CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection documents the inventive career of physicist and engineer Robert W. Kearns. Kearns invented and patented in 1967 the windshield ...

If you've ever driven a car with vacuum windshield wipers in the rain, you'll recognize this scenario. As you encounter an incline the wipers slow down, as the incline becomes steeper you step down on ...

Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers who won multimillion-dollar judgments against Ford and Chrysler for using his idea, has died, aged 77, at his home in suburban Baltimore, ...

Some 2024 Chevy Blazer EV owners may experience an issue wherein their vehicle’s windshield wipers only operate at the highest speed setting, without functioning at slower or intermittent speeds. This ...

Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, who won multimillion-dollar judgments against Ford and Chrysler for using his idea, has died. He was 77. Kearns died of cancer Feb. 9 at ...

DETROIT (AP) -- Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, who won multimillion-dollar judgments against Ford and Chrysler for using his idea, has died. He was 77. Kearns died of ...

We’ve been to the moon. We’ve figured out a way to get from zero to 60 mph in under two seconds without making any noise. We’ve even managed to manufacture cheese—the preferred cheese to put on ...

Windshield wipers are something we never think about until they stop working in a rainstorm. Classic Mustang wiper motor operation is through a simple high-torque electric motor that runs a jackscrew ...