Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Bradley Napier Doman

Andre Sykula

Jose Garcia Crespo

Christian Michael Norton

James Lee Salmon

Heather M Flores

Dennis Michael Sopko

Jerome Tzau

Timothy William Taylor

A wiper system having an electric motor operatively associated with a primary pivot shaft assembly. Also included is a secondary pivot shaft assembly. A first windshield wiper is coupled to the primary pivot shaft assembly, and a second windshield wiper is coupled to the secondary pivot shaft assembly. The system includes a cable assembly having at least one cable operatively associated with the primary pivot shaft assembly and the secondary pivot shaft assembly, wherein the electric motor is capable of rotating the primary pivot shaft assembly and the first windshield wiper, wherein rotation of the primary pivot shaft assembly generates tension in the at least one cable, and wherein the at least one cable tension generates rotation of the secondary pivot shaft assembly and the second windshield wiper.

Automobile windshield wiper system having direct drive drum and cable assembly

An anchorage assembly which includes a generally rectangular housing , an anchor member , and a resilient and deformable material or member which is coupled to member and which engages housing , thereby regulating or controlling the movement of member relative to housing and absorbing vibration and impact loads imparted upon member

Anchorage assembly

A vehicle window wiper assembly has a one-piece carrier with a central section and flexible tips to allow the wiper to accommodate windows of high curvature. The tips have a higher flexibility than the central section, due in part to molded serrations on the bottom surface in combination with decreased thickness and width with respect to the central section. The central section and the tips also have different radii of curvature which provide a uniform pressure distribution across the window during wiping operation, even at high curvature window locations. A blade channel extends the longitudinal length of the carrier for receiving a wiper blade therein. The central section has a molded air foil defined by a downwardly projecting, longitudinally extending lip on a leading edge for preventing wiper assembly lift. The rear edge of the central section may have similar lip. A pair of laterally opposed attachment flanges, as well as laterally opposed stability posts, are integrally molded with the central section, as are the tips and air foil lips. The carrier is integrally molded with the aforementioned features, preferably of a thermoplastic material, with no moving parts, and thus is not susceptible to the adverse effects of snow and ice induced lock-up.

Vehicle window wiper assembly having one-piece carrier with flexible tips

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