US Patent Issued to TRICO BELGIUM, AUDI A.G., A. RAYMOND ET CIE SCS, DR. ING. H.C.F. PORCHE A.G., VOLKSWAGEN A.G. on July 1 for "Windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type" (German, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,199, issued on July 1, was assigned to TRICO BELGIUM S.A. (Aubange, Belgium), AUDI A.G. (Ingolstadt, Germany), A. RAYMOND ET CIE SCS (Grenoble, France), DR. ING. H.C.F. PORCHE A.G. (Weissach, Germany) and VOLKSWAGEN A.G. (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type" was invented by Arthur Taillard (Herserange, France), Stephan Hafner (Prebitz, Germany), Sven Auch (Stuttgart, Germany), Frank Ackermann (Konigslutter am Elm, Germany) and Karl Bode (Lorrach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elonga...