Blade for windshield wiper of automobile

• US 7,543,353 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2005
• Issued: 06/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CAPS Incorporated (C.A.P.S.)
• Original Assignee: CAPS Incorporated (C.A.P.S.)
• Inventors: Ko, Byung-Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham; Gary K
• Application Number:
  US11/813,745
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201894A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 152/502.01, 152/504.3, 152/504.4, 152/503.61, 152/503.2
• US Class Current: 15/250.201
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/381 Spoilers mounted on the squeegee or on the vertebra
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3858 with protrusions cooperating with holes
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3881 in additional element, e.g. spoiler
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3882 C-shape section
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/40 Connections between blades and arms
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/3812 Means of supporting or holding the squeegee or blade rubber

Abstract

This invention pertains to a windshield wiper blade apparatus for a motor vehicle that more effectively and perfectly completely clears away rainwater or and foreign objects, which stick to on the car windshield, with more definite contact force and without shaking. Also Furthermore, this invention more definitely clearly improves the organic coupling structure of the components that constitute the blade apparatus. More specifically, the blade (300) is inserted into the blade couplingblade-couplingunit (10) that is fixed to the rail spring (100); the clamp (400) is coupled to the rail spring (100) through four hook project ions (132) that are formed in the rail spring. The clamp has four coupling protrusions (410) in its lower part, and each coupling protrusion has a hook hole (411) Hence Therefore, the coupling protrusions (410) hook holes (411) hook grooves (131) and hook projections (132) form the clamp-coupling unitpart (130); the spoiler has multiple clip installation sections (210) with grooves for to prevention of the spoilerit from breaking away (211) on its both sides. The clips for to prevention of the spoiler from it breaking away (220) are inserted into the clip installation sections, The clips are to prevent the spoiler from breaking away by pressing holding the spoiler and part of the rail spring up and downtogether.

Claims

1. A wiper blade apparatus comprising:

a spoiler(200) to minimize air resistance in an upper part;

a blade (300) of soft rubber in a lower part;

a rail spring (100) in a middle part; and

a clamp(400) to be mounted in middle of the said rail spring(100),

wherein the said blade(300) is coupled with a blade-coupling unit(10) after fixing the said unit(10) to the said rail spring (100),

further comprising more than one reinforcing sections(120) in linear holes(110) that are made by having the rail spring (100) perforated,

wherein the clamp comprises four coupling protrusions(410) and hook holes(411), respectively,

wherein the rail spring comprises four hook grooves(131) and hook projections(132) respectively,

further comprising multiple clip installation sections (210) embedding grooves for prevention of the spoiler from breaking away(211) in external sides of -shape wings of the spoiler and multiple clips for prevention of the spoiler from breaking away(220), which are fixed to the said clip installation sections, preventing the spoiler from separating, by pressing holding the spoiler and part of the rail spring together.

2. The wiper blade apparatus of claim 1, wherein the blade-coupling unit(10) is inserted into the linear holes(110) of the rail spring(100) and includes a protrusion(20) forming an insertion groove(21), wherein a wedge(40) and the blade-coupling unit(10) are coupled with each other as a wedge foot(41) of the wedge(40) is inserted into the insertion groove(21) of the blade-coupling unit(10) ensuring solid coupling with the rail spring.

3. The wiper blade apparatus of claim 2 comprising a -shape loop(30) for the blade-coupling unit (10) in bilateral symmetry, which enables the blade to be clamped safely and solidly the loop being closely contacted by with the surface of the rail spring.

4. The wiper blade apparatus of claim 3, wherein the blade-coupling unit(10) is equally divided and arrayed in specific short parts so as to act in concert with the resilience of the rail spring.

5. The wiper blade apparatus of claim 3, wherein resilience may be secured sufficiently in the coupling unit (10) by forming lashes(31) from a top of the protrusion(20) to a specific depth in the -shape loop(30) of the blade-coupling unit(10).

6. The wiper blade apparatus of claim 2, wherein the blade-coupling unit(10) is equally divided and arrayed in specific short parts so as to act in concert with the resilience of the rail spring.

7. The wiper blade apparatus of claim 2, wherein resilience may be secured sufficiently in the coupling unit (10) by forming lashes(31) from a top of the protrusion(20) to a specific depth in a -shape loop(30) of the blade-coupling unit(10).

8. The wiper blade apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spoiler(200), which is installed on an upper part of the rail spring(100), forms loop insertion grooves(230) at both sides of its bottom and a wedge(40) forms loops(42) at both edges of an upper part thereof so as to be inserted into the loop insertion grooves (230).