Method of assembling a wiper blade

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8720033
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13180618

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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.

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FEDERAL-MOGUL COMPANY26555 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY SOUTHFIELD MI 48034

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Koppen, Scott Allen Wanatah, US 4 129
Lytle, James Lynn Crown Point, US 3 70

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