Connection piece for a windshield wiper system of a vehicle

• US 5,628,085 A
• Filed: 12/20/1995
• Issued: 05/13/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH
• Original Assignee: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH
• Inventors: Schmid, Eckhardt, Edele, Reinhard, Krizek, Oldrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Gary K.
• Application Number:
  US08/575,319
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 15/250.32, 15/250.46, 15/250.31, 15/250.33, 15/250.23, 15/250.351, 15/250.44, 403/323
• US Class Current: 15/250.32
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/4038 for arms provided with a channel-shaped end
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/4064 the channel-shaped end being provided with protrusions on, or holes in, the side walls to create a pivot

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.

Claims

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.

2. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein the upper connection part is formed in such a manner that it can be grasped by the link cap from the top and received at least almost completely by an area described by exterior edges of the link cap.

3. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein the upper connection part is hollow and formed by corresponding exterior walls and partitioning walls.

4. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein between the side walls of the bottom connection part starting from a partitioning wall, two stop springs extend downward, in which the stop notch, which is open at the bottom, is formed in for the fastening bolt of the carrier yoke, and that the side walls comprise recesses, which are edge-open at the bottom, in the area of the stop notch.

5. A wiper system according to claim 4, wherein upper edges of the recesses are formed in the side walls such that they are close to the fastening bolt of the carrier yoke.

6. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein the stop notch of the bottom connection part and the hole through the upper connection part are provided at a distance from one another in a common plane, preferably in a vertical transverse center plane of the connection piece.

7. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein the side walls of the bottom connection part comprise guide ribs projecting outwardly therefrom for engaging said side cheeks.

8. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein stabilizing walls interconnect the side walls of the bottom connecting part.

9. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein the connection piece is symmetrical with relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane and a vertical transverse center plane.

10. A wiper system according to claim 1, wherein the upper connection part has indentations thereon that receive the side walls and back of the link cap in such a manner that a form fitting of the link cap with the connection piece is achieved.