Patent Application
20050246852
This invention provides a novel automobile wiper holder with pressurized stability, warning effect and variable size. In other word, the wiper blade will always be kept in close and stable contact with the windshield regardless how strong the wind blows; concurrently it works a warning and beautification, applicable with a variety of wiper blade.
In the prior art of wiper holder for the automobile, the general practice is to add a pressurized panel on one side of the wiper holder to produce a reciprocating movement so as to wipe off the rainwater built up on the windshield, and to maintain good vision for the driver in the front of the driving way. Because of the one side pressurized panel, the wiper blade is always held in loose contact with the surface of the windshield, so the rain water can not be wiped off in one stroke. In addition, the prior art of wiper holder is not retractable, inconvenient for installing variable size of the wiper blade.
In general, it is bad habit for most drivers to neglect turning on the headlamps after the sunset or in the early evening because they feel that there is sufficient light for safe driving which is easy to lead to an accident. In the fog weather, the fog lamp gives the driver a good vision in the driving way, but a poor warning effect to the driver coming in the opposite direction. The fog lamp is static; the warning effect is not effective. Driving in the rainy day, the wiper provides a good vision, but no warning effect in night driving; the accident rate remains still high.
Because of these predominant weaknesses inherent in the prior art of the wiper holder which leave room for improvement and betterment, the inventor has advocated for many years to the research and development and come up with this novel wiper holder.
The main object of this invention is provide a novel wiper holder structure with pressurized stability, and warning effect and variable size of blade, because the wiper holder is retractable and adjustable to use a variety if blade sizes suitable for use on the windshield in different area.
Another object of this invention is to provide a novel wiper holder structure with pressurized stability, warning effect and variable size of blade, in which the pressurized panels are mounted on both sides of the top surface of the holder to ensure that the wiper blade is in close and stable contact with the windshield irrespective of how strong the wind is against the windshield, and the rainwater built up on the windshield will be entirely wiped off in one stroke. The additional wire circuit offers the lighting element which serves as a warning device in the bad weather where the vision is very poor.
Another object of this invention is to provide a novel wiper holder structure with pressurized stability, warning effect and variable size of blade in which the lighting element will illuminate the whole wiper holder along the pressurized panel which display the driver special personality, decoration and good looking.
The special features of this invention are explained in great detail with the preferable embodiments as illustrated in the drawings attached.
As shown in
The first connecting panel (11) is the curved form with a claw buckle (111) on the bottom to be inserted into the central groove (101) of the blade holder (10) and fixed in place on the retaining plate (103) of the lock projection (104). The other end of the first panel has a claw hook (112) which will slide in the central groove (101) of the blade holder (10). The first panel (11) has two connecting holes (113) disposed in the opposite direction.
The second connecting panel (12) is also a curved form overlapped over the first connecting panel (11) with two tendons (121) to be linked onto the connecting holes (113) of the first panel (11). The claw hook (122) at the other end of the second connecting panel (12) will also slide in the central groove 101) of the blade holder (10) as the claw hook (112) does. The second connecting panel (12) provides a plurality of retaining hole (123) or similarly the retaining channel (124) with a plurality of retaining holes (123), and retaining holes (125) on above for receiving the lock post (129) of the top cover (127). The hook (128) of the top cover (127) can be held in the retaining hole (123) or along an indentation (126) of the retaining channel (124) of the second connecting panel (12).
The third connecting panel (13) is also a curved form riding over the second connecting panel (12) with tendons (131) at one end to be received in the retaining holes (123) or in the retaining channel (124) of the second connecting panel (12), which serves the retractable adjustment of wiper blade. The other end of the third connecting panel (13) has also a claw hook (132) to slide in the groove (101) of the blade holder (10). There is a plurality of retaining hole (133) or a retaining channel (134) along the side wall of the third connecting panel (13), and a corresponding retaining hole (135) on above to hold the lock post (139) on the top cover (137). The hook (138) of the top cover (137) will catch the retaining hole (133) or the indentation (136) of the retaining channel (134) of the third connecting panel (13).
The holder seat (14) overlaps on the third connecting panel (13) with corresponding tendons (141) inserted into the side retaining holes (133) or the retaining channel (134) for length adjustment. The holder seat (14) has a hollow projection (142) and the bolt hole (143) for holding the wiper arm. The hollow projection provides the electrical circuit (144) to be linked to the lighting elements (145). Both sides of the holder seat (14) are installed with the pressurized panels (15) or connected with a semi-circular tube (16). Each pressurized panel (15) has several hooks (151) to be locked up into the indentation (146) of the holder seat (14). Each semi-circular tube (16) has several lock post (161) to hold retaining holes (147) on the holder seat (14) for stabilized and fixed.
There is a top cover (127, 137) inlaid between the second connecting panel (12) and between the third connecting panel (13) and the holder seat (14) respectively, when it is necessary to make a reverse retractable adjustment of blade size, the top covers (127, 137) will fill up the gap formed in the adjustment.
The pressurized panel (15) or the semi-circular tube (16) is made from the transparent or translucent plastic or acrylic material which causes the lighting elements (145), the pressurized panels (15) or the semi-circular tube (16) as an integrated light.
As shown in
The length adjustment of wiper holder depends on the user requirement. It can shorten the length in the reverse direction by overlapping the second and the third connecting panels (12, 13) with the holder seat (14). Therefore, the top covers (127, 137) will fill up the evacuation as shown in
The main purpose of the pressurized panels (15) installed on both sides of the holder seat (14) is to ensure the close and stable contact of the wiper blade to the windshield even under strong wind. It helps to keep the windshield always in the clean and neat condition. The windshield varies greatly there must be many sizes of wiper holder available all the time. The wiper holder (1) provided in this invention permits the feasible combination of the second connecting panel (12) and the third connecting panel (13) along with the holder seat (14), one size will suit all purpose.
Most importance is that the lighting elements (145), the pressurized panel (15) or the semi-circular tube (16) in the holder seat (14) work as an integrated lighting unit which will give the approaching vehicle a clear warning sign while driving in the fog, rainy weather.
The circuit (144), the lighting element (145) housed in the hollow protection (142) of the holder seat (14) will certainly consume the power from the battery. If not in use, the whole assembly of the wiper holder (1) can easily take off or placed back in very convenient way.
The worth mention is that the lighting element (145) on the wiper holder (1) not only bring the attention and warning effect of the driver the poor vision in the bad weather, and easy distinguish the driver coming in the opposite direction, but also display the driver special personality, decoration and good looking through whole lighting pressurized panel (15) or semi-circular tube (16).
It is well learned that the novel wiper holder has entirely solved the inherent weaknesses the prior art of wiper holder possesses. It is justified for granting a new patent.
Many changes and modifications in the above described embodiments of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
