ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,434, issued on April 8, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Windscreen wiper blade" was invented by Makoto Saito (Kariya, Japan), Jun Hamamoto (Kariya, Japan) and Hiroki Nose (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windscreen wiper blade includes a blade body, a blade rubber, and a yoke. The blade body includes first and second locks. The yoke is made of a metal plate and includes a first extension and a blade rubber retainer. The first extension has a fitting bead which the first lock engages. The blade rubber retainer extends from the first extension and retains the blade rubber. The yoke also includes second and ...