Windshield wiper blade assembly
First Claim
1. A windshield wiper blade assembly adapted to be connected to a wiper arm connector having a pivot shaft, said windshield wiper blade assembly comprising:
- an elongate middle housing having a middle frame segment that defines an accommodating recess;
an elastic wiper blade having a top end secured to a bottom side of said middle housing; and
a bridging member fitted in said accommodating recess, said bridging member having two end parts, a middle part disposed between and interconnecting said end parts, and a pivot part, said middle part having a top wall and two opposite side walls extending downwardly and respectively from two opposite sides of said top wall into said accommodating recess, said pivot part protruding upwardly from said top wall of said middle part and defining a shaft-receiving recess for extension of the pivot shaft of the wiper arm connector therein, each of said end parts having a top edge extending upwardly and outwardly from an adjacent end of said top wall of said middle part so as to cooperate with said pivot part to define an extension recess therebetween for extension of an adjacent one of two ends of the wiper arm connector therein during swinging of the wiper arm connector about an axis of the pivot shaft, at least one of said end parts engaging said middle frame segment of said middle housing in a tongue-and-groove engaging manner and at least one of said end parts and said middle part engaging said middle frame segment of said middle housing in a snap-fit engaging manner.
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Abstract
A windshield wiper blade assembly comprises: a middle housing having a middle frame segment that defines an accommodating recess; an elastic wiper blade; and a bridging member fitted in the accommodating recess. The bridging member has two end parts, a middle part and a pivot part. The pivot part protrudes upwardly from a top wall of the middle part. Each of the end parts has a top edge extending upwardly from the top wall so as to cooperate with the pivot part to define an extension recess. At least one of the end parts engages the middle frame segment in a tongue-and-groove engaging manner and at least one of the end, parts and the middle part engages the middle frame segment in a snap-fit engaging manner.
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11 Claims
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1. A windshield wiper blade assembly adapted to be connected to a wiper arm connector having a pivot shaft, said windshield wiper blade assembly comprising:
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an elongate middle housing having a middle frame segment that defines an accommodating recess; an elastic wiper blade having a top end secured to a bottom side of said middle housing; and a bridging member fitted in said accommodating recess, said bridging member having two end parts, a middle part disposed between and interconnecting said end parts, and a pivot part, said middle part having a top wall and two opposite side walls extending downwardly and respectively from two opposite sides of said top wall into said accommodating recess, said pivot part protruding upwardly from said top wall of said middle part and defining a shaft-receiving recess for extension of the pivot shaft of the wiper arm connector therein, each of said end parts having a top edge extending upwardly and outwardly from an adjacent end of said top wall of said middle part so as to cooperate with said pivot part to define an extension recess therebetween for extension of an adjacent one of two ends of the wiper arm connector therein during swinging of the wiper arm connector about an axis of the pivot shaft, at least one of said end parts engaging said middle frame segment of said middle housing in a tongue-and-groove engaging manner and at least one of said end parts and said middle part engaging said middle frame segment of said middle housing in a snap-fit engaging manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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