Patent ID: 9187065
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A heated windshield wiper assembly comprising: a heater unit including: a blade housing disposed on an outer end of each arm, each blade housing having a top side, a bottom side, a front wall, a rear wall, a right side wall, and a left side wall; a hollow casing disposed on the top side of each blade housing, the casing having a front side and a rear side; an air inlet port disposed on the casing, wherein each of the first wiper conduit and the second wiper conduit is attached to a respective one of the air inlet ports; an air chamber continuously disposed within the blade housing, wherein the air chamber is fluidly connected to the air inlet port; a pair of pockets of the air chamber, one of the pockets disposed on each side of a wiper blade attached to the blade housing; a plurality of spaced apart pairs of outlets fluidly connected to the air chamber, the outlets disposed within an entire length each blade housing between each side of the wiper blade and the respective pocket; wherein the forced heat air flow generated by the heater-blower flows from the heater-blower into the conduit first end, then out of each of the first wiper conduit and the second wiper conduit into the air inlet port, from the air inlet port into the air chamber and then out of each of the outlets onto a front windshield.