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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156606 | Wiper blade A wiper blade includes a first blade and a second blade surrounding the first blade, such that the first blade is not exposed for use, wherein the removal of the second blade exposes the first blade for use. In another embodiment, a wiper blade includes a body, an i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7568258 | Windshield wiping strip and a wiper blade provided with said wiping strip The inventive wiping strip comprises a heel (3), a wiping lip (5), a flexible joint part (11) joining the lip to the heel, wherein said lip (5) extends on an axial median plane (P), the joint part (11) comprises two flexible symmet... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7441302 | Wiper blade A wiper blade (1) includes a base portion (3) to be attached to a wiper arm, a lip portion (4) to sweep away a water droplet or dust etc. adhered to a glass window, a thin neck portion (2) for connecting the lip portion (4) and the... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7421756 | Rubber blade for wiper Provided is a rubber blade for an automotive wiper capable of autonomously pressing firmly and resting securely against a windshield surface by altering the structure of the rubber blade. The rubber blade has a head portion forming an upper portion of the rubber bla... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412744 | Wiper for an automobile rear-view mirror A wiper for an automobile rear-view mirror includes a wiper transmission device disposed at the rear side of a mirror base, a connecting rod and a wiper. The wiper transmission device has a transmission motor provided with a drive gear engaged with a driven gear cou... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406741 | Water-retention coating for a windscreen wiper blade, wiper blade provided with same and method for coating a blade with same A coating for a rubber or elastomer wiper blade of a vehicle windscreen wiper, of the type comprising an additive for reducing the coefficient of friction between the blade and the window, characterised in that it comprises cavities with microscopic dimensions which... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7334288 | Windshield wiper assembly with multiple separately activated wiper strips A windshield wiper blade assembly having a plurality of wiper strips on a support, one of the wiper strips being normally positioned to engage a windshield while leaving non-engaged the remainder of the plurality of wiper strips, and rotation means for moving the en... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7254862 | Wiper blade A holder piece assembly having holder pieces continuously arranged and leaf spring members connecting between each holder piece, and being curved in the longitudinal direction by elastic force of elastic members is provided. The holder piece assembly is mounted on t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7228588 | Wiper blade for cleaning panes, in particular of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a wiper blade that cleans panes, in particular of motor vehicles. The wiper blade (10) comprises a strip-shaped, elongated, elastically resilient support element (12), the lower strip surface of which faces the pane (14)... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7150067 | Windshield cleaning apparatus with fluid channel blades A windshield cleaning apparatus for clearing insect splatters and similar debris from a windshield having a single elongate wiping blade (16) near one extreme lengthwise edge, a elongate series of imbricate wiping blades near the opposite extreme lengthwise e... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007339 | Wiper blade for cleaning panes of glass, particularly in motor vehicles A wiper blade is proposed which is used to clean windows, especially of motor vehicles. The wiper blade is displaceable transversely to its length, preferably about a pendulum axis, and can be pressed with an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (46) against... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007340 | Water-diverting windshield wiper blades A wiper (22) has a length (L) which is divided into a distal segment (D), a middle segment (M) and a proximal segment (P). Wiper (22) has first and second wiper blades (26, 28), each having wiping faces (26c, 28c) in ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6978512 | Wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windows A wiper blade is proposed, which is for cleaning for windows, particularly of motor vehicles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22) and is connected to an elongated, s... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6904639 | Wiper blade for cleaning vehicle panes A wiper blade is proposed, which is used for cleaning windows, particularly of motor vehicles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22) and is connected in a longitudinal... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6874195 | Wiper blade for windows of motor vehicles A wiper blade for wiping windows of motor vehicles has an elongated rubber-elastic wiper strip placeable on a window to be wiped and arranged substantially longitudinally axially parallel on a surface of a strip-shaped, spring-elastic support element which is connec... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6836924 | Wiper blade for cleaning glass surfaces on vehicles, especially motor vehicles In the case of a wiper blade for cleaning glass surfaces on vehicles, and having an elongated wiper blade body which consists of a flexible rubber material and can be placed against the glass and is furnished on both its longitudinal sides with longitudinal grooves ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6836925 | Windscreen wiper A windscreen wiper includes an elongate curved backbone which is of a resiliently flexible material having a Young's modulus of between 50 to 350 GPa. The backbone has a substantially spatially consolidated cross-sectional profile at substantially all points along i... