Wiper device comprising a flat wiper blade and wiper arm

• US 7,716,780 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2003
• Issued: 05/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Ernstmeier, Heiko, Fink, Andreas, Scholl, Wolfgang, Schremmer, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson; Lee D
• Application Number:
  US10/508,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20050177970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,619 Days
• Field of Search: 152/503.2, 152/503.3, 152/503.4, 152/503.52, 152/504.4
• US Class Current: 15/250.32
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3849 Connectors therefor; Connection to wiper arm; Attached to blade
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/4051 the intermediate element engaging the side walls of the arm
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/4054 the intermediate element engaging the back part of the arm

Abstract

A wiper device for wiping a vehicle windscreen, including a drivable wiper arm and a flat wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm. The flat wiper blade includes a wiper blade rubber, a support for supporting the wiper blade rubber, and a connection for connecting a free end of the wiper arm. The support is in the form of band-like elongate spring blades. The connection includes a support element fixedly arranged on the support and a connecting element that partially pivots the support element. The connecting element is releasably connected to the free end of the wiper arm.

Claims

1. A wiper device for wiping a vehicle windscreen, comprising:

a drivable wiper arm; and

a flat wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm,

wherein the flat wiper blade comprises;

a wiper blade rubber,

support means for supporting the wiper blade rubber, wherein the support means is in the form of band-shaped elongate spring blades, and

connecting means for connecting to a free end of the wiper arm, wherein the connecting means comprise a support element fixedly arranged on the support means, and a connecting element which is configured to partially pivot the support element, and

wherein the connecting element is releasably connected to the free end of the wiper arm, and

wherein the free end of the wiper arm comprises at least two tongues which extend in a longitudinal direction and, in the assembled state, engage with corresponding tongue receivers provided on the connecting element.

2. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of tongues are made in one piece with the free end of the wiper arm and project at least partially in the direction towards the windscreen.

3. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection of the wiper arm to the connecting element is effected in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the wiper arm, and wherein the tongues are received by the tongue receivers.

4. The wiper device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connection of the wiper arm to the connecting element is effected in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the wiper arm, and wherein the tongues are received by the tongue receivers.

5. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein an end face of the free end of the wiper arm, in the assembled state, bears at least partially in a form-fitting manner against a support edge of the connecting element.

6. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the free end of the wiper arm has retaining sections that run transversely to a longitudinal direction of the wiper arm and perpendicular to the windscreen, wherein the retaining sections, in the assembled state, interact with actuating sections arranged on the connecting element, and wherein the actuating sections allow for release of the wiper blade from the wiper arm upon actuation.

7. The wiper device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the retaining sections are designed as retaining edges which, in the assembled state, are latched behind by the actuating sections to prevent movement of the connecting element with respect to the wiper arm.

8. The wiper device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the actuating sections do not project beyond the outer contour of the free end of the wiper arm.

9. The wiper device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the actuating sections are arranged at free ends of spring tongues, each of which are arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction on opposite sides of the connecting element, parallel to the windscreen, and wherein the spring tongues are actuated towards one another counter to a pre-stress force.

10. The wiper device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the actuating sections are arranged at free ends of spring tongues, each of which are arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction on opposite sides of the connecting element, parallel to the windscreen, and wherein the spring tongues are actuated towards one another counter to a pre-stress force.

11. The wiper device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the actuating sections are arranged at free ends of spring tongues, each of which are arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction on opposite sides of the connecting element, parallel to the windscreen, and wherein the spring tongues are actuated towards one another counter to a pre-stress force.

12. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the free end of the wiper arm comprises a U-shaped section, the open side of which points in the direction of the windscreen.

13. The wiper device as claimed in claim 12, wherein, in the assembled state, the U-shaped section engages around and behind the connecting element, at least partially in a form-fitting manner, to receive transverse forces.

14. The wiper device as claimed in claim 13, wherein a number of tongues are arranged on a transverse web of the U-shaped section, and the retaining sections are arranged on the legs of the U-shaped section.

15. The wiper device as claimed in claim 12, wherein a number of tongues are arranged on a transverse web of the U-shaped section, and the retaining sections are arranged on the legs of the U-shaped section.

16. The wiper device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the free end of the wiper arm and the transverse web of the U-shaped section have at least one cutout in which the connecting element partially engages.

17. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting element has a section that is U-shaped in cross section, the legs of which engage around and behind the support element in the assembled state, wherein pivot means are arranged between the legs of the U-shaped section and the support element.

18. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the connecting element and the support element comprises pivot pins which run transversely to the longitudinal direction and lie in a line so as to allow at least a partial pivot of the one of the connecting element and the support element, wherein the pivot pins engage at least partially with pivot pin receivers provided on the one of the support element and connecting element.

19. The wiper device as claimed in claim 18, wherein legs of the connecting element and the support element comprise openings which run transversely to the longitudinal direction and lie in a line, wherein the openings receive a pivot pin.

20. The wiper device as claimed in claim 18, wherein legs of the connecting element and the support element comprise openings which run transversely to the longitudinal direction and lie in a line, wherein the openings receive a pivot pin.

21. The wiper device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support element is arranged directly on the support means.