Device For Fastening A Rain Sensor On A Support

• US 20080092673A1
• Filed: 06/09/2005
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: A Raymond Et Compagnie
• Original Assignee: A Raymond Et Compagnie
• Inventors: Portella Ribera, Joseph, Hansel, Mathias, Chouvet, Laurent
• Application Number:
  US11/571,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20080092673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/866.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0822 characterized by the arrangement or type of detection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0881 characterized by the attachment means on the windshield
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0885 the sensor being integrated in a rear-view mirror module

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for fastening a rain sensor (3) to a support. Said device comprises a base (1) that is provided with an adhesive on the side facing the support for fastening it on the support, two lateral webs (6, 7) aligned in a substantially perpendicular manner in relation to abase plate (8) of a base (1), two opposite neck webs for fixing a neck section (5) of the main sensor (3) and two tilted lateral tongues (9, 10) for fixing a spheroid top section (4) of the rain sensor (3). The device is provided with a cover part (2) which comprises edge webs that can be engaged with the lateral webs (6, 7) of the base (1) and a resilient spring tongue (12) that is biased and rests against the top section (4) of an interposed rain sensor (3). The inventive device has an especially compact and esthetically appealing design and allows for a comparatively high contact pressure.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A device for fastening a rain sensor (3) having a head portion (4) and a neck portion (5) to a support (47), said device comprising:

a base part (1), comprising;

a base plate (8);

at least two side webs (6, 7) oriented substantially at right angles to said base plate (8);

an adhesive coating (17, 18, 23, 24) provided on a side of said base plate (8) facing said support (47) for fastening said base part (1) to said support (47);

at least two neck webs (26, 27) disposed opposite each other and oriented parallel to said side webs (6, 7) for securing the neck portion (5) of the rain sensor (3); and

at least two edge tongues (9, 10) appended to said side webs (6, 7), said edge tongues (9, 10) oriented at angles to said side webs (6, 7) and pitched outwardly therefrom at a shallow angle for securing the head portion (4) of the rain sensor (3); and

a cover part (2), comprising;

edge webs (42, 43) engageable with said side webs (6, 7) of said base part (1); and

a pressure-exerting resilient tongue (12) formed onto one end of said cover part (2) and including a resilient portion (40) bent inwardly away from said cover plate (11) in the direction of said edge webs (42, 43), and a bearing portion (41) joined to said resilient portion (40) that is biased to bear against said head portion (4) of the rain sensor (3).

9. The device of claim 8, wherein said side webs (6, 7) and said edge webs (42, 43) are engageable with each other via an arrangement of tongue recesses (36, 37) and splayed tongues (44, 45) engaging in said tongue recesses (36, 37).

10. The device of claim 8, wherein said base plate (8) comprises a marginal transverse portion (19) extending between said side webs (6, 7), and at least two longitudinally extending longitudinal portions (20, 21) formed on said side webs (6, 7) on which a plurality of adhesive regions (17, 18, 23, 24) forming said adhesive coating are present.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein said bearing portion (41) is bent oppositely to an inflection of said resilient portion (40).

12. The device of claim 8, wherein said cover part (2) comprises clasping tongues (15, 16) that clasp said side webs (6, 7) of said base part (1).

13. The device of claim 8, wherein said neck webs (26, 27) comprise latching means (28, 29) for engaging with the neck portion (5) of the rain sensor (3).

14. The device of claim 8, further comprising a latching arrangement (32, 33, 34, 35) for engaging with a covering cap (50).