WIPER BLADE FOR CLEANING VEHICLE WINDOWS

• US 20140026349A1
• Filed: 07/30/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Schaeuble, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,452,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/250.32
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3805 electrically
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3862 Transport of liquid there through
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3867 pin formed on the interior of side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/40 Connections between blades and arms
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/4045 comprising a detachable intermediate element mounted on the channel-shaped end
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/524 arranged in wiper blades
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/4054 the intermediate element engaging the back part of the arm

Abstract

The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) for cleaning vehicle windows, with a wiper-blade body (20) connected to a wiper-blade adapter (11), wherein the wiper-blade adapter (11) consists of a wiper-arm-side adapter element (12) and a wiper-blade-side adapter element (13) which are connected to one another and arranged pivotably relative to one another in an axis (14), and with a supply element (32) arranged pivotably in the axis (14) for the hydraulic and/or electrical supply of the wiper blade (10), wherein the supply element (32) is accommodated between two side walls (41, 42) of the wiper-blade-side adapter element (13).

Claims

1. A wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windows, comprising:

a wiper-blade body connected to a wiper-blade adapter,

wherein the wiper-blade adapter includes a wiper-arm-side adapter element and a wiper-blade-side adapter element which are connected to one another and arranged pivotably relative to one another in an axis; and

a supply element arranged pivotably in the axis for the hydraulic and/or electrical supply of the wiper blade,

wherein the supply element is accommodated between two side walls of the wiper-blade-side adapter element,

wherein the side walls are connected to one another with a transverse strut arranged in the axis, in that wherein the transverse strut has a circular cross section at least in certain regions, and

wherein the supply element has holding sections which encompass the transverse strut in a positive-fitting manner at least in certain regions.

2. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein the holding sections have insertion regions which open into receptacles, and wherein the holding sections can be pushed onto the transverse strut by means of the insertion regions, wherein the holding sections form a snap connection with the transverse strut in the mounted state of the supply element.

3. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein the supply element consists of a first part element for electrical supply and a second part element for hydraulic supply, and in that both part elements in each case have holding sections with openings which encompass the transverse strut.

4. The wiper blade according to claim 3, wherein one part element has side walls, between which the other part element is accommodated.

5. The wiper blade according to claim 3, wherein the two part elements are connected to one another by an additional snap connection.

6. The wiper blade according to claim 3, wherein the two part elements have mutually interacting geometries which align the receptacles flush with one another.

7. The wiper blade according to claim 1, further comprising a single, integrally-constructed supply element used both for hydraulic and electrical supply.

8. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein the side walls of the wiper-blade-side adapter element have depressions for the pivotable mounting of the wiper-arm-side adapter element on the external side facing away from the transverse strut.