Heating windshield wiper shroud system
US5676868A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60S2001/3843
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heating windshield wiper shroud system which is designed to be installed in combination with a conventional motorized vehicle windshield wiper assembly having an electrically activated windshield wiper rocker arm and a windshield wiper blade and supporting frame. The wiper shroud system utilizes a shroud housing with a roof portion along a longitudinal axis having a middle section with a first vertically and transversely designed upper width portion and a second vertically and transversely designed lower width portion which has a differentially wider transverse width dimension than the first upper width portion. The second lower width has a shelf portion which has a perimeter generally between and coextensive with the outside vertical edge of the first upper width and the outer edge of the second lower width portion. The shroud housing is further provided with an internal channel along its longitudinal length for installation of a conventional wiper blade assembly, a channel transversely positioned within the upper width of the middle section for receipt of a pin securing a wiper arm, and a channel transversely positioned within the lower width for pinned securement of a wiper bl…
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