WINDSHIELD WIPER CONNECTOR
First Claim
1. A connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm, comprising:
- a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls;
a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other; and
the opposing peripheral side walls each having a retaining pin aperture aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slidably accepting a retaining pin of at least one pin-type windshield wiper arm.
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Abstract
A connector for a windshield wiper, and a wiper blade assembly including same, that accommodates multiple pin-type windshield wiper arms having varying pin lengths and locking mechanisms. The connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm may have a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls and a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other. The opposing peripheral side walls may each have a retaining pin aperture aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slidably accepting a retaining pin of at least one pin-type windshield wiper arm.
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20 Claims
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1. A connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm, comprising:
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a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls; a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other; and the opposing peripheral side walls each having a retaining pin aperture aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slidably accepting a retaining pin of at least one pin-type windshield wiper arm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wiper blade assembly comprising:
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a wiper blade; a connector capable of connecting to said wiper blade and further capable of connecting said wiper blade to at least two different pin-type wiper arms wherein each of the at least two different pin-type wiper arms has a locking arm. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wiper blade assembly comprising:
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a wiper blade having a rivet; a connector having a peripheral wall having two opposing side walls; a spacer cavity in at least one of the two opposing side walls a top surface having a flat distal shelf and a sloped proximal shelf, and a locking aperture capable of receiving the locking tab of a pin-type wiper arm; at least two internal support walls, each of the two internal support walls having a rivet passage and an arcuate rivet clip; a retaining pin aperture extending through the two opposing side walls and the two internal support walls; and a width between the opposing side walls of the peripheral wall that is different at the proximal shelf than the width between the opposing side walls at the distal shelf.
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