Pressure Adjusting Means For Cleaning Element Patents (Class 15/250.202)
  • Patent number: 11390252
    Abstract: A wiper blade wipes a wiping surface. The wiper blade includes a blade rubber that is disposed in contact with the wiping surface, a wiper case that holds the blade rubber, and a state changing member that is accommodated in the wiper case and rotatable in the wiper case. The state changing member is rotatable in the wiper case or movable in a longitudinal direction. The state changing member is configured to change a curved form or rigidity in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade in accordance with a curved form of the wiping surface when a rotational position or a longitudinal position of the state changing member is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 11052876
    Abstract: A wiper arm includes a spring for applying a biasing force to the rotation of an arm main body with respect to an arm head and enables the thickness of the wiper arm to be thinner while ensuring the suitable biasing force. The wiper arm also includes a coil spring and a spring plate. The arm main body includes a hinge block rotatably connected to the arm head through a hinge pin and a shaft section extending from the hinge block. The spring plate includes a front end wall including an insertion hole into which the shaft section is inserted and leg sections rotatably attached to the arm head through a roller pin. The coil spring is disposed to be coaxial with the shaft section and is held to be sandwiched between the front end surface of the hinge block and the front end wall of the spring plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO WIPER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Aoki
  • 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: 8650702
    Abstract: A spring for windshield wiper assemblies is comprised of a resilient rod having a plurality of sections adapted to removably attach to a windshield wiper assembly of a vehicle. The rod includes a first hook section at one end section thereof; a second hook section located at an opposite end section thereof. An intermediate coiled section attached to and located adjacent the first hook section, and a connector section defining an axis along its length and connected between the intermediate coiled section and the second hook section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Jean Koch
  • Publication number: 20130192017
    Abstract: A windshield wiper including: a housing including a blade mounted therein; at least one drain tube including a plurality of inlets; and a coupler for coupling the at least one drain tube to a pump. A system incorporating the windshield wiper and vehicles having the system installed are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventor: Lawrence Jacobowitz
  • Publication number: 20130180074
    Abstract: A windshield wiper includes a wiper assembly, a scrubber assembly, and an engaging assembly. The wiper assembly includes a wiper support structure and a wiper blade attached to the wiper support structure. The scrubber assembly includes a scrubber support structure and an elongated scrubber element to the scrubber support structure. The engaging assembly is coupled with the wiper assembly and the scrubber assembly and is configured to raise and lower the scrubber assembly with respect to the wiper assembly. A plurality of adapters can be attached to the scrubber element to provide a force to push the scrubber element against a windshield. The force can be individually adjustable. Also, a windshield wiper includes a wiper support structure, a wiper blade attached to the wiper support structure, and a plurality of adapters positioned on the wiper support structure. The adapters are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NELSON AND NELSON ENTERPRISES, LLC,
    Inventor: James Q. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20130139345
    Abstract: A wiper attack angle adjustment tool has a pair of wiper arm wrenches and a coupling member. Each wiper arm wrench includes a handle portion and a wiper arm holding portion having a jaw defining a wiper arm gripping slot with a wiper arm insertion opening. The coupling member pivotally couples the second wiper arm wrenches together about a single pivot axis passing through the wiper arm gripping slots. The coupling member has a wiper arm receiving space partially surrounding the single pivot axis and axially aligned with the wiper arm gripping slots along the single pivot axis. The wiper arm receiving space also defines a wiper arm insertion opening. The wiper arm insertion openings are arranged relative to the single pivot axis such that the wiper arm wrenches and the coupling member are configured to engage a wiper arm in a direction transverse to the single pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Gary P. Buchler, Ronald H. Root, Aaron T. Bickel, Matthew C. LaPaglia
  • Patent number: 8181306
    Abstract: Disclosed is a windshield wiping device for a motor vehicle. A wiper arm is connected to a wiper bearing pin, the wiper arm being driven via the wiper bearing pin. The inventive windshield wiping device is characterized in that the wiper bearing pin is geometrically oriented in such a way that the lifting angle of the wiper arm changes in substantially one direction when the wiper arm performs a wiping movement across a windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Wilfried Merkel
  • Publication number: 20100125967
    Abstract: The wiper blade for a surface of the type with a dual curvature, the wiper blade including a flexible blade element and a means of applying a pressing force to at least one point of the blade element in a direction Z mostly normal to the surface, also including means of varying the pressing force over time, at least some of the points, between pre-chosen positive and negative limit values, and means of commanding the pressing force. These means for bringing about local pressure or lift are electromagnetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (Societe Per Actions Simplifiee)
    Inventor: Patrick Lieven
  • Patent number: 7540925
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of cleaning greenhouse roofs mechanically to remove the accumulation of dust and grit. The method comprises at least one dust cleaning device moving over a soft roof The cleaning device is controlled to follow the irregular surface of the soft roof with limited pressure to avoid damage. The invention also provides a dust-cleaning system to remove dust and grit from the soft roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventors: Gedalyahu Manor, David Jacobs, Yossi David
  • Publication number: 20080155777
    Abstract: A windshield wiper for clearing environmental debris from a windscreen provided to a motor vehicle. The windshield wiper comprises an arm support to be coupled to a rotatable pivot head provided to the motor vehicle for oscillating the windshield wiper during operation thereof, and a wiper arm coupled to the arm support and supporting a wiper blade that contacts the windscreen with a desired bearing force. A first spring fastener is provided to the arm support and a second spring fastener is provided to the wiper arm and separated from the first spring fastener by a first distance when the windshield wiper is assembled. At least one additional spring fastener is provided to the wiper arm, the arm support, or both the wiper arm and the arm support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Brock Stull
