ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,401, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DONGGUAN HONGYI WIPER Co. LTD. (Dong Guan, China).

"Wiper adapter" was invented by Yuan-Chin Ku (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiper adapter includes a base and a shielding cover. The base has a top wall, a pair of side walls, and a pair of bottom walls. Two sides of the top wall respectively include a limiting wall extending upward. A width of the lateral L-shaped structure along a transverse direction is smaller than a width of one of the bottom walls along the transverse direction. The at least one lateral L-shaped structure is configured to stop a displacement of a wip...