US Patent Issued to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage on June 30 for "Crank pin, ball joint and corresponding wiper actuating linkage system and method for the assembly thereof" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,209, issued on June 30, was assigned to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage.

"Crank pin, ball joint and corresponding wiper actuating linkage system and method for the assembly thereof" was invented by Cyrille Girodot (La Verriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a crank pin for a connecting rod of a wiper-actuating linkage system, the crank pin being configured to be received in a complementary inner cavity of a ball joint of the linkage system, and comprising a truncated spherical portion having at least one spherical sector and at least one truncated sector. The invention also concerns a complementary ball joint...