Joint bushing device for a windshield wiper frame

• US 5,606,766 A
• Filed: 10/02/1995
• Issued: 03/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Albert Lee
• Original Assignee: Albert Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Albert
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Gary K.
• Application Number:
  US08/537,365
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 15/250.46, 15/250.47, 15/250.43, 15/250.44, 15/250.32, 15/250.31, 403/79, 403/363, 403/159, 403/163
• US Class Current: 15/250.46
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3801 characterised by a blade support harness consisting of several articulated elements B60S1/3803, B60S1/3806 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/3815 chacterised by the joint between elements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32221 Articulate joint comprises pivoted clevis or channel bar

Abstract

An improved joint bushing device includes a pair of outer pins and a pair of inner pins symmetrically disposed on a pair of walls and a pair of primary yoke members having a pair of downward grooves and yoke apertures for effectively assembling with a bridge member having a pair of bridge apertures and the pair of primary yoke members.

Claims

1. A windshield wiper frame assembly of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a bridge member including an arm shaft extended therefrom and an arm aperture for attaching to a wiper arm attached to a body of said motor vehicle, said bridge member further including a pair of depending bridge walls formed on opposing ends thereof and a pair of outer apertures formed in said bridge walls;

a joint bushing member including a pair of bushing side walls, a top opening, outer and inner pins extending from each wall of said pair of bushing walls, and a stopper formed at one end of said joint bushing member; and

at least one yoke member including a pair of yoke walls disposed on the middle portion thereof, a pair of grooves formed in outer side walls of the yoke member, and a pair of inner apertures formed within the side walls of the yoke member, the pair of grooves terminating above the pair of inner apertures whereby when the yoke member is pivotally assembled with the bridge member by inserting the joint bushing member between the yoke and bridge members, the pair of inner pins of the joint bushing member slidably follow the pair of grooves and are snap-fit into the outer apertures by inner pins of the joint bushing member.

2. The joint bushing device of claim 1, wherein said yoke member provides a tapered configuration at the middle portion having the pair of yoke walls for securely receiving the joint bushing member.

3. The joint bushing device of claim 2, wherein said yoke member further includes a primary yoke member pivotally connected to said bridge member by using said joint bushing member, wherein the pair of outer pins of the joint bushing member are locked into the inner apertures of the primary yoke member.

4. The joint bushing device of claim 1, wherein said at least one yoke member includes a primary yoke member and a secondary yoke member pivotally connected to said primary yoke member with said joint bushing member.

5. The joint bushing device of claim 1, wherein said outer and inner pins of said joint bushing member are the same length.

6. The joint bushing device of claim 5, wherein said joint bushing member is made of nylon plastic.

7. The joint bushing device of claim 1, wherein said joint bushing member is made of nylon plastic.

8. The joint bushing device of claim 1, wherein the pair of grooves formed in the outer side walls of the yoke member are tapered from a narrow portion at an upper surface of the yoke to a wider portion terminating above the pair of inner apertures.