Device for hingedly connecting a wiper blade for windshields in motor vehicles to a wiper arm

• US 6,449,797 B1
• Filed: 12/06/2000
• Issued: 09/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: De Block, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Gary K.
• Application Number:
  US09/673,745
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 152/503.7, 152/504.3, 152/504.4, 152/504.51, 152/503.61, 152/502.01, 152/503.51
• US Class Current: 15/250.201
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3808 Spoiler integral with the squeegee
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3851 Mounting of connector to blade assembly
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3879 placed in side grooves in the squeegee
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/4038 for arms provided with a channel-shaped end
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/4041 the channel-shaped end comprising a pivot pin mounted between the side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/382 the backing strip being an essentially planar reinforcing strip, e.g. vertebra

Abstract

A device for pivotally connecting a wiper blade (12) for motor vehicle windows (10) to a wiper arm (14) which can be moved between reversal positions and is guided on the vehicle. On its free end section, the wiper arm (14) is provided with a pivot bolt extending essentially in the movement direction for connecting an elongated wiper blade, which has an elongated elastic support element (22) whose underside oriented toward the window has a wiper strip (20) disposed on it, which can be placed against the window (10), and the support element is provided with a transverse bore (68) that is open toward its top, whose opening width constitutes a narrow point (72) that is narrower than the bore diameter, wherein the edge regions of the narrow point can be elastically spread open to the size of the bore diameter. The particular demands on the support and on the transverse bore or the narrow point in order to connect the wiper arm are taken into consideration if the support element has at least one band-like, elongated, spring-elastic support strip for holding the wiper strip (20), whose top (37) remote from the window (10) has a coupling element (46) disposed on it, which is made of an elastic plastic and is provided with the transverse bore (68).

Claims

1. A device pivotally connecting an elongated wiper blade (12) for a motor vehicle window (10) to a wiper arm (14) which can be moved between reversal positions and having a free end section, wherein said free end section is provided with a pivot bolt (40) extending essentially in a movement direction for connecting the elongated wiper blade, said wiper blade having an elongated, elastic support member (22) having an underside oriented toward the window, wherein said underside has an elongated wiper strip (20) disposed on it, wherein said wiper strip is placeable against the window (10), wherein the support member (22) has a coupling element (46) disposed thereon, said coupling element is provided with a transverse bore (68) that is open toward a top of the bore, wherein an opening width of said bore constitutes a narrow point (72) that is narrower than a diameter of the bore, wherein edge regions of the narrow point can be elastically spread open to a size of the bore diameter, characterized in that the support member has two elongated support strips comprised of a spring-elastic metal for holding the wiper strip (20), whose top (37) remote from the window (10) has the coupling element (46) disposed on it, wherein said coupling element is made of an elastic plastic and is provided with the transverse bore (68), wherein said two elongated support strips (38) are disposed in longitudinal grooves (36) of the wiper strip that are open at edges toward longitudinal sides of the wiper strip (20), and over at least one longitudinal section, the support strips (38) respectively protrude laterally out from the longitudinal grooves with an edge strip (44) and wherein the coupling element (46) is secured to the two edge strips of the support strips.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein on longitudinal sides of the coupling element (46) and on an underside (39) of the coupling element oriented toward the longitudinal strips (38), L-shaped projections (50) extending toward the window (10) are provided, each said projection (50) having first L legs and second L legs, wherein one of said first L legs (52) intersects a plane in which the two support strips are disposed, and wherein starting from the first L legs (52), the respective second L legs (54) point toward each other and engage under the edge strips (44) of the support strips (38).

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the coupling element (46) has a base plate (48) provided with the projections (50), wherein said base plate (48) supports a box shaped structure (56), wherein side walls (58) of the structure extending in longitudinal direction of the wiper blade (12) are connected to each other by means of a support block (62) that has the transverse bore (68), and wherein a slot (64) remains between the support block (62) and a top cover plate (60) of the structure (62).

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein a recess (66) is disposed between the support block (62) and the base plate (48) of the coupling element (46).

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein an opposing shoulder (99) for a stop shoulder (98) of the wiper arm (14) is embodied on an underside of the support block (62) oriented toward the base plate (48).

