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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395576 | Wiper opening cover A wiper cover is mounted in an opening in a vehicle housing and receives a wiper arm which pivots within the opening. The cover has a hollow body mounted in the opening, a rear flap which projects upwardly and forwardly from a rear side of the body, and a front flap... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373687 | Windshield wiper having reduced friction characteristics A wiper blade made of a compound having a methyl vinyl silicone polymer, a filler, and a friction-reducing additive is provided. The friction-reducing additive is present in an amount from between about 5 and 42 weight percent, preferably 11 percent. The average par... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364289 | Shades with blades What is unique and special about my Shades with Blades is not only is it a safety necessity but also all working parts that make the wipers actually work are going to be hidden inside frames, making them look just like another bad ass pair of biker riding glasses un... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7344258 | Forward view apparatus for motor vehicles Forward view apparatus (10) for a motor vehicle, to enable the driver of the vehicle to view an image of objects which are located forward of the apparatus (10), includes a housing (12) in which a rear view mirror (14) is located. A two-m... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337900 | Packaging for widescreen wipers of motor vehicles A package (25) for wiper blades (10) features a folded box (26) as well as an insert (32). In order to prevent the wiper blades (10) from abruptly relaxing during removal from the box (26), the insert (32) is embodied... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316048 | Wiper structure A wiper structure for a window glass, includes a wiper arm comprising a support arm provided on the wiper arm; and a wiper blade comprising a blade main body, the wiper blade being supported on the wiper arm in an asymmetrical manner about a connecting point, the wi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7256565 | Wiper system using two wipers A wiper system using two wipers and two wiper motors, which drive the wipers and of which at least one first wiper motor forms a sub-assembly with an electronic control unit. The second wiper motor is a rotary motor having only one sensory system for detecting the a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246403 | Wiper with light emitter A wiper with a light emitter formed by providing a light emitting function to a wiper for wiping off a wiped surface, the wiper including a linear light emitting part visible from the outside disposed on the outside of a wiper blade or a wiper arm for wiping operati... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237445 | Test fixture for the aging of wiper blades in a laboratory A test fixture facilitates the laboratory testing of windshield wiper blades for vehicles. The test fixture includes a base frame on which are mounted a number of windshield wiper arms oriented generally parallel for engagement with a stainless steel test surface. P... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7194781 | Windscreen wiper device with life span indicator A windscreen wiper device comprising an oscillating arm and a frame connected thereto for receiving a wiper blade, which device includes a life span indicator, characterized in that said indicator is sensitive to water. The indicator can change its color in dependen... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7159268 | Wiper connector for a motor vehicle comprising a safety fastener A wiper connector for a motor vehicle intended for the connection and articulation between a wiper arm and a component of a wiper blade is engaged longitudinally from rear to front inside the front end of the arm, which is curved longitudinally towards the rear in t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150795 | Transparent windshield wiper assembly and method of cleaning a windshield A transparent windshield wiper assembly is disclosed. The construction details of the assembly are similar to the construction of conventional available wipers but the assembly is fabricated from transparent plastic materials. The wiper blade and wiper arm are also ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140064 | Disposable scrubber attachment for wipers A disposable scrubber attachment for a windshield wiper effective in removing insect remains on a windshield glass is provided. The scrubber attachment is constructed by an elongated piece of a foam rubber wrapper in an elongated mesh netting. On one side of the foa... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137723 | Windshield wiper decoration light A decoration light for windshield wiper which includes a windshield wiper press-in plate with an elongated opening, a decoration light element, a base, a waterproof rubber strip, and a circuit module. The decoration light element includes a see-through top. The base... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7093890 | Cowl grille structure with integral washer fluid channel A cowl grille structure for positioning in a space between a lower edge of a motor vehicle windshield and a rear edge of a motor vehicle hood. In one embodiment the cowl grille structure includes a molded main body planar leaf screen portion, a washer fluid channel ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080872 | Wiper replacement A pneumatic windshield clearing system for enhancing the safety of operating a vehicle in difficult environmental circumstances without the distraction of wipers. The pneumatic windshield clearing system includes an air source assembly coupled vehicle, a blower asse... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7036232 | Apparatus for monitoring the rails of a railway or tramway line A laser apparatus for monitoring the rails of a railway or tramway line, characterized by comprising at least two measurement units mounted on a railway or tramway carriage and operating at last on the inner part of the two rails, along with said carriage is made to... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028367 | Windshield wiper having reduced friction characteristics A wiper blade made of a compound having a methyl vinyl silicone polymer, a filler, and a friction-reducing additive is provided. The friction-reducing additive is present in an amount from between about 5–42 weight percent, preferably 11 percent. The average parti... