US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on May 6 for "Vehicle windshield wiper device" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,172, issued on May 6, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle windshield wiper device" was invented by K S Madhuchandra (Bangalore, India) and K S Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle windshield wiper device comprising an articulated structure and a blade, the articulated structure comprising an arm transmitting mechanical forces to the blade, wherein the arm is mounted on an axle to provide an arm rotational movement corresponding to a wiping movement, wherein the arm is pivotably attached to the axle. The vehicle windshield wiper device also comprises an arm h...