Windshield wiper arm bracket

• US 8,166,605 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2007
• Issued: 05/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alberee Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Alberee Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Lee, Albert
• Primary Examiner(s): Carter, Monica
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERRY, STEPHANIE R
• Application Number:
  US11/889,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20080115308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,720 Days
• Field of Search: 152/503.2, 152/504.6, 292/51
• US Class Current: 15/250.32
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3851 Mounting of connector to blade assembly
• 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 1/4006 for arms provided with a hook-shaped end
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/4074 with means provided on the blade for locking the side pin
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/69 Redundant disconnection blocking means
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/71 Blocking disengagement of catches or keys
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44769 Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44923 Clasp, clip, or support-clamp cut or shaped from a single sheet of resilient, uniformly thick, planar material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49995 Shaping one-piece blank by removing material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32893 including distinct pin retainer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32901 Unitary clip or plug

Abstract

A windshield wiper arm bracket includes a pair of side walls. Each of said side walls include at least one centrally located pin arm receiving hole formed therein. The bracket also includes a post attaching the pair of side walls together. The post is for receiving a pin arm adaptor thereon. The bracket also includes an attachment arm formed on a bottom of each of the pair of side walls. The attachment arms are for connecting the bracket to a windshield wiper assembly. An adaptor for a windshield wiper arm bracket includes a top portion and a web portion. The web portion includes a central aperture formed therein. The central aperture includes a first portion for receiving a post of the windshield wiper arm bracket and a second aperture for receiving a pin arm of a windshield wiper arm.

Claims

1. A windshield wiper arm bracket, comprising:

a pair of side walls, each of said side walls including at least one centrally located pin arm receiving hole formed therein;

a post attaching the pair of side walls together on a top of each of the pair of side walls, said post configured to receive a pin arm adaptor thereon; and

an attachment arm formed on a bottom of each of the pair of side walls, said attachment arms configured to connect the bracket to a windshield wiper assembly,

wherein said attachment arm is formed in a c-shape and is configured to grip over an outer peripheral edge of a sheet metal of the windshield wiper assembly, and

wherein the each of said side walls further includes a rib configured to increase the rigidity of the windshield wiper arm bracket, the rib extending from one end to an opposite end of the windshield wiper arm bracket.

2. The windshield wiper arm bracket of claim 1, wherein the each of the pair of the side walls have a plurality of the pin arm receiving holes, the pin arm receiving holes having different diameters.

3. The windshield wiper arm bracket of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one web connecting the pair of the side walls.

4. The windshield wiper arm bracket of claim 2, wherein the post is one of perpendicularly aligned with a first of the plurality of the pin arm receiving holes, horizontally aligned with a second of the plurality of the pin arm receiving holes, or both.

5. The windshield wiper arm bracket of claim 1, wherein the each of the pair of the side walls have at least one pin arm receiving hole, and the post is perpendicularly aligned with the at least one of the plurality of pin arm receiving holes.

6. The windshield wiper arm bracket of claim 1, wherein the windshield wiper arm bracket is symmetric about the post.

7. The windshield wiper arm bracket of claim 1, wherein said attachment arm is curved inward with respect to the windshield wiper arm bracket.

8. The windshield wiper arm bracket of claim 1, wherein respective attachment arms of the pair of side walls are curved inward with respect to the windshield wiper arm bracket so that terminal ends thereof face each other.