Between Hub And Extended Arm Patents (Class 15/250.352)
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Patent number: 11840200Abstract: A windshield wiper system has an articulating pivot for wiping a curved glass surface of a vehicle. The articulating pivot has a pivot shaft assembly (64) having a first pivot ball (160) separated by a distance from a second pivot ball (166). The pivot shaft assembly is encased in an outer housing (158) and each pivot ball is supported by a bearing. A pinion gear is integrated with one of the first pivot ball, the second pivot ball, and/or the pivot shaft. A rack gear is integrated into one of the bearings and/or the housing. Rotational movement of the pinion gear along the rack gear articulates the pivot shaft as the pivot shaft is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TRICO PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventor: Michael Wilson
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Patent number: 11718273Abstract: A stepped-designed beam arm wiper assembly has a beam arm that locks into a mounting head such that the beam arm can be disconnected from the mounting head for servicing a wiper blade attached to the beam arm. A head cover is attached to the mounting head via hinges on either side of the head cover which allow the head cover to open off the head on either pin hinges of the head, and can be pressed onto the head and retained on. The other end of the beam arm is inserted into an adapter which snaps onto a rear wiper blade coupler via lead-in hole and trunnion connection. The beam arm has an airfoil with a stepped design to match the head cover, adapter, and blade assembly stepped design.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Inventors: Alexander Kowal, Nicholas Finateri, Kyle Moll, Roger Barnett
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Patent number: 11628808Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper arm head adapted to be connected to a wiper arm body, the wiper arm head comprises: a base end section, a front-end section, and a body section having a pair of left and right side walls longitudinally extending from the base end section towards the front-end section. The wiper arm head comprises a first retainer connection assembly and a second retainer connection assembly formed integrally with the wiper arm head and configured to connect the wiper arm head to the wiper arm body, which comprises a first retainer and a second retainer to hold a first wiper blade and a second wiper blade respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Ribeiro Santos, Roberto Arturo Lechuga, Dattashyam Parthasarathy
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Patent number: 11541847Abstract: A windshield wiper structure includes a fixing frame, a support plate, a blade and at least one pressing strip. The fixing frame includes a fixing base and a pivot disposed on the fixing base. The support plate is connected on a bottom side of the fixing base and extended oppositely from the fixing base. The blade is connected to a bottom surface of the support plate. The pressing strip is disposed on the bottom side of the fixing base and presses the blade toward a direction away from the fixing base to contact with a glass surface. Therefore, the blade may be uniformly pressed to contact with a glass surface to remove rain or debris from the glass surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: DANYANG UPC AUTO PARTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Che-Wei Chang, Cheng-Kai Yang
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Patent number: 10232825Abstract: A wiper arm including an arm head having an arm head body and cover member. The cover member is attached to the arm head body and can open and close. The mechanical strength of the arm head can be increased. The arm head includes a head cap which is rotatably attached to rotating shafts and provided on the inner side surfaces of both side sidewalls of an arm head body. When the head cap is in its closed position, a front-side half section of the head cap is disposed between both side sidewalls. On the rear surface of a rear-side half section of the head cap, a cylindrical cap-side fitting section is provided and fits with a nut disposed on the arm head body. The cap-side fitting section includes slits and is formed so that the height in its vertical direction decreases in a front-side portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Nippon Wiper Blade Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ouchi, Daiki Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9902372Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: NIPPON WIPER BLADE CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ouchi, Yuichi Shiraishi
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Patent number: 9896064Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 9573501Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat-cushion frame supported on a vehicle body, a fastener fixed to the seat-cushion frame in a lateral direction, an absorption member supported by the fastener inserted in the absorption member, a seat-back frame supported via the absorption member, and a seat back fixed to the seat-back frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Hiroki Shiromura, Sohei Saito, Hideo Arai
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Patent number: 9434515Abstract: The present provides a pair of foam tubes intended to be placed over windshield wipers. The Simple Cover's design provides consumers a way of protecting their windshield wipers from harsh weather and other environmental elements. The Simple Cover is comprised of a pair of durable, tube shaped protective covers intended to fit snugly over windshield wipers. In an embodiment, the foam cover further comprises a carrying handle.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Inventor: James E. Sparenberg, Sr.
