ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,002, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DANYANG UPC AUTO PARTS Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Boneless wiper structure" was invented by Chuan-Chih Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Che-Wei Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Cheng-Kai Yang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boneless wiper structure (10) for a wiper arm (3) includes a wiper blade (1) and a connection base assembly (2). The wiper blade (1) is provided with two positioning holes. The connection base assembly (2) includes a fixing base (21) and a joint base (22). The fixing base (21) is assembled to the wiper blade (1). Two positioning feet (211) extend from a bottom...