Connector adaptor for pin-type blade
OwnerMichael G. Mohnach, William H. Harbisoninventors
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Abstract
An adaptor for mounting a pin-type wiper blade on a hook-type wiper arm includes first and second walls separated by a shouldered pin and a pair of struts. A U-shaped spring clip is disposed over the shouldered pin, the spring clip is disposed over the shouldered pin, the spring clip having outwardly directed tangs in the legs thereof which are captured within apertures disposed in the hooked end of the hook-type wiper arm. Each of the walls of the adaptor includes an opening, the openings being aligned with apertures in the primary yoke of the wiper blade such that a retention pin can pass therethrough and be captured by a spring clip in the wiper blade.
Claims6
An adaptor for connecting a pin-type wiper blade to a hook-type wiper arm, said wiper blade having a channel therethrough extending transversely to the length thereof and a spring retention clip mounted therein, said wiper arm having a hooked end comprising:
- first and second spaced apart walls, both walls being parallelogram-shaped and having aligned openings in the lower portion thereof, said openings being aligned with said channel;
- a shouldered pin having a reduced diameter portion extending between an upper portion of the first and second walls;
- a U-shaped spring clip disposed about the reduced diameter portion of the shouldered pin, said hooked end of said wiper arm being disposed over said spring clip and said shouldered pin to secure the adaptor to the wiper arm;
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- a retention pin having a reduced diameter central section and an enlarged diameter portion on one of the ends thereof, said pin extending through said aligned openings and said channel so that the reduced diameter central section is captured by the spring retention clip and the enlarged diameter portion contacts one of said walls to secure the adaptor to the wiper blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.