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Patent number: 9315171Abstract: A wiper device includes: a pivot shaft that rotates back and forth within a predetermined angular range; an arm head that is fixed to the pivot shaft; a cover that is mounted to the arm head; and a wiper arm that is pivotally supported on the arm head to come into and out of contact with a surface to be wiped. The wiper arm includes an engagement concave portion that extends in a longitudinal direction of the wiper arm at a side portion in a pivot direction of the wiper arm. The cover includes an engagement convex portion that extends in the longitudinal direction of the wiper arm. Relative movement of the wiper arm and the cover is restricted by engagement between an engagement wall portion of the engagement concave portion and the engagement convex portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ASMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Matsuura, Junya Nogami, Kei Hirata, Takashi Umeno, Masanori Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9139164Abstract: An arm head includes an end portion to which a retainer is pivotally coupled and a surface covered by a coating. The end portion includes a coupling bore. The coupling bore includes an open end. First and second surfaces of the arm head form an annular recess around the open end that extends continuously from the open end. The radial outer surface extends outward in a radial direction from the annular recess. The first surface extends outward in the radial direction from the open end. The first surface is located inward in an axial direction of the coupling bore from the radial outer surface. The second surface extends from the first surface to the radial outer surface at an angle less than 180° with respect to the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: Asmo Co., Ltd., Nippon Wiper Blade Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Shido, Noboru Ishida
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Publication number: 20150102626Abstract: A windshield wiper system for a vehicle includes a wiper arm pivot shaft having a pivot axis extending through the pivot shaft. An energy-absorbing feature is arranged to absorb energy of an external force applied to the wiper arm pivot shaft. The energy-absorbing feature enables the wiper arm pivot shaft to move away from the external force.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Thomas W. Jozwiak, Jay H. Ovenshire
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Publication number: 20150047143Abstract: A wiper arm apparatus for preventing painted layer crack includes an arm head; a retainer coupled to one end of the arm head and provided rotatable relative to the arm head; and a rivet constituting a rotation axis by being disposed so as to penetrate through a coupling portion of the retainer and the arm head. The rivet includes a bearing unit slidingly contacting an inner circumferential surface of a through hole formed in the arm head, a head unit supported in contact with one side of the retainer, and a caulking unit fixed to the other side of the retainer with the bearing unit interposed where-between. The rivet further includes a vibration preventing unit that is disposed between the head unit and the retainer, and forcibly inserted into an assembly hole formed in the retainer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: DONGYANG MECHATRONICS CORP.Inventor: Jae Ho Lee
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Publication number: 20150026912Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20140345077Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, includes comprising a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin, and wherein the arm member can be pivoted between a wiping position, wherein the arm member extends parallel to a windscreen to be wiped, and an elevated position, wherein the arm member and/or a windscreen wiper blade to be attached thereto can be repaired or replaced, characterized in that the windscreen wiper arm is provided with locking means arranged to lock the arm member onto the pivot pin in order to prevent the arm member from disengaging from the pivot pin in the elevated position of the arm member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Davy Mouth
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Patent number: 8857007Abstract: A vehicle wiper device includes a drive device, a drive shaft rotated back and forth about a first axis by the drive device, a wiper arm pivoted back and forth along a wiping surface as the drive shaft rotates back and forth, and a wiper arm biasing mechanism that biases the wiper arm toward the wiping surface. The wiper arm biasing mechanism includes a swing member, a tilting member, and a biasing member. The swing member is integrally pivotal with the drive shaft. The tilting member is supported by the swing member so as to tilt about a second axis. The tilting member includes a wiper fixing portion. The biasing member, which includes a first end supported by the swing member, and applies a biasing force to the tilting member.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Kato
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Patent number: 8726452Abstract: A wiper device having improved durability includes: an arm head having one end fixed to a pivot shaft installed on a vehicle; and a retainer having one end coupled to the arm head to rotate relative to the arm head and the other end coupled to a blade for wiping a glass of the vehicle, wherein the retainer includes: a body formed of synthetic resins; and a reinforcement member that is coupled to a portion of the retainer, which is adjacent to the arm head, and is formed of a metal material.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Dongyang Mechatonics Corp.Inventor: Kyoung Ho Ko
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Patent number: 8544138Abstract: A windscreen wiper device, particularly for automobiles, includes an elongated wiper blade, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The windscreen wiper device includes a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm is pivotally connected with its first end to the connecting device and with its second end to a mounting head on a drive shaft, and wherein the oscillating arm is provided with a longitudinally extending base and two spaced-apart sidewalls extending outwardly along opposite sides of the base to form a tube having an open face. The oscillating arm is produced integrally form a single sheet material, wherein outboard edges of the sidewalls are folded inwardly towards each other to partially close the open face of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 8443505Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of assembly thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, IncInventors: Alan J. Stahlhut, Deborah Herring
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Patent number: 8286321Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of construction thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventor: Alan J. Stahlhut
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Patent number: 8205291Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper system for the front windscreens of motor vehicles. Said system comprises at least one wiper blade, which can be guided over the front windscreen (4) on a pivotable wiper arm (11), at least one bearing part (1) that can be pivoted about an axis (5), at least one fixing part (10) that can be connected to the bearing part (1) in a non-torsional manner and at least one single-axis articulation that connects the wiper arm (11) to the fixing part (10). The position of the connection between the bearing part (1) and fixing part (10) lies in the vicinity of the axis (5) about which the bearing part (1) is pivoted.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2006Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Nicolas Eschenbrenner, Francois Schabanel
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Patent number: 8141198Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper arm (10) comprising a wiper bar (40), to which a wiper blade (6) can be attached with or without a spoiler. Said bar is composed of a freely projecting, first arc-shaped wiper bar section (1) with a first curvature variation, to which the wiper blade (6) is attached and of at least one second arc-shaped wiper bar section (2) with a second arc-shaped curvature variation, which adjoins the first wiper bar section (1), to form a snap-off point (12).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Wilms, Hubert Verelst, Marcello Bubba
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Patent number: 8104135Abstract: A swing lever is fixed to a pivot shaft to pivot the pivot shaft about a pivot axis thereof. A wiper arm is directly connected to a distal end portion of the pivot shaft and is pivoted together with the pivot shaft about the pivot axis of the pivot shaft when the pivot shaft is driven by the swing lever. The wiper arm is pivotable about a pivot axis thereof, which is generally perpendicular to or is tilted relative to the pivot axis of the pivot shaft, toward or away from a wiping surface. A coil spring is directly or indirectly connected between the wiper arm and the swing lever to exert an urging force to urge the wiper arm toward the wiping surface in a wiping operational position of the wiper arm for wiping the wiping surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumoto, Masahiko Yamanishi
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Patent number: 8042219Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of construction thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventor: Alan J. Stahlhut
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Patent number: 8037569Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of assembly thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Federal Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Alan J. Stahlhut, Richard Herring, Deborah Herring, legal representative
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Patent number: 7996951Abstract: In an articulated connection between a wiper lever and a wiper lever support which can be fixed to a wiper shaft, comprising articulation parts on the wiper lever and on the wiper lever support, a hinge pin on a first articulation part and at least one mounting opening on a second articulation part for receiving the hinge pin, the mounting opening is open at the side in an edge region in order to allow the second articulation part to be pushed radially onto the mounting pin, and specifically in an axis direction running radially with respect to the axis of the mounting opening, said axis direction being oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the wiper lever.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Valeo Wischersysteme GmbHInventor: Siegfried Waible
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Patent number: 7996952Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of assembly thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Horstman, Alan J. Stahlhut
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Patent number: 7992249Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of construction thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventor: Alan J. Stahlhut
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Patent number: 7971313Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of construction thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventor: Alan J. Stahlhut
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Patent number: 7908704Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper system, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one wiper arm provided with an elastic blade (21) and a fixing element (60). The known wiper arms comprise a tension spring which presses the wiper blade against a pane along with the windscreen wiper operation and maintains said wiper blade in a folded position with respect to the pane when the wiper blade is changed. Said wiper arms require a relatively important number of components and, for this reason, are relatively expensive. The aim of said invention is to make it possible to produce the windscreen wiper system in a more economical manner. For this purpose, the inventive elastic blade (21) is arranged in such a way that it is pivotable about the fixing element (60).Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Godelieve Kraemer
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Patent number: 7849553Abstract: The invention concerns a wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) including a wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) for fixing a wiper blade, a fixing element (14a-14c, 14k, 14l) connected free of articulation to the wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) and at least one partial zone (16a-16m) having spring elasticity. It is proposed that the wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) can shift essentially elastically from an operating configuration to at least one first stable configuration, wherein the wiper blade can be mounted and dismounted when the wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) is in a mounted state.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7788761Abstract: Device (10) for swinging a wiper arm of a windshield wiper device away from and against a motor vehicle window, wherein the device (10) comprising at least two spring elements (11), which retain the wiper arm in a stable position away from the vehicle window and press the wiper arm against said vehicle window during the operation of the wipers, wherein at least one of the at least two spring elements (11) comprises at least one compressed region (13).Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7748076Abstract: The invention starts with a wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which includes a wiper arm (10a-10j), which features a wiper rod (12a-12j) and a fastening part (14a-14j) connected in a non-articulated manner with the wiper rod (12a-12j). It is proposed that the wiper device have at least one spoiler element (16a-16j) to generate a flow-induced bearing force.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7716780Abstract: A wiper device for wiping a vehicle windscreen, including a drivable wiper arm and a flat wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm. The flat wiper blade includes a wiper blade rubber, a support for supporting the wiper blade rubber, and a connection for connecting a free end of the wiper arm. The support is in the form of band-like elongate spring blades. The connection includes a support element fixedly arranged on the support and a connecting element that partially pivots the support element. The connecting element is releasably connected to the free end of the wiper arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2003Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Wolfgang Scholl, Andreas Fink, Gerhard Schremmer, Heiko Ernstmeier
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Patent number: 7559109Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper arm (10) for a windshield wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle. It is comprised of at least one fastening part (12) for fastening the wiper arm (10) to the windshield wiper device, one articulated part (16), which is connected in an articulated manner to the fastening part (12) so as to be moveable in a first plane, one spring element (34), which is arranged between the fastening part (12) and the articulated part (16) and is provided with a tension spring (32) that is stressed during a relative movement between the fastening part (12) and the articulated part (16), and one fastening means (30) connecting the tension spring (32) to the fastening part (12). According to the invention, the fastening means (30) has a U-shaped bend (36), which runs in a second plane that is perpendicular to the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Karlheinz Lorenz, Christian Reiser
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Patent number: 7549189Abstract: A system includes a plurality of wiper blades including U-shaped housings and elongated lever arms having lower end portions connected thereto respectively. The housings are secured to a lower portion of the windshield and electrically coupled to an internal power supply source. A hand-operable switch is disposed within the vehicle and operably connected to the power supply source and the housings respectively. The system further includes a mechanism electrically coupled to the switch for lifting the wiper blades about the respective housing, effectively generating an impact force as the wiper blades are snapped back to the resting position after being pivoted to a stressed position so that debris and frozen elements will advantageously discharge from the wiper blades during operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2004Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Inventor: Matthew D. Mayer
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Publication number: 20080313840Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of construction thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventor: Jurgen Rauch
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Publication number: 20080163448Abstract: A windscreen wiper structure includes a supporting object, a windscreen wiper strip, and a connecting device. The windscreen wiper strip fixes to the supporting object's lower surface. The connecting device includes a centre stand, a hook stand, an outer housing, and a lid body. The centre stand fixes in the middle of the supporting object's upper surface. The centre stand has an axel. The hook stand has a pivoting hole. The hook stand's pivoting hole connects to the axel. The outer housing disposes in the centre stand's exterior. There is an opening hole in the outer housing's upper part. A piercing hole sets in the lid body's upper part. One end of the lid body pivotally connects to the outer housing. The lid body opens or closes with the outer housing's opening hole. Hence, the connecting device and the windscreen wiper strip joins together quickly, making assembly and disassembly easier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Chih-Ming Yang, Chuan-Chih Chang
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Publication number: 20080155777Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventor: Brock Stull
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Publication number: 20070240274Abstract: This invention relates to windshield wiper system and method which utilizes a flexible drive arm for withstanding bending loads applied to a wiper. The drive arm may be made of a pull-molded composite material having a relatively low modulus of elasticity and a relatively high elongation factor. The flexible arm twists in the presence a bending load and undergoes rapidly progressing elastic buckling when the bending load exceeds a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: VALEO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Harry Buchanan
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Patent number: 7272890Abstract: A wiper arm (10), in particular for a wiper apparatus of a motor vehicle, having at least one joint part (12) and/or one fastening part (18) with a base (30) is proposed, from which at least one and preferably two lateral flanks (32) extend at an angle (A), in particular approximately plumb, wherein at least one lateral flank (32) has at least one locking cam (40) and extends outward approximately from the edge (38), remote from the base, of the lateral flank (32) and is embodied integrally with the lateral flank (32), wherein the locking cam (40) is disposed in concealed fashion in the side profile. A method for producing a wiper arm (10) of this kind is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2002Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Joachim Zimmer, Harald Rapp, Frans Penne
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Publication number: 20070157412Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper arm (10) for a windshield wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle. It is comprised of at least one fastening part (12) for fastening the wiper arm (10) to the windshield wiper device, one articulated part (16), which is connected in an articulated manner to the fastening part (12) so as to be moveable in a first plane, one spring element (34), which is arranged between the fastening part (12) and the articulated part (16) and is provided with a tension spring (32) that is stressed during a relative movement between the fastening part (12) and the articulated part (16), and one fastening means (30) connecting the tension spring (32) to the fastening part (12). According to the invention, the fastening means (30) has a U-shaped bend (36), which runs in a second plane that is perpendicular to the first plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventors: Karlheinz Lorenz, Christian Reiser
