Connection piece for a windshield wiper system of a vehicle
First Claim
1. A windshield wiper system for wiping a windshield, said system comprising:
- a wiper arm, said wiper arm including an elongated wiper rod which has an end section defining a free end thereof, an elongated link cap fastened to said end section, said link cap has a U-shaped transverse cross-section defining two parallel side walls with a back therebetween, each side wall with a bore therethrough, said bores being in axial alignment;
a wiper blade, said wiper blade including an elongated carrier yoke with an intermediate fastening section, said fastening section of said yoke includes a pair of spaced parallel side cheeks with a fastening bolt transversely extending between and to said cheeks;
an elongated connection piece for connecting the end section with the carrier yoke, said connection piece includes an upper connection part defining a top and a bottom connection part defining a bottom, said upper connection part has a transverse hole therethrough and is received between the parallel side walls of the link cap and attached thereto by a fastening bolt passing through the bores and the hole, said bottom connection part has two parallel side walls, between which a transversely extending stop notch is formed, said notch is open at the bottom, said parallel walls of said bottom connection part are received between the parallel side cheeks of the carrier yoke with the stop notch receiving the fastening bolt of the carrier yoke therein for pivotal movement.
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Abstract
In order to provide the possibility of simplifying the varieties with relation to the type of wiper blades, the invention is directed toward developing a cost-effective and easy to handle connection piece for connecting a link cap at its wiper rod with aligning borings in its wiper rod comprising parallel side walls with the carrier shaft of a wiper blade, which comprises in a fastening section, which is open at its top, a fastening bolt between its parallel side cheeks. The connection piece comprises an upper connection part for a fixed connection with the link cap of the wiper arm and the bottom part for connecting the carrier shaft of the wiper blade with the fastening section of the carrier shaft in a locking and oscillating manner.
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10 Claims
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1. A windshield wiper system for wiping a windshield, said system comprising:
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a wiper arm, said wiper arm including an elongated wiper rod which has an end section defining a free end thereof, an elongated link cap fastened to said end section, said link cap has a U-shaped transverse cross-section defining two parallel side walls with a back therebetween, each side wall with a bore therethrough, said bores being in axial alignment; a wiper blade, said wiper blade including an elongated carrier yoke with an intermediate fastening section, said fastening section of said yoke includes a pair of spaced parallel side cheeks with a fastening bolt transversely extending between and to said cheeks; an elongated connection piece for connecting the end section with the carrier yoke, said connection piece includes an upper connection part defining a top and a bottom connection part defining a bottom, said upper connection part has a transverse hole therethrough and is received between the parallel side walls of the link cap and attached thereto by a fastening bolt passing through the bores and the hole, said bottom connection part has two parallel side walls, between which a transversely extending stop notch is formed, said notch is open at the bottom, said parallel walls of said bottom connection part are received between the parallel side cheeks of the carrier yoke with the stop notch receiving the fastening bolt of the carrier yoke therein for pivotal movement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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