  • Publication number: 20060026786
    Abstract: A windshield wiper installed, stick closely on the front, rear windshield to wipe out water and comprising an elastic slice, a buckle, a rubber cover and a wiper blade; the elastic slice is a metal slice in curve shape and is in one piece design, two rubber covers in “A” shape are inserted from right and left sides of the metal slice to have the rubber covers on top of the metal slice to increase the elasticity and tenacity of the metal slice, such design is strong and also lowers the manufacturing cost, the fastening indentation on center of the metal slice can allow wiper blade slide in for convenient installation and replacement, the wiper blade can be replaced along without replacing the whole set to reduce the waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Shu-Lan Ku
  • Patent number: 6931691
    Abstract: Wiper spring is made of a length of spring wire having hook-like end portions at opposite ends. One of the end portions is shaped to slide over the drive arm of a vehicle wiper assembly from one side. The other end portion is shaped to hook over the wiper arm of the vehicle wiper assembly for applying additional spring force to the wiper arm to maintain better contact of the wiper blade against the surface being wiped during operation of the wiper assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: DER 3 Products
    Inventor: Richard E. Ward
  • Patent number: 6804855
    Abstract: An elongated tension arm is provided on a wiper of a windshield wiper assembly. The tension arm biases a wiper arm of the wiper about a wiper head of the wiper. The tension arm has a tension arm head with a tension arm leg extending longitudinally therefrom. The tension arm head overlies the wiper arm head and the tension arm leg overlies the wiper arm. The tension arm head is coupled to the wiper arm head via a pair of arm members extending laterally therefrom. The arm members receive an anchoring screw therethrough which underlies the wiper arm head. The tension arm leg has a threaded hole therethrough receiving a wing screw which engages the wiper arm. Rotation of the wing screw serves to increase or decrease resilient pressure on the wiper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Inventor: Francois Lebel
  • Publication number: 20040168278
    Abstract: The compressor with variable pressure is equipped whit a head, fallowed by two arms equipped with a hole in there extremity, forming a 90 degree angle with the head of the compressor their giving them the possibilities to fallow each side of the head of supports of the windscreen wiper. So allowing by mean of one nut to anchor it after the head of support of the windscreen wiper and in this way to allow the compressor to fallow the same axis. Of a leg covering in is middle the leg of arm of support of the windscreen wiper, allowing the insertion of a nut with fin in a threaded hole situated at the end of the leg of the compressor. By turning the nut with fin downward, this gesture allows to pressurize the blade of the windscreen wiper, a pressure which obliges it to stick on the windscreen, allowing the blade to clean the windscreen with more efficiency. It eliminated the uprising of the blade induce by the strength of the wind or the speed of the car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Francois Lebel
  • Patent number: 6732399
    Abstract: Wiper apparatus and method, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a wiper arm (10) that is connectable to a wiper blade (13) on its one end (12) and, in the region of its other end (14), is connected to a tensioning element (22) that presses the one end (12) of the wiper arm (13) in the direction of a wiped surface (20) using a force F, whereby a calibrating element, in particular an eccentric bolt (30), is provided to adjust the force F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20030221275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic prop-up device of windshield wiper, which includes a roller device at where the supporting pole of vehicle windshield wiper located and a wedge device at the lower rim of vehicle windshield glass or at the air ventilation panel where the windshield glass adjoining the hood, corresponding to the location of the roller device. When the windshield wiper swings to the near lowest position, it brings the roller device to make opposite movement against the wedge device, so when the roller device moves upwards along the wedge device to prop up the supporting pole of windshield wiper, the scrapping rubber strip of windshield wiper is prop up correspondingly so that the scrapping rubber strip and the windshield glass are separated and not tightly against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Simon Shih
  • Patent number: 6519802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper system for an automobile and more particularly, to an active wiper system which secures a good front visual range by changing the track of the wiper blade of a passenger's side and positioning pertinently the wiper blade in each range of the track, thus preventing rainwater wiped by the wiper blade of a passenger's side from dropping down to the front of a driver's side while driving in the rain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jeong-Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20020133898
    Abstract: Wiper apparatus and method, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a wiper arm (10) that is connectable to a wiper blade (13) on its one end (12) and, in the region of its other end (14), is connected to a tensioning element (22) that presses the one end (12) of the wiper arm (13) in the direction of a wiped surface (20) using a force F, whereby a calibrating element, in particular an eccentric bolt (30), is provided to adjust the force F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20020078522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper system for an automobile and more particularly, to an active wiper system which secures a good front visual range by changing the track of the wiper blade of a passenger's side and positioning pertinently the wiper blade in each range of the track, thus preventing rainwater wiped by the wiper blade of a passenger's side from dropping down to the front of a driver's side while driving in the rain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Jeong-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 6381799
    Abstract: The invention is based on a windshield wiper having a wiper arm (10), the mounting part (12) of which sits on a drive shaft (34) supported in a bearing housing (38), and which is connected by way of a hinged arm (46) with a joint part (14) having a wiper bar (16), whereby at least one tension spring (50), one end of which is attached to the mounting part (12) and the other end of which is attached to the joint part (14), preloads the hinged arm, and a setting device having a rocker arm (24) lifts the joint part (14) in a park position completely away from a vehicle windshield (22). The rocker arm (24) is supported in a swing bearing (46) on the mounting part (12), and a ramp (26) attached to the vehicle controls the cooperating end (28) of the rocker arm (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Leutsch, Tino Boos, Wolfgang Ostrowski