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Patent number: 7222385Abstract: A removable and portable manually operated windshield wiper assembly that attaches to the top side of a window or window frame of a boat, tractor, atv and the like not otherwise so equipped which can be easily operated by the simple rotation of a handle.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Inventor: Howard Borg
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Publication number: 20070011840Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm (8), particularly for automobiles, comprising a mounting head (18) mountable on a drive shaft (19) and an arm member (20) pivotally connected to the mounting head (18) by means of a pivot pin (21), wherein the arm member (20) has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near said pivot pin (21) comprising two side walls (25, 26), wherein a part of the mounting head (18) extends between the side walls (25, 26) and beyond said pivot pin (21), with the special feature that protrusion/groove means are provided on said part (18) and said side walls (25, 26) for limiting a pivot angle of the arm member (20), wherein the protrusion/groove means comprise at least one curved guiding groove (30) and at least one protrusion (29) cooperating with said groove (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2004Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL S.A.Inventor: Marco Gilli
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Publication number: 20060254018Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a wiper arm for window wiping systems in vehicles. According to the invention, an articulated part of a wiper arm is stamped out of a one-sided sheet metal material which is pre-coated on one side, and is then bent in a mold having a U-shaped cross-section. In this way, the coated surface forms the inner side of the articulated part of the wiper arm. Said articulated part is then joined to a wiper arm fixing part by means of a hinge bolt, and the wiper arm is then provided with a layer of paint by means of a spraying or powder technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2004Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventor: Manfred Losch
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Publication number: 20060191095Abstract: A windshield wiper arm assembly for wiping a windshield of a motor vehicle can include a wiper linkage head having a bore formed therein for being connected to a rotatable wiper drive shaft. A wiper arm can be coupled to the wiper linkage head through a pivot pin allowing pivoting movement of the wiper arm with respect to the wiper linkage head between a stable windshield engaged position and a stable windshield disengage position. A beam compression spring can bias the wiper arm with respect to the wiper linkage head between the stable windshield engaged position and the stable windshield disengage position. A process for fabricating a beam compression spring for a windshield wiper arm can include the steps of cross-weaving an elongate tri-axial glass fiber sock, bathing the elongate glass woven sock in a thermoset resin, and curing the bathed cross-woven sock in a heated pultrusion die to form a pultruded elongate strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2005Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.Inventor: H. Buchanan
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Publication number: 20060162115Abstract: The invention concerns a wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) including a wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) for fixing a wiper blade, a fixing element (14a-14c, 14k, 14l) connected free of articulation to the wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) and at least one partial zone (16a-16m) having spring elasticity. It is proposed that the wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) can shift essentially elastically from an operating configuration to at least one first stable configuration, wherein the wiper blade can be mounted and dismounted when the wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) is in a mounted state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2004Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7076829Abstract: A fastening part for a wiper arm of a vehicle wiper is disclosed, which can be driven for the pivoting motion and which has a receptacle for the articulated connection of the wiper arm (11). For the sake of economical production of a lightweight fastening part of adequate rigidity, the fastening part is embodied as a sheet-metal part (17), with a substantially flat back (171) located in the pivoting plane and two side cheeks (172, 173), protruding approximately at right angles from the back, and a transverse reinforcement (21), which braces the upper edges (172a, 173a), remote from the back, of the side cheeks (172, 173) against one another is disposed in the transition region from the side cheeks (172, 173) to the ears (18, 19), in which the articulated connection of the wiper arm (11) to the fastening part is made (FIG. 2).Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Jean-Marc Ritt
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Patent number: 7036181Abstract: A mounting part of a windshield wiper, having a receiving opening for a wiper shaft at one end, and forming a part of a fold-away hinge at the other end, and being formed from a flat sheet metal by deep-drawing, punching and bending and having a u-shaped cross-section profile and a spring mount. The spring mount is formed by deep-drawing from a sidewall of the u-shaped cross-section profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2001Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7014717Abstract: A wiper assembly having impact action includes a wiper shaft cap, a first pivotal yoke, a second pivotal yoke, an actuation device and a wiper arm. The actuation device is formed in one end of the wiper arm. One end of the first pivotal yoke is pivotally attached to the wiper shaft cap. The other end of the first pivotal yoke is pivotally attached to one end of the second pivotal yoke. The other end of the second pivotal yoke is secured to an actuation end of the actuation device. In a second embodiment of a wiper assembly having impact action, the actuation device is formed in the wiper shaft cap. The actuation device in either embodiment is actuated to lift the wiper arm and drop thereof suddenly to remove sleet, ice or snow off a wiper blade.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2005Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Inventor: Mark S. Lahti