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7009356 | Wiper control apparatus and method for automatic vehicular wiping The wiper control apparatus comprises a precipitation detector, a surrounding state detector and a wiper controller. The precipitation detector detects a precipitation condition at a position where the vehicle is. The surrounding state detector detects an exit of th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009355 | Wiper control system for a vehicle and a method thereof A wiper control system is provided which comprises a rain droplet detector, a multiplexer, a count register, and a wiper control unit. The rain droplet detector has a plurality of switches that are configured to be electrically connected by rain droplets, and each s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6978511 | Motor vehicle windscreen wiper comprising a safety clasp A motor vehicle windscreen wiper of the type with a windscreen wiper brush which is articulated to a windscreen wiper arm. Moreover, the inventive wiper is of the type in which a connector is inserted longitudinally, from rear to front, inside the front end of the a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973697 | Automobile wiper holder with pressurized stability, warning effect and variable size 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. T... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6958585 | Windshield wiper system activated by sensing rainwater A windshield wiper system activated by sensing rainwater via a rain sensor placed inside the wiping pattern when a multifunction switch lever is in automatic mode. A rain sensor module activates a relay for low speeds and/or a relay for high speeds depending on the ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6917693 | Vehicle data acquisition and display assembly A vehicle data acquisition and display assembly 10 which includes several cameras 75 which selectively and cooperatively receive images 77 from the environment or the ambient environment 83 in which a vehicle 60 resides. The acquir... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902221 | Wiper system for a window of a motor vehicle A wiper arrangement for a windscreen of a motor vehicle having a screwless fixing device, which has at least three fixing members arranged at a distance from one another, two of which lie on a connecting line and the third of which is arranged at a distance from the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6859971 | Windshield wiper assembly having a winter boot A wiper assembly having a wiper frame and a wiper boot is provided. The wiper boot includes an upper wall integrally connected between two side walls. A lower leg is integrally connected to each side wall at an end opposite that of the upper wall. Each lower leg run... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6859972 | Wiper system including separator assembly A wiper system for use with a windshield is provided and includes a wiper arm having a first and second end. The first end of the wiper arm includes a reaction surface disposed thereon while the second end includes a wiper blade biased into engagement with the winds... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6833682 | Windshield wiper system with tubular drive arm and cavity This invention relates to windshield wiper system 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... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6832802 | Wiper system for a glass pane of a motor vehicle A wiper system for a glass pane of a motor vehicle includes a fixing device which itself includes at least three fixing mechanisms which are set apart from each other and corresponding receiving devices in which the fixing mechanisms engage the wiper system also inc... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6802101 | Windscreen wiping device including load alleviation A windscreen wiping device which includes a wiper arm which can be activated and a wiper blade which includes a wiper rubber having a carrier element receiver and a carrier element. A wiper lip is arranged on the wiper rubber and lies against the window to be wiped.... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6785930 | Windshield wiping method This invention relates to windshield wiper system and method which utilizes a flexible member to account for compression loads in excess of a predetermined load, such as 30 percent greater than a maximum load for the flexible member. The system utilizes a flexible p... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6775877 | Motor vehicle wiper comprising a wear indicator A motor vehicle wiper includes a wiper blade mounted on the free end of a wiper arm and pressing a wiping stem against the glass to be wiped. The wiper is provided with a wear indicator using a substance based at least on an azo compound. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6751825 | Wiper for multiple and independent surfaces A singular wiper for wiping multiple and independent surfaces which obviates the conventional need for a wiper respectively for each of the surfaces. The wiper includes a wiper motor assembly, a wiper arm connected to the wiper motor assembly, a blade assembly conne... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6743298 | Method for cleaning vehicle windows A method for cleaning vehicle windows by means of a wiper with a wiper strip (12), whose wiper lip (16) rests against the vehicle window. The wiper strip (12) is set into oscillations lateral to its longitudinal direction (20) duri... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6705660 | Windshield wiper assembly A wiper assembly is attached at several positions to a motor vehicle body by means of a plate bar (10). The plate bar (10) is attached by means of at least one snap element (20, 26; 32, 36; 32, 38; 34, 40). ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698032 | Cleaning assembly for motorcycle helmet face shield A motorcycle helmet face shield is cleaned by a unit that is mounted on a visor that can be releasably attached to the helmet. The unit includes rollers that are slidably mounted on the visor in a groove defined in the visor.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6696391 | Coating agent for wiper blade rubber, and wiper blade rubber with the same A wiper blade rubber having a coating film on both surfaces of the lip part, the coating film comprising a particulate solid lubricant and a binder and the binder having a 0.5% modulus of 1 MPa or more and an elongation to break of 1% or more.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6684448 | Automatic prop-up device of windshield wiper 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... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6624604 | Wiper controller with fault detector device A wiper control device in which an abnormal condition of a FET is detected by distinguishing an action of an overheat-cutting protective function normally difficult to be detected with measuring the drain voltage of the FET and by which the control of the... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6600281 | Wiper control device The wiper control device comprises a wiper motor 52 for moving a wiper, a switch 53 for outputting a signal which inverts at each single sweep of the wiper, a wiper switch circuit 51 of a combination switch which instructs movement of the wiper, a first s... | 07/29/2003 |
