US 11,718,273 B2
Rear beam arm and blade assembly
Alexander Kowal, Clarkston, MI (US); Nicholas Finateri, Flint, MI (US); Kyle Moll, Oxford, MI (US); and Roger Barnett, Rochester Hill, MI (US)
Appl. No. 15/733,372
Filed by trico products corporation, Rochester Hills, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/013477
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/140378, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/616,809, filed on Jan. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0094514 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B60S 1/34 (2006.01); B60S 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/3459 (2013.01) [B60S 1/3418 (2013.01); B60S 1/3436 (2013.01); B60S 1/3481 (2013.01); B60S 5/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beam blade wiper assembly comprising:
a wiping element adapted to contact a surface to be wiped;
an elongated beam arm having a first end, a second end, and opposing sides, said first end acting to support said wiping element, said second end configured with a first pair of opposing notches on said sides of said beam arm and spaced apart from said second end, said beam arm having a second pair of opposing notches on said sides of said beam arm spaced apart from said first pair of opposing notches; and
a mounting head having a through hole configured for engaging a drive shaft, said mounting head having a first pair of locking features configured to matingly engage and retain a respective one of said first pair of opposing notches when said beam arm is in a first position and assembled with said mounting head, said mounting head comprising a channel passing through a portion of said mounting head and configured to matingly engage with said second end of said beam arm, said channel comprising opposing side walls, an end wall, and a channel bottom wall;
a locking clip configured to frictionally engage with said mounting head when said beam arm is in said first position assembled with said mounting head with said first pair of locking features matingly engaged with said respective one of said first pair of opposing notches;
wherein said beam arm is detachable from said mounting head when said locking clip is removed from said mounting head; and
wherein said beam arm is fixedly coupled with said mounting head when said locking clip is frictionally engaged with said mounting head.