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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Deborah Herring, Legal Representative, Granger, IN (US);
Scott A. Koppen, Wanatah, IN (US);
James L. Lytle, Crownpoint, IN (US);
Deborah Herring, legal representative, Granger, IN (US);
Scott A. Koppen, Wanatah, IN (US);
James L. Lytle, Crownpoint, IN (US);
Federal Mogul World Wide, Inc, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
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.