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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Tadayoshi Terai, Kosai, JP;
Yoshinori Hitomi, Toyota, JP;
Masayuki Okano, Toyota, JP;
Kazutoshi Kinoshita, Nagoya, JP;
Asmo, Co., Ltd., Shizuoka-pref, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A wiper arm for a vehicle windshield includes an arm head to be rotatably connected to a driving motor mounted in a vehicle, a spring member, a retainer pressed against the windshield by the spring member, a wiper blade supported by the retainer. The retainer has a channeled structure tapering to the wiper blade and is composed of an upper wall, a first side wall extending from one side of the upper wall, a second side wall extending from the other side of the upper wall to be located at a downstream side on the windshield relative to the first side wall and an open side disposed opposite the upper wall to face the windshield. The first side wall has a larger height from the upper wall than the second side wall.