Clip for vehicle

Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Clasp – clip – support-clamp – or required component thereof – Dissociable gripping members

Reexamination Certificate

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C024S522000, C024S546000, C015S250390

Reexamination Certificate

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06321421

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a clip used in connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm of a vehicle, more particularly, to a clip that can eliminate the generation of a gap which is present when assembling a wiper arm using conventional type of clips.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It has been quite common to utilize a clip in connecting a wiper arm and a wiper blade of a vehicle. As shown in
FIG. 3
, the conventional clip (
10
b
) used for this purpose is “U”-shaped and there is also a projected stopper (
16
) on the lower part of one end. Here, the above clip (
10
b
) is set to be positioned on the cental shaft of the wiper blade (
12
) so that the inner side of the clip can wrap around the shaft to be locked into the place. Then, the crooked end of the wiper arm (
14
) with a fitting groove (
20
) is inserted onto the top of the above wiper blade (
12
) in such a fashion that the end of the wiper arm (
14
) covers the outer surface of the above clip (
10
b
), and the projected stopper (
16
) of the above clip (
10
b
) gets positioned into the fitting groove (
20
) of the wiper arm (
14
) and the assembly process of the wiper arm comes to an end.
However, the aforementioned conventional clip that relies on the connection between the projected stopper (
16
) and the fitting groove (
20
) of the wiper arm (
14
) has the problem of generating a gap between the inner surface of the wiper arm (
14
) and the outer surface of the clip (
10
b
) thus causing the wiper arm to tremble and make noise and subsequently incapable of well performing its own wiping activity.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a clip used in connecting between a wiper blade and a wiper arm of a vehicle, more particularly, to the clip which has an elastically supported end part and thus enables to eliminate the gap generally produced between a wiper arm and a conventional type of a clip when they are assembled together. The clip of the present invention, when installed into the main shaft of a wiper blade so that it can wrap around a wiper arm, can not only prevent the generation of a gap between a wiper arm and the clip, but also eliminate the trembling phenomenon of a wiper arm and the resulting noise that used to occur in the conventional type of clips during the normal operation.


REFERENCES:
patent: 411188 (1889-09-01), Gira et al.
patent: 2511808 (1950-06-01), Petri
patent: 2704872 (1955-03-01), Waggoner et al.
patent: 3665544 (1972-05-01), Sakamoto
patent: 3866260 (1975-02-01), Cone
patent: 3919736 (1975-11-01), Bourassa et al.
patent: 4156951 (1979-06-01), Sharp

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