VEHICLE WIPER APPARATUS

• US 20130152320A1
• Filed: 04/19/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: ASMO Company Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,067,567 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/250.01
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/32 characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3801 characterised by a blade support harness consisting of several articulated elements B60S1/3803, B60S1/3806 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/486 including control systems responsive to a vehicle driving condition, e.g. speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/522 moving liquid spreading means, e.g. arranged in wiper arms
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/524 arranged in wiper blades
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/3815 chacterised by the joint between elements

Abstract

A vehicle wiper apparatus is applied to a vehicle provided with a wiping surface including a first wiping area at a passenger'"'"'s seat side and a second wiping area at a driver'"'"'s seat side. A first wiper includes a first wiper blade configured to wipe the first wiping area. A second wiper includes a second wiper blade configured to wipe the second wiping area. A washer nozzle is arranged on the first wiper to supply washing liquid to the second wiping area. The washer nozzle sprays washing liquid so that the supply of washing liquid toward a front side in an advancing direction of the second wiper blade switches to a rear side in the advancing direction when the second wiper blade moves from the first reversing position to the second reversing position during the wiping operation of the first and second wipers.

Claims

1. A vehicle wiper apparatus applied to a vehicle provided with a wiping surface including a first wiping area at a passenger'"'"'s seat side and a second wiping area at a driver'"'"'s seat side, the vehicle wiper apparatus comprising:

a first wiper including a first wiper arm, which is configured to pivot back and forth, and a first wiper blade, which is coupled to a distal portion of the first wiper arm and configured to wipe the first wiping area;

a second wiper including a second wiper arm, which is configured to pivot back and forth, and a second wiper blade, which is coupled to a distal portion of the second wiper arm and configured to move back and forth between a first reversing position and a second reversing position to wipe the second wiping area; and

a washer nozzle arranged on the first wiper to supply washing liquid to the second wiping area,

wherein the washer nozzle is configured to spray washing liquid so that the supply of washing liquid toward a front side in an advancing direction of the second wiper blade switches to a rear side in the advancing direction when the second wiper blade moves from the first reversing position to the second reversing position during the wiping operation of the first and second wipers.

2. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the supply of washing liquid toward the front side in the advancing direction of the second wiper blade switches to the supply toward the rear side in the advancing direction when the second wiper blade is moving toward the second reversing position and located at a position toward the second reversing position from a halfway point between the first reversing position and the second reversing position.

3. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the second wiper blade includes a distal part, which is located toward a distal side from a longitudinally middle part, and a basal part, which is located toward a basal side from the longitudinally middle part;

the second wiping area includes a distal area, which is wiped by the distal part, and a basal area, which is wiped by the basal part; and

the supply of washing liquid from the washer nozzle switches from the supply toward the distal area to the supply toward the basal area when the second wiper blade moves from the first reversing position to the second reversing position.

4. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the supply of washing liquid toward the front side in the advancing direction of the second wiper blade switches to the supply toward the rear side in the advancing direction when the second wiper blade is moving toward the second reversing position and located at a position toward the second reversing position from a three-quarter point between the first reversing position and the second reversing position.

5. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the washer nozzle is arranged on the first wiper arm.

6. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when the washer nozzle is supplying washing liquid toward the front side in the advancing direction of the second wiper blade, washing liquid from the washer nozzle passes above the second wiper blade to traverse the second wiper blade.

7. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the washer nozzle is configured to supply washing liquid also to the first wiping area.

8. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the wiping surface includes an overlap region in which the first wiping area and the second wiping area overlap with each other, and

the washer nozzle is configured to supply washing liquid to the overlap region.

9. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the washer nozzle is a driver'"'"'s seat side washer nozzle;

and

the first wiper includes a passenger'"'"'s seat side washer nozzle that supplies washing liquid to the first wiping area and arranged separated from the driver'"'"'s seat side washer nozzle.

10. The vehicle wiper apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the passenger'"'"'s seat side washer nozzle includes a plurality of ejection holes including a ejection hole that supplies washing liquid to the first wiping area and a ejection hole that supplies washing liquid to the second wiping area.