Windscreen wiper blade
AssigneeNippon Wiper Blade Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiju Ichise
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Abstract
A windscreen wiper blade assembly including a rubber element, a backing strip connected to the rubber element, a pair of yokes with one ends thereof being connected to the end portions of the rubber element, and a connecting means including connecting pin connecting the yokes with one another. A surface portion is defined on each of the yokes intermediate its opposite ends, and which extends generally along the longitudinal center plane of the rubber element such that the surface portions are adjacent to and face one another. The connecting pin extends perpendicular to the surface portions of the yokes.
Claims8
A windscreen wiper blade assembly comprising:
- a rubber element for wiping a windscreen;
- a backing strip connected to said rubber element;
- a pair of yokes, said yokes having opposite ends, one end of one yoke being connected to one end of said backing strip and the opposite end of the other yoke being connected to the other end of the backing strip thereby attaching said yokes to said rubber element;
- each one of said yokes having a surface portion defined intermediate said opposite ends such that the surface portions face one another;
- each surface portion having a corresponding bore therethrough;
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- a connecting means having a connecting pin which slidably engages the inner periphery of each of the corresponding bores for pivotably connecting said yokes and allowing for relative rotational movement of said yokes and pin elements integrally connected to said connecting pin and respectively engaging said yokes for restricting relative rotational movement of said yokes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.