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6813803 | Wiper strip for windshield wipers A wiper strip (18) for windshield wipers includes a profile spine (20) and a function part (22) that is connected to the profile spine (20) via a tilting bridge piece (26) and that bears against it in the tilted position. The funct... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6760951 | Wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windscreens A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows includes a wiper strip (12) which is held by a support bracket system (10) and is encompassed by a laterally closed protective profile (14, 22, 24). The protective profile (14, 22) is close... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6748621 | Vehicle windshield wiper assembly A vehicle windshield wiper assembly for providing a user with a set of windshield wipers for motor vehicles designed to scrub insects off the glass. The vehicle windshield wiper assembly includes a bridge member that has a first end, a second end, and a medial porti... | 06/15/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6671922 | Wiper blade A wiper blade is proposed, which has a head piece made of a diene-type rubber and a flexing piece and wedge made of chloroprene rubber.... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6665905 | Wiper blade A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows has a wiper strip (12) which is surrounded by a guard profile (14) that with extensions (26, 28) formed onto its side cheeks (22, 24) engages longitudinal grooves (50, 52) of the wiper strip (12) and is fix... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6647583 | Wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windscreen A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows has a wiper strip (12) which is held by a support bracket system (10) and is encompassed by a protective profile (14, 58) to which a wiper element (16, 18, 20, 22) is fastened on the side oriented toward th... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6622337 | Wiper blade for a car A wiper blade for a car comprises a seat part, a moisture absorptive part, and a sweep part. The seat part is an elongated strip made of non-absorptive material and provides a cross section and a length thereof corresponding to a wiper frame on the car fo... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6618895 | Water-diverting windshield wiper blades A wiper allows controlled passage of water through at least one blade of the wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper comprises first and second substantially parallel wiper blades (26, 28), each having wiping faces (26c, 28c) in contact with a surface S and d... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6588048 | Wiper-blade device To enable a curved surface of a large curvature to be more effectively wiped, a wiper-blade device has notched portions in each blade section at required intervals to allow the blade section to bend easily so as to follow a curved surface to be wiped. The... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6523218 | Wiper blade for window panes of motor vehicles A wiper blade (10) for windows of motor vehicles is proposed, which is equipped with an elastic, elongated support element for an elongated wiper strip (22), which strip comprises a flexible material and can be placed against the window (28) to be wiped w... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6499181 | Connection device between a wiper blade and arm A connection device is proposed, which serves the purpose of pivotably connecting a wiper blade, for windows of motor vehicles, to a wiper arm. The connection device has a coupling element on the wiper blade which is pivotably connectable to a coupling pa... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6401292 | Wiper blade with metal strip as tilting bar The invention relates to a wiper blade with a wiper head (1), wiper lip (2) and a connecting tilting bar. It is distinguished in that the wiper head (1) and the wiper lip (5) consist of at least one elastomer, and the connecting tilting bar is an elastic,... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6393655 | Rubber products having better abrasion resistance This invention is based upon the unexpected discovery that the physical properties of rubber products made with styrene-butadiene rubber can be significantly improved by synthesizing the styrene-butadiene rubber by a process which comprises (1) charging w... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6314608 | Wedge shaped neck windshield wiper blade rubber wiping element A wiper blade for a windshield wiper blade refill includes a crown located at the top of the wiper blade. The bottom of the wiper blade has a windshield-engaging lip. A neck extends from the crown toward the lip, and the neck increases in width in a direc... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311364 | Silicone rubber windshield wiper blade and method of production A silicone rubber windshield wiper blade 10 having a coefficient of friction of 0.2 formed by embedding a tetrafluoroethylene polymer 43 such as Teflon plastic into a surface region of the blade 10.... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6233779 | Multiple-bladed windshield wiper A multiple-bladed windshield wiper is disclosed in which a blade multiple edged is axially rotated in a support bracket to bring a fresh blade edge into use. The multi-edged blade has two edge elements which are received in a pair of U-shaped channels for... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230358 | Wiper blade rubber for windshield wiper having inside hollow A wiper blade rubber for a windshield wiper has a holding portion held by a plurality of supporting members, a wiping portion for wiping the surface of a windshield and a connecting portion connecting the holding portion and the wiping portion. The connec... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6216311 | Wiper blade rubber element A windshield wiper element for a windshield wiper system of motor vehicles and affixable to a wiper arm, the windshield wiper element having a head for holding the windshield wiper element, a lip adapted to be in pressing contact with a surface to be wipe... | 04/17/2001 |
