Non-bracket windshield wiper

• US 7,503,095 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2007
• Issued: 03/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sally Lin
• Original Assignee: Sally Lin
• Inventors: Ku, Yuan-Chin, Lin, Sally
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham; Gary K
• Application Number:
  US11/948,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20080295273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 152/504.3, 152/502.01, 152/504.51, 152/504.52, 152/504.4, 152/503.61
• US Class Current: 15/250.43
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/381 Spoilers mounted on the squeegee or on the vertebra
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3848 Flat-type wiper blade, i.e. without harness
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3856 Gripping the blade
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3867 pin formed on the interior of side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3881 in additional element, e.g. spoiler
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/40 Connections between blades and arms
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/3817 chacterised by a backing strip to aid mounting of squeegee in support

Abstract

A non-bracket windshield wiper includes an H-shaped and smoothly arched elastic metal bow strip having a middle neck and two longitudinal crevices at two sides of the neck, a holder frame mounted with a packing member and riveted to the middle part of the elastic metal bow strip for mounting to a windshield, two holding strips respectively coupled to the longitudinal crevices of the elastic metal bow strip, two back rubber strips respectively coupled to two top engagement structures of the holding strips, a rubber wiper blade coupled to two bottom engagement structures of the holding strips, and two end caps respectively capped on the two ends of the elastic metal bow strip.

Claims

1. A non-bracket windshield wiper comprising an elastic metal bow strip, two continuous holding strips, two back rubber strips, a rubber wiper blade, and two end caps, wherein:

said elastic metal bow strip has a neck transversely disposed on a middle part thereof and two elongated crevices longitudinally aligned at two sides of said neck, each crevice extending to a respective free end of the metal bow strip to define an open end thereof;

said two holding strips are respectively inserted into the elongated crevices of said elastic metal bow strip, each of said holding strips having a top engagement structure and a continuous bottom engagement structure symmetrically disposed at top and bottom sides thereof, and two continuous coupling grooves extending along the length thereof and symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides thereof and respectively receiving a respective part of said elastic metal bow strip therein at two sides of the corresponding elongated crevice;

each of said two back rubber strips has two sidewalls that are smoothly inwardly arched in transverse direction and joined at a top side, and a coupling rail longitudinally disposed at a bottom side thereof between the two smoothly inwardly arched sidewalls and forced into engagement with the top engagement structure of one of said holding strips;

said rubber wiper blade has a coupling rail forced into engagement with the bottom engagement structures of said holding strips; and

said two end caps are respectively capped on two distal ends of said elastic metal bow strip.

2. The non-bracket windshield wiper as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastic metal bow strip has a holder frame fastened to the middle part thereof and mounted with a rubber packing member for mounting to a windshield.

3. The non-bracket windshield wiper as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastic metal bow strip has a plurality of hook notches symmetrically disposed at two distal ends thereof for securing said end caps.

4. The non-bracket windshield wiper as claimed in claim 1, wherein said holding strips are made of plastics.

5. The non-bracket windshield wiper as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top engagement structure of each of said holding strips comprises a plurality of pairs of engagement blocks symmetrically arranged in two lines.

6. The non-bracket windshield wiper as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom engagement structure of each of said holding strips comprises two hook strips arranged in parallel for securing said rubber wiper blade.

7. The non-bracket windshield wiper as claimed in claim 1, said rubber wiper blade further comprising a buffer strip longitudinally disposed at a middle part thereof and a tapered wiping blade body longitudinally disposed at a bottom side of said buffer strip, wherein said coupling rail is longitudinally disposed at a top side of said buffer strip.