IP Library Granted Patent US 7,398,577
Granted Patent B2
US 7,398,577 · App. 11/144,435 · Granted Jul 15, 2008

Windscreen wiper device

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Patent No.
US 7,398,577
App. No.
11/144,435
Granted
Jul 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A windscreen wiper device comprising at least one yoke which is attached to a carrier in such a manner as to be capable of pivotating movement about a first pivot axis, wherein both said carrier and said yoke have a substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of their interconnection, said windscreen wiper device further comprising a oscillating arm pivotally connected to said carrier about a second pivot axis near one end, wherein said carrier is provided, at the location of said second pivot axis, with a transverse shaft, with the special feature that said oscillating arm and said carrier are interconnected with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said joint part comprises at least one resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in said oscillating arm.

Claims (6)

1. A windscreen wiper device comprising at least one yoke which is attached to a carrier in such a manner as to be capable of pivoting movement about a first pivot axis, wherein both said carrier and said yoke have a substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of their interconnection, said windscreen wiper device further comprising an oscillating arm pivotally connected to said carrier about a second pivot axis near one end, wherein said carrier is provided, at the location of said second pivot axis, with a transverse shaft, wherein said oscillating arm and said carrier are interconnected with the interposition of a joint part, and wherein said transverse shaft is pivotally snapped in a correspondingly shaped recess in a downwardly extending portion of said joint part, said joint part including at least one resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in said oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm has an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of its connection to said joint part, and wherein each leg of said U-shaped cross-section comprises inwardly bended edges which engage around longitudinal sides of said joint part that face away from each other, and said joint part including laterally outwardly projecting protrusions formed along said longitudinal sides of said joint part and extending beneath longitudinal lower edges of said legs of said oscillating arm adjacent said bent edges.

2. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein said hole is provided in a base of said U-shaped cross-section of the arm.

3. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein said hole has a closed circumference.

4. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein said shaft is dimensioned such that it can be passed through an insertion opening of the recess from an at least substantially perpendicular position of said oscillating arm with respect to said carrier, and be locked in position in said recess from an at least substantially parallel position of said oscillating arm with respect to said carrier.

5. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein said shaft is formed by a pin extending from one longitudinal side to another longitudinal side of said carrier.

6. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein said joint part is made of plastic.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2022
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: TENNECO INC.; TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.; TENNECO INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORP.; THE PULLMAN COMPANY; TENNECO GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC.; CLEVITE INDUSTRIES INC.; TMC TEXAS INC.; CARTER AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; FELT PRODUCTS MFG. CO. LLC; MUZZY-LYON AUTO PARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN IP LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL PISTON RINGS, LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL CHASSIS LLC; F-M MOTORPARTS TSC LLC; F-M TSC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL VALVE TRAIN INTERNATIONAL LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL SEVIERVILLE, LLC; BECK ARNLEY HOLDINGS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL FILTRATION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL FINANCING CORPORATION; FEDERAL-MOGUL PRODUCTS US LLC
Reel/Frame 061975/0218 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: FEDERAL MOGUL S.A.
To: TRICO BELGIUM S.A.
Reel/Frame 057810/0467 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
To: TENNECO INC. (F/K/A FEDERAL-MOGUL LLC); FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC (F/K/A FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS CORPORATION); FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC (F/K/A FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLDWIDE, INC.); FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC (F/K/A FEDERAL- MOGUL IGNITION COMPANY)
Reel/Frame 048499/0860 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
To: TENNECO INC. (F/K/A FEDERAL-MOGUL LLC); FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC (F/K/A FEDERAL- MOGUL IGNITION COMPANY)
Reel/Frame 048499/0910 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
To: TENNECO INC.; FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC
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CONFIRMATORY GRANT OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN UNITED STATES PATENTS Recorded Oct 9, 2018
From: TENNECO INC.; TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.; TENNECO INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORP.; THE PULLMAN COMPANY; TENNECO GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC.; CLEVITE INDUSTRIES INC.; TMC TEXAS INC.; CARTER AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC; FELT PRODUCTS MFG. CO. LLC; MUZZY-LYON AUTO PARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL POWERTRAIN IP LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL PISTON RINGS, LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL CHASSIS LLC; F-M MOTORPARTS TSC LLC; F-M TSC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL VALVETRAIN INTERNATIONAL LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL SEVIERVILLE, LLC; BECK ARNLEY HOLDINGS LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL FILTRATION LLC; FEDERAL-MOGUL FINANCING CORPORATION; FEDERAL-MOGUL PRODUCTS US LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
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