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AssigneeFederal-Mogul Corporation
InventorGUILLAUME SEILLER
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A vehicle provided with at least two windscreen wiper devices (1) of the flat blade type each comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade (2) of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen of the vehicle to be wiped, each wiper blade (2) including at least one groove (3), in which groove (3) a longitudinal strip (4) of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper devices (1) each comprise a connecting device (6) for a respective oscillating arm (7), wherein each oscillating arm (7) is pivotally connected to its corresponding connecting device (6) about a pivot axis near one end, wherein each connecting device (6) comprises at least two parts (8, 9) provided with protrusion/hole means arranged for connecting said parts (8, 9) together through a snapping operation, wherein the first part (8) is retained onto its corresponding wiper blade (2) and wherein the second part (9) comprises a channel arranged for inserting a rod-like extension of its corresponding oscillating arm (7) therein, and wherein each second part (9) and said extension of its corresponding oscillating arm (7) comprise mutually cooperating protuberance/groove means resulting in an asymmetric form of said second part (9) and of said extension of said oscillating arm (7) with respect to their middle longitudinal planes, seen in vertical direction, in order to ensure that each windscreen wiper device (1) can only be mounted on its corresponding oscillating arm (7).
A vehicle provided with at least two windscreen wiper devices of the flat blade type each comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen of the vehicle to be wiped, each wiper blade including at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper devices each comprise a connecting device for a respective oscillating arm, wherein each oscillating arm is pivotally connected to its corresponding connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, wherein each connecting device comprises at least two parts provided with protrusion/hole features arranged for connecting said parts together through a snapping operation, wherein the first part is retained onto its corresponding wiper blade and wherein the second part comprises a channel arranged for inserting a rod-like extension of its corresponding oscillating arm therein, and wherein each second part and said extension of its corresponding oscillating arm comprise mutually cooperating protuberance/groove features resulting in an asymmetric form of said second part and of said extension of said oscillating arm with respect to their middle longitudinal planes, seen in vertical direction, in order to ensure that each windscreen wiper device can only be mounted on its corresponding oscillating arm.
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