Patents by Inventor James Lynn Lytle

James Lynn Lytle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of assembling a wiper blade
    Patent number: 8720033
    Abstract: A wiper blade assembly has a resilient wiper element with a crown having lengthwise grooves and a tip for wiping a window. An arcuate metal flexor has inner edges disposed in the grooves of the crown and outer edges. An elongate cover has an upper wall and a pair of flanges curled inwardly in spaced relation from the upper wall to provide elongate channels. The outer edges of the flexor are disposed in the channels. The connector is configured for attachment to a wiper arm, and has a lower surface with a pair of flanges curled in spaced relation from the lower surface to provide opposite facing pockets that slidingly receive the cover flanges therein. A projection on one of the connector or the cover is received in an opening of the other of the connector or the cover to lock the connector to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Allen Koppen, James Lynn Lytle
  • SPOILERLESS FLAT WIPER BLADE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110265309
    Abstract: A wiper blade assembly has a resilient wiper element with a crown having lengthwise grooves and a tip for wiping a window. An arcuate metal flexor has inner edges disposed in the grooves of the crown and outer edges. An elongate cover has an upper wall and a pair of flanges curled inwardly in spaced relation from the upper wall to provide elongate channels. The outer edges of the flexor are disposed in the channels. The connector is configured for attachment to a wiper arm, and has a lower surface with a pair of flanges curled in spaced relation from the lower surface to provide opposite facing pockets that slidingly receive the cover flanges therein. A projection on one of the connector or the cover is received in an opening of the other of the connector or the cover to lock the connector to the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Scott Allen Koppen, James Lynn Lytle
  • Spoilerless flat wiper blade assembly
    Patent number: 7992248
    Abstract: A wiper blade assembly has a resilient wiper element with a crown having lengthwise grooves and a tip for wiping a window. An arcuate metal flexor has inner edges disposed in the grooves of the crown and outer edges. An elongate cover has an upper wall and a pair of flanges curled inwardly in spaced relation from the upper wall to provide elongate channels. The outer edges of the flexor are disposed in the channels. The connector is configured for attachment to a wiper arm, and has a lower surface with a pair of flanges curled in spaced relation from the lower surface to provide opposite facing pockets that slidingly receive the cover flanges therein. A projection on one of the connector or the cover is received in an opening of the other of the connector or the cover to lock the connector to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Allen Koppen, James Lynn Lytle
  • SPOILERLESS FLAT WIPER BLADE ASSEMBLY AND MEHTOD OF ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20090044365
    Abstract: A wiper blade assembly has a resilient wiper element with a crown having lengthwise grooves and a tip for wiping a window. An arcuate metal flexor has inner edges disposed in the grooves of the crown and outer edges. An elongate cover has an upper wall and a pair of flanges curled inwardly in spaced relation from the upper wall to provide elongate channels. The outer edges of the flexor are disposed in the channels. The connector is configured for attachment to a wiper arm, and has a lower surface with a pair of flanges curled in spaced relation from the lower surface to provide opposite facing pockets that slidingly receive the cover flanges therein. A projection on one of the connector or the cover is received in an opening of the other of the connector or the cover to lock the connector to the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Scott Allen Koppen, James Lynn Lytle
  • Two-piece connector for flat blade
    Patent number: D540243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Herring, Scott Allen Koppen, James Lynn Lytle