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Windscreen-wiper blade having modifiable vertical flexibility

US9387826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2010
Grant dateJul 12, 2016
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60S2001/382
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Wiper blade for a surface of double curvature type, the said wiper blade including a flexible longitudinal wiper and means for exerting a bearing force at at least one point of the said wiper along a direction Z mainly normal to the surface, also including a longitudinal 15 part, attached to the wiper at several points, and means to vary over time and in at least one segment of the longitudinal rod the rigidity in bending of this longitudinal rod in a plane XZ normal to the surface between previously chosen values. The longitudinal part is a metallic blade where the inertias on the two axes of its section are very different.

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