Wiper arm equipment

• US 4,989,290 A
• Filed: 08/07/1989
• Issued: 02/05/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsuba Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Mitsuba Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Hoshino, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Stinson, Frankie L.
• Application Number:
  US07/390,659
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: 15/250.42, 15/250.20, 15/250.21
• US Class Current: 15/250.201
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0408 Means for influencing the aerodynamic quality of wipers, e.g. clip-on wind deflectors B60S1/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/32 characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades

Abstract

Wiper arm equipment to be mounted on a glass surface of a wind shield of a vehicle. A wing of the wiper arm equipment is commonly used in the case of an installation on a production line of the wiper arm equipment and in the case of an optional installation. A pair of insert plates is planted in the wing as an integral part, and a pair of screw holes is bored on each insert plate with predetermined distance. One of the screw holes is arranged in a position facing the arm piece when the wing is to be mounted on the arm piece, and the other screw hole is arranged in a position other than that facing the arm piece. In the case of the optional installation, each pair of stays is fastened with a screw through the other screw hole so as to cover each insert plate.

Claims

1. Wiper arm equipment, comprising:

a wiper shank;

a wiper blade;

an arm piece connecting said wiper shank to said wiper blade;

a wing to be mounted on and to be fixed to said arm piece;

a pair of insert plates joined to said wing as respective integral parts of said wing; and

a pair of screw holes bored in each insert plate a predetermined distance from each other, one of said screw holes being arranged to confrontingly align with said arm piece when said wing is mounted on the arm piece, and the other of said screw holes being arranged out of confronting alignment with the arm piece, when said wing is mounted on the arm piece.

2. Wiper arm equipment as set forth in claim 1;

wherein,

said wing is formed of a molded resin and is provided with a pair of supporting members, which are formed of said molded resin as an integral part of said wing, said supporting members extending in a direction that intersects said wing perpendicularly, and respective portions of each of said insert plates are embedded in respective ones of said supporting members.

3. Wiper arm equipment as set forth in claim 2;

wherein,

said arm piece, said wiper shank and said wiper blade constitute an assembly body, said assembly body having at least two screw insert holes that are respectively alignable with respective said screw holes of said insert plates, and a pair of screws insertable in said screw holes and said screw insert holes, when aligned, for fastening said assembly body to said supporting members for production line installation of said wing to said assembly body.

4. Wiper arm equipment as set forth in claim 2;

wherein,

said arm piece, said wiper shank and said wiper blade constitute an assembly body, and wherein said wiper arm further includes a pair of stays formed to be joined to said wing, each said stay having a respective screw insert hole alignable with respective screw holes of said insert plates, and a pair of screws insertable in said screw holes and said screw insert holes, when aligned, for fastening said assembly body between said supporting members and said stays for optional installation of said wing to said assembly body.

5. Wiper arm equipment as set forth in claim 4;

wherein,

each of said stays substantially covers each of said insert plates.

6. Wiper arm equipment as set forth in claim 5;

wherein,

said arm piece comprises a straight section consisting of a portion which is inserted into said wiper shank and a portion straightly extending from said inserted portion, and a bent section extending from said straight section to said wiper blade.

7. Wiper arm equipment as set forth in claim 4;

wherein,

each of said stays includes an end section and a groove is formed in each of said supporting members to accommodate a respective said end section of each of said stays.

8. Wiper arm equipment as set forth in claim 7;

wherein,

said arm piece comprises a straight section consisting of a portion which is inserted into said wiper shank and a portion straightly extending from said inserted portion, and a bent section extending from said straight section to said wiper blade.