6. A device pivotally connecting an elongated wiper blade (12) for a motor vehicle window (10) to a wiper arm (14) which can be moved between reversal positions and having a free end section, wherein said free end section is provided with a pivot bolt (40) extending essentially in a movement direction for connecting the elongated wiper blade, said wiper blade having an elongated, elastic support member (22) having an underside oriented toward the window, wherein said underside has an elongated wiper strip (20) disposed on it, wherein said wiper strip is placeable against the window (10), wherein the support member (22) has a coupling element (46) disposed thereon, said coupling element is provided with a transverse bore (68) that is open toward a top of the bore, wherein an opening width of said bore constitutes a narrow point (72) that is narrower than a diameter of the bore, wherein edge regions of the narrow point can be elastically spread open to a size of the bore diameter, characterized in that the support member has at least one elongated, spring-elastic support strip for holding the wiper strip (20), whose top (37) remote from the window (10) has the coupling element (46) disposed on it, wherein said coupling element is made of an elastic plastic and is provided with the transverse bore (68), wherein the device is provided with locking means (98, 99) for securing an operating position between the transverse bore (68) and the pivot bolt (40), wherein the locking means have a stop shoulder (98), said stop shoulder disposed on the wiper arm (14) pointing away from the window (10), and wherein said stop shoulder is associated with an opposing shoulder (99) of the coupling element (46) oriented toward the window (10).

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the stop shoulder (98) is embodied on a projection (76) of the wiper arm (14) that protrudes toward the window (10).

8. A device pivotally connecting an elongated wiper blade (12) for a motor vehicle window (10) to a wiper arm (14) which can be moved between reversal positions and having a free end section, wherein said free end section is provided with a pivot bolt (40) extending essentially in a movement direction for connecting the elongated wiper blade, said wiper blade having an elongated, elastic support member (22) having an underside oriented toward the window, wherein said underside has an elongated wiper strip (20) disposed on it, wherein said wiper strip is placeable against the window (10), wherein the support member (22) has a coupling element (46) disposed thereon, said coupling element is provided with a transverse bore (68) that is open toward a top of the bore, wherein an opening width of said bore constitutes a narrow point (72) that is narrower than a diameter of the bore, wherein edge regions of the narrow point can be elastically spread open to a size of the bore diameter, characterized in that the support member has at least one elongated, spring-elastic support strip for holding the wiper strip (20), whose top (37) remote from the window (10) has the coupling element (46) disposed on it, wherein said coupling element is made of an elastic plastic and is provided with the transverse bore (68), wherein in a vicinity of the pivot bolt (40), the wiper arm (14) has two side walls (32) spaced apart from and parallel to each other, wherein said side walls are aligned protruding toward the window (10) and which each secure one end of the pivot bolt (40), wherein the side walls (32) are constituted by legs (30) of the wiper arm (14) which has a U-shaped cross section at least in parts, wherein a projection (76) is disposed on an inside of a U base (28) oriented toward the window (10), and wherein the U legs (30) encompass longitudinal sides of the coupling element (46).

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the distance between the U legs (30) is matched to a distance between two opposite longitudinal side faces of the coupling element (46).

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein the U base (28) of the wiper arm (14) covers over a narrow point of the transverse bore (68) in an operating position.

11. The device according to claim 8, wherein the U base (28) of the wiper arm (14) disposed in an operating position covers over a narrow point (72) of the transverse bore (68) and a stop shoulder (98) of the wiper arm is disposed directly opposite from and in a vicinity of an opposing shoulder (99) of the wiper blade (12).

12. The device according to claim 8 wherein the U leg of the wiper arm (14) that a driving wind predominantly flows against is provided with a bevel (92) that serves as a wind deflecting strip, and a part of a box shaped structure (56) of the coupling element disposed in a vicinity of this bevel (92) is adapted to a course of the bevel.

13. A device pivotally connecting an elongated wiper blade (12) for a motor vehicle window (10) to a wiper arm (14) which can be moved between reversal positions and having a free end section, wherein said free end section is provided with a pivot bolt (40) extending essentially in a movement direction for connecting the elongated wiper blade, said wiper blade having an elongated, elastic support member (22) having an underside oriented toward the window, wherein said underside has an elongated wiper strip (20) disposed on it, wherein said wiper strip is placeable against the window (10), wherein the support member (22) has a coupling element (46) disposed thereon, said coupling element is provided with a transverse bore (68) that is open toward a top of the bore, wherein an opening width of said bore constitutes a narrow point (72) that is narrower than a diameter of the bore, wherein edge regions of the narrow point can be elastically spread open to a size of the bore diameter, characterized in that the support member has at least one elongated, spring-elastic support strip for holding the wiper strip (20), whose top (37) remote from the window (10) has the coupling element (46) disposed on it, wherein said coupling element is made of an elastic plastic and is provided with the transverse bore (68), wherein a wind deflecting strip (84) is provided, said wind deflecting strip (84) coupled with said wiper strip and extending beyond a top band surface (37) of the support member, wherein the coupling element (46) is disposed in a recess (90) of the wind deflecting strip (84), wherein a box shaped structure (56) of the coupling element (46) is offset in relation to a base plate (48) of the coupling element to a side toward which a flow bevel (88) formed on the wind deflecting strip (84) points, when viewed in a longitudinal direction of the wiper blade.