The present invention relates to wiper assembly that includes a wiping element adapted to contact a surface and having head portion and a wiping portion, a pair of supporting elongated splines each having at least one aperture, and a coupler with a base portion, a pair of side walls, at least one pair of claws facing each other that have an upper element extending laterally inwardly terminating to define a channel between the claws to receive the head portion of the wiping element, a lower element spaced below the upper element, and a retention gap defined therebetween with the splines at least partially disposed therein, and at least one pair of resilient locking tabs extending laterally inwardly from the side walls and being disposed in the apertures of the splines so as to independently retain the splines with respect to the coupler and independently space the splines laterally with respect to each other.
WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY HAVING SPLINE LOCK COUPLER
2015-10-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen |