Patent ID: 6332236
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
A windshield wiper arm connector, comprising:an arc-shaped transverse part, a first fastening slot being formed in a lower portion of said arc-shaped transverse part, said first fastening slot being adapted to receive a connecting shaft of a windshield wiper arm, said arc-shaped transverse part further having an arced inserting slot in the lower portion thereof, the arced inserting slot receiving a pin therein for fastening said arc-shaped transverse part to the pin, so as to fix a pin-type wiper arm to the connector;first and second side sheets disposed on opposite sides of said arc-shaped transverse part;a spring slice formed on a rear side of said arc-shaped transverse part, and being located between said first and second side sheets;a structure slice disposed between said first and second side sheets and above said spring slice, said structure slice having a positioning hole therein, said structure slice and said spring slice forming a socket therebetween for receiving a flat-end type wiper arm therein, wherein when the flat-end type wiper arm is received within the socket, a projecting point of the flat-end type wiper arm is receivable within the positioning hole to fix the flat-end type wiper arm in the connector;first and second projecting blocks, each being disposed below said arc-shaped transverse part in a region in front of the first fastening slot, and each being attached to an inner side of a respective one of said side sheets, said first and second projecting blocks and said arc-shaped transverse part forming an inner fastening slot therebetween, a region outside of said first and second projecting blocks defining an outer fastening slot;first and second baffle slices, each being disposed in front of a respective projecting block and in front of said arc-shaped transverse part, and each being attached to the inner side of a respective one of said side sheets, wherein a first sized hook-end type wiper arm is attachable to the connector by disposing a free leg of the hook-end type wiper arm in the inner fastening slot, and a second sized hook-end type wiper arm is attachable to the connector by disposing a free leg of the second sized hook-end wiper arm in the outer fastening slot, and wherein said baffle slices abut against an outer surface of a curved portion of the respective hook-end type wiper arm, and said arc-shaped transverse part abuts against an inner surface of the curved portion of the respective hook-end wiper arm, when said first sized hook-end type wiper arm is attached to the connect or and when said second sized hook-end type wiper arm is attached to the connector, to fix the respective hook-end type wiper arm to the connector.