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Robert William Kearns (March 10, 1927 – February 9, 2005) was an American mechanical engineer, educator and inventor who invented the most common intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most automobiles from 1969 to the present. His first patent for the invention was filed on December 1, 1964, after a few previous designs by other ...
In 1963, another form of intermittent wiper was invented by Robert Kearns, an engineering professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. [3] (United States Patent 3,351,836 – 1964 filing date). Kearns's design was intended to mimic the function of the human eye, which blinks only once every few seconds. In 1963, Kearns built his ...
Marc Abraham, who previously had produced The Road to Wellville (1994), Air Force One (1997), and Children of Men (2006), among many films, had long been drawn to the Robert Kearns saga for his directorial debut because the inventor believed more in fairness and honesty than the money offered to make him drop his lawsuit.
Robert Kearns (1927–2005) was an American engineer, educator and inventor. Robert Kearns may also refer to: Robbie Kearns (born 1971), Australian rugby player;
Robert Kearns (1927–2005), inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper Steve Kearns (born 1956), Canadian football player Thomas Kearns (1862–1918), early United States Senator from Utah
Robert Kearns, 77, American inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, brain cancer. [52] Raisa Kyrychenko, 61, Ukrainian mezzo-soprano singer, cardiovascular disease. Richard Lupino, 75, American actor, member of the theatrical Lupino family, lymphoma. [53] Frank Mathers, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Hershey Bears). [54]
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Robert Kearns (1927–2005), inventor of intermittent windshield wiper systems, subject of Flash of Genius; Big Daddy Kinsey (1927–2002) Blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and bandleader of The Kinsey Report with his sons; Ron Kittle (born 1958), Chicago White Sox outfielder and 1983 American League Rookie of the Year