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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage, La Verriere, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; B60H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1525031 ; 296192 ; 296197 ; 296208 ; 454146 ; 454158 ;
Abstract
A vehicle has a windshield and a hood extending away from the lower edge of the windshield. A modular windshield washing and wiping apparatus, disposed adjacent to the lower edge of the windshield, comprises at least two modules, arranged to be assembled together and to the remainder of the vehicle. One of the modules contains a screen washing liquid so as to act as a reservoir for the latter, while another module carries the screen wiping equipment. One of the modules includes at least one further component which is a component of a ventilating and/or air conditioning apparatus of the vehicle.