May 05, 2024
Windshield Wiper Blades may be the most overlooked autopart, but they play a big role in driving safety.
Alabama Woman Stuck In NYC Traffic In 1902 Invented The Windshield Wiper. Mary Anderson’s illustration of her 1903 patented “window cleaning device.” Even the most commonplace devices in our world had to be invented by someone. Take the windshield wiper.
1903 The birth of the first wiper in history Mary Anderson applied for a patent for a manual wiper blade to help New York streetcar drivers work properly in the rain.
1921 The birth of electric windshield wipers William and Fred Folbert patented a vacuum-driven wiper that used the engine’s intake manifold to create suction.
1962 Intermittent wiper technology unveiled Robert Kearns invented the variable-speed intermittent windshield wiper, but Ford stole the design. Kearns did not win the verdict until 1995.
1970 Citroen equipped with automatic wipers The wipers of Citroën’s flagship model SM will adjust speed according to the resistance on the windshield surface. The greater the resistance, the slower the wiper action will be.
1996 The first fully automatic wiper system is launched Cadillac begins to equip fully automatic wipers, and “Rainsense” is the first system in history that can automatically turn on the wipers when it rains.
