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Dr Robert William Kearns

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Dr Robert William Kearns

Birth
Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA
Death
9 Feb 2005 (aged 77)
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Inventor. He is best known for his patents on the intermittent windshield wipers found on most vehicles. He had a prolonged legal battle with the Ford Motor Company, and achieved a settlement with the Chrysler Motor Corporation after his attempts to defend his patents. His story was told in the 2008 motion picture "Flash of Genius".
Inventor. He is best known for his patents on the intermittent windshield wipers found on most vehicles. He had a prolonged legal battle with the Ford Motor Company, and achieved a settlement with the Chrysler Motor Corporation after his attempts to defend his patents. His story was told in the 2008 motion picture "Flash of Genius".

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Tim Joyce
  • Added: Feb 25, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10527866/robert_william-kearns: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Robert William Kearns (10 Mar 1927–9 Feb 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10527866, citing Mount Kelly Cemetery, Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.