Adjustable Length Patents (Class 15/250.39)
  • Patent number: 9669803
    Abstract: A wiper blade wherein a spoiler is integrated in a lever assembly. The wiper blade has a wiper rubber and the lever assembly holds the wiper rubber and connects to a wiper arm. The lever assembly has a plurality of rotatably connected levers. A longitudinally extending partial spoiler is formed in at least one of the plurality of levers. The lever assembly includes a lever joint rotatably interconnecting adjacent levers. The lever joint is interposed between one of adjacent levers and the other of the adjacent levers. The lever joint is fitted to the one of the adjacent levers through insertion in the longitudinal direction of the lever assembly and is rotatably coupled to the other of the adjacent levers through pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: THE KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK
    Inventors: In Kyu Kim, Kyung Su Kim, Kyung Jong Nam, Cheong Mo Yang, Jun Mo Lee
  • Patent number: 8677551
    Abstract: A size-adjustable windshield wiper assembly includes a flexible vertebra, a wiper strip, and a curved spline. The flexible vertebra has scores on an upper side of the flexible vertebra for enabling a user to size the flexible vertebra to a desired size. The wiper strip may include grooves for connecting the wiper strip to the flexible vertebra. The curved spline is inserted into a cavity between the underside of the flexible vertebra and the wiper strip, thereby causing the flexible vertebra to form a curve shape such that the wiper strip is capable of closely hugging a surface of a windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventors: Anthony Guastella, Ryan J. Thomas, Ronald C. Roberts, Michael L. Hyer
  • Patent number: 6973697
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel automobile wiper holder with pressurized stability, warning effect and variable size, at least constituting the blade holder, the first connecting panel, the second connecting panel, the third connecting panel and the holder seat. The pressurized panel is design to be mounted on the both sides of surface of the holder seat so as to keep the wiper blade always pressed close to the windshield during the driving irrespective of the wind pressure applied to the wiper holder. The holder seat has a projected hollow body to house the a circuit linking to the lighting elements which will illuminate the transparent or translucent pressurized panel or semicircular tube in an effort to bring to the attention of the driver the poor vision in the bad weather. The second and the third connecting panels provide a plurality of retaining holes or retaining slides in collaboration with the cover panel for employing variable size of wiper blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Janchy Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Tien Shen
  • Patent number: 6321421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clip used in connecting between a wiper blade and a wiper arm of a vehicle that can eliminate the generation of a gap which used to be present when assembling a wiper arm and conventional type of clips. The clip of the present invention, when installed into the main shaft of a wiper blade so that it can wrap around a wiper arm, can not only prevent the generation of a gap between a wiper arm and the clip, but also eliminate the trembling phenomenon of a wiper arm and the resulting noise that used to occur in the conventional type of clips during the normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Keun Sik Lim