US 10,118,596 B2 · Connectors and connector kit for attachment of a windshield wiper blade to multiple types of windshield wiper arms

Abstract

A kit for connecting a wiper blade and multiple types of wiper arms, the kit including a container and a set of connectors located within an interior of the container. The set of connectors includes a first connector having a structure to receive and be connected to at least two different wiper arms that are part of a first class of wiper arms. The set of connectors includes a second connector having a structure to receive and be connected to at least two different wiper arms that are part of a second class of wiper arms. The set of connectors includes a third connector having a structure to receive and be connected to at least two different wiper arms that are part of a third class of wiper arms, wherein the first class, the second class and the third class are different from one another.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A connector for connecting a wiper blade and a wiper arm, the connector comprising:

a base for attachment to a wiper blade;
a receiving element attached to said base so that said receiving element pivots about a first axis, said receiving element having a structure to define the following:
a first channel extending along a longitudinal axis of said receiving element that is perpendicular to said first axis;
a second channel extending along said longitudinal axis, said second channel being parallel to said first channel;
and
wherein said first channel and said second channel are simultaneously visible as viewed along a direction parallel to said first axis, and said second channel is positioned between said first channel and said base as viewed along an axis that is perpendicular to both said first axis and said longitudinal axis.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/400,742Filed 6 Jan 2017 · division

Priority

15 Mar 2013

Published

US 2017/0129461 A111 May 2017

Granted

6 Nov 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B60S 1/4003
Connections between blades and arms: multi-purpose connections for two or more kinds of arm ends
B60S 1/387
Connectors therefor; Connection to wiper arm; Attached to blade: the connector being suitable for receiving different types of adapter
B60S 1/4006
Connections between blades and arms: for arms provided with a hook-shaped end
B60S 1/4009
For arms provided with a hook-shaped end: comprising a detachable intermediate element mounted on the hook-shaped end

Family

Application13/836,529Parent of this division · filed 15 Mar 2013

US 2017/0129461 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 May 2017

US 9,555,775 B2Parent of this division

US 2014/0259505 A1Published application

US 10,118,596 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Connectors and connector kit for attachment of a windshield wiper blade to multiple types of windshield wiper arms

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Connectors and connector kit for attachment of a windshield wiper blade to multiple types of windshield wiper arms

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Abstract

Claims21