Connectors and connector kit for attachment of a windshield wiper blade to multiple types of windshield wiper arms

US10118596B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. · US

Inventors

• James C. Fournier · Oakland, US
• Stanislaw Piotrowski · Addison, US
• Anders Olof Rostlund · Chicago, US
• Kenneth H. Teal · Houston, US
• Mark Kurth · Whiting, US
• Subramaniam Shanmugham · Sugar Land, US
• Ashok Darisipudi · Aurora, US
• Liliana Minevski · Diemelstraße, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S2001/408
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A kit for connecting a wiper blade and multiple types of wiper arms, the kit including a container and a set of connectors located within an interior of the container. The set of connectors includes a first connector having a structure to receive and be connected to at least two different wiper arms that are part of a first class of wiper arms. The set of connectors includes a second connector having a structure to receive and be connected to at least two different wiper arms that are part of a second class of wiper arms. The set of connectors includes a third connector having a structure to receive and be connected to at least two different wiper arms that are part of a third class of wiper arms, wherein the first class, the second class and the third class are different from one another.