ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,866, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage (La Verriere, France).
"Streamlined windscreen wiper" was invented by Nathalie Laloi (La Verriere, France), Guillaume Barret (La Verriere, France) and Pierre Sevellec (La Verriere, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A streamlined windscreen wiper comprises a longitudinal streamlined fairing comprising a central mounting and at least one end cap, at least one adapter element fixed to the central mounting and comprising a central web and two legs extending substantially perpendicularly from opposing edges of said central web, one of said at least one end caps being ar...