Birthdate: March 10, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana, United States
Died: February 9, 2005
Robert William Kearns, an American mechanical engineer, educator, and inventor, is renowned for inventing the intermittent windshield wiper system for automobiles in 1969. Kearns filed his initial patent for the invention in 1964 after earlier designs were unsuccessful. He successfully sued Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation for patent infringement for using his technology without authorization. The legal dispute with Ford later inspired the biographical film Flash of Genius. Kearns passed away at the age of 77 due to brain cancer.
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