Federal-mogul World Wide, Inc.

Federal-mogul Corporation

James Lynn Lytle

Scott Allen Koppen

Richard A Herring

Deborah Herring, Legal Representative

A wiper blade assembly has a resilient wiper element with a crown having lengthwise grooves and a tip for wiping a window. An arcuate metal flexor has inner edges disposed in the grooves of the crown and outer edges. An elongate cover has an upper wall and a pair of flanges curled inwardly in spaced relation from the upper wall to provide elongate channels. The outer edges of the flexor are disposed in the channels. The connector is configured for attachment to a wiper arm, and has a lower surface with a pair of flanges curled in spaced relation from the lower surface to provide opposite facing pockets that slidingly receive the cover flanges therein. A projection on one of the connector or the cover is received in an opening of the other of the connector or the cover to lock the connector to the cover.

Method of assembling a wiper blade

Spoilerless flat wiper blade assembly

A central connecting device () for a flat blade style wiper blade assembly () includes a plastic intermediate base () that is fixed, such as by ultrasonic welding, to a pair of flexors () extending the length of the wiper blade assembly (). The intermediate base () includes a recessed deck section () for receiving a metallic housing (). The housing () is heat-staked in position to the intermediate base () to secure the two elements together as an integral unit. A rivet () extends transversely across the sidewalls () of the housing () for adjoining to a universal connector () or other suitable adaptor or by direction connection to the end of a wiper arm.

Two-piece connector for flat blade windshield wiper

Two-piece connector for flat blade

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Crown Point, IN, United States of America

James Lynn Lytle