windshield wiper invented

[highbeams]

://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mary-anderson-patents-windshield-wiper?

 

[19Fordy]

Here's the full story of Mary Anderson and the fellow who invented the intermittent windshield wiper, Robert Kearns, who passed away in 2005. He sued the big car companies for patent infringement and won.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/alabama-woman-invented-windshield-wipers/

Here's the story of the turn signal, something we now also take for granted.
https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jim-motavalli/strange-true-history-turn-signal

 

[Dad250]

The Robert Kearns story is encouraging and sad at the same time - Ripped off my Detroit and drove him to ruin.

 

[rotorwrench]

Big industry has a history of working around patents. It's even harder to patent something now due to changes to the patent laws with the America Invents Act of 2011/2012. It was presented as a good thing for inventors but it turned out to be anything but.

 

[highbeams]

Here's the full story of Mary Anderson and the fellow who invented the intermittent windshield wiper, Robert Kearns, who passed away in 2005. He sued the big car companies for patent infringement and won.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/alabama-woman-invented-windshield-wipers/

Here's the story of the turn signal, something we now also take for granted.
https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jim-motavalli/strange-true-history-turn-signal

Thank you!

 

[5851a]

Very interesting, thanks.