part of the motor arm, the adapter (6) comprising an attachment device (13) which can move in rotation and is intended to immobilise the adapter (6) in relation to the terminal part at least longitudinally, characterized in that the connecting device comprises a first device (41) limiting the mobility of the attachment device (13) in a first direction of rotation (43) and a second device (42) limiting the mobility of the attachment device (13) in a second direction of rotation (44) opposite the first direction of rotation (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Olivier Jomard
  • Method for operating a dual sweep angle and indexable wiper system
    Patent number: 11173878
    Abstract: A windshield wiper assembly for a dual sweep angle and indexable wiper system is provided. The system includes a wiper motor and a wiper arm for sweeping a surface of a windshield coupled to a first eccentric, the first eccentric comprising a primary eccentric and an indexable eccentric plate, wherein the indexable eccentric plate determines an eccentric offset of the wiper arm coupled to the first eccentric. The system further includes an output wiper shaft coupled to the wiper arm, a second eccentric coupled to a cam shaft, and a link coupled to the first eccentric and the second eccentric, the link having a first effective link arm length between the first eccentric and the second eccentric for driving the first eccentric to operate the wiper arm when operated in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Amar Patel, Ramanathan Malaichamy
  • Wiper blade and wiper
    Patent number: 11167729
    Abstract: A wiper blade and a wiper. The wiper blade comprises a wiping strip and a connection structure, the connection structure comprising: an adapter fixed to the wiping strip, the adapter comprising a first side part and a second side part which are opposite each other, with a first surface and a second surface being disposed on the first side part and the second side part respectively; a connector, the interior of the connector having an opening, a foolproofing part facing the second surface, and a hole in communication with the opening; when the connector is fitted to the adapter in an opposite direction, the first surface obstructs the foolproofing part and the shaft cannot be hinged into the hole via the opening. The foolproofing part can prevent a wiper arm from being fitted to the wiper blade incorrectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Taixiang Vehicle Replace Parts (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles Zhang, Xianfeng Wang
  • Windshield wiper arm having means for retaining a fluid delivery tube
    Patent number: 11167728
    Abstract: The invention proposes an arm assembly comprising an arm adapter (20) comprising a distal section (20D) for supporting a wiper blade, a proximal section (20P) for housing a terminal section of a fluid delivery tube (26) and a terminal portion (21) for connecting the arm adapter (20) to a wiper arm rod (23), wherein the arm adapter (20) is provided with at least one retention device for fixedly retaining the terminal section of the fluid delivery tube with respect to said arm adapter, for example in the form of a retaining clip (32) attached to the proximal section (20P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Jarasson, Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Andrzej Rogala