The origins of even the simplest technology are sometimes best remembered not for the ingenuity of the inventor’s imagination but rather for the endless legal disputes it engendered. In the annals of ...

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DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. infringed on inventor Robert Kearns' patents for intermittent windshield wipers, a federal jury ruled last week. Kearns invented "blinking" wipers in his basement. The jury ...

Robert Kearns, PhD (CIT '64), attributed his invention of the intermittent windshield wiper to a wedding night accident: As he was opening a champagne bottle in his hotel room, the cork flew off and ...

Who among us hasn’t dreamed of having some brainstorm idea, prototyping it, and then have some huge company put it into worldwide production? The problem is, that’s not really as easy as it sounds in ...

GM has released a fix for Cadillac Optiq windshield wipers that don’t wipe the windshield completely. In addition to an inconvenience, this can also be a safety hazard on a snowy or dirty windshield, ...

Hyundai has announced the recall of more than 167,000 Palisade SUVs because of a problem with the driver-side windshield wiper. Snow and/or ice buildup on the windshield could obstruct the wiper arm ...

GM has released a fix for Chevy Equinox EV wipers that don’t wipe the windshield completely. In addition to an inconvenience, this can also be a safety hazard on a snowy or dirty windshield, like in ...