Wiper arm arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10077028-B2
Application number	US-201414901604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2014
Priority date	Jun 26, 2013
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

The invention is based on a wiper arm arrangement comprising at least one wiper fluid channeling unit (12) that has at least one wiper fluid duct (14) and at least one coupling unit (16) which is designed to be connected to a wiper stem (18) of a wiper arm (20). (14) cha It is proposed that the at least one wiper fluid duct (14) be made integral with the at least one coupling unit (16).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiper arm arrangement comprising at least one wiper fluid channeling unit ( 12 ) that has at least one wiper fluid duct ( 14 ) and at least one coupling unit ( 16 ) which is configured to be connected to a wiper arm stem ( 18 ) of a wiper arm ( 20 ), characterized in that the at least one wiper fluid duct ( 14 ) is integrally formed with the at least one coupling unit ( 16 ), wherein the at least one coupling unit ( 16 ) has at least one clip fastening element ( 22 ) that includes a base portion ( 74 ), a first attachment web ( 68 ) extending from the base side ( 74 ) and having a first long portion ( 72 ) and a first short portion ( 70 ) extending away from the first long portion at a non-zero angle, and a second attachment web ( 68 ′) extending from the base portion ( 74 ) and having a second long portion ( 72 ′) and a second short portion ( 70 ′) extending away from the second long portion ( 72 ′) at a non-zero angle, wherein the first and second long portions ( 72 , 72 ′) are disposed between the wiper fluid duct ( 14 ) and the first and second short portions ( 70 , 70 ′), wherein the base portion ( 74 ) and the first and second attachments webs ( 68 , 68 ′) together define a wiper arm receiving region ( 24 ) to receive the wiper arm stem ( 18 ), wherein the first and second long portions ( 72 , 72 ′) are configured to extend along a width of the wiper arm stem ( 18 ) and the base portion ( 74 ) and the first and second short portions ( 70 , 70 ′) are configured to extend along a height of the wiper arm stem ( 18 ), the width being greater than the height, and wherein a gap ( 76 ) is provided between the first short portion ( 70 ) and the second short portion ( 70 ′), wherein the at least one coupling unit ( 16 ) has at least one blocking device ( 26 , 26 ′) which is configured to secure the wiper fluid channeling unit ( 12 ) on the wiper stem ( 18 ) of the wiper arm ( 20 ) and to inhibit the first attachment web ( 68 ) from being pulled apart from the second attachment web ( 68 ′).

2. The wiper arm arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the wiper arm receiving region has at least approximately a cross-sectional shape of the wiper stem ( 18 ).

3. The wiper arm arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one wind deflector element ( 28 ).

4. The wiper arm arrangement according to claim 3 , characterized in that the at least one wiper fluid channeling unit ( 12 ) comprises the at least one wind deflector element ( 28 ).

5. The wiper arm arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one wiper nozzle unit ( 30 ) comprising at least one wiper nozzle element ( 32 , 32 ′) for applying wiper fluid onto a surface ( 34 ) to be washed.

6. The wiper arm arrangement according to claim 5 , further comprising at least one connecting element ( 36 ) which connects the at least one wiper nozzle unit ( 30 ) to the at least one wiper fluid duct ( 14 ) of the at least one wiper fluid channeling unit ( 12 ).

7. The wiper arm arrangement at least according to claim 5 , characterized in that the wiper nozzle unit ( 30 ) comprises at least one coupling unit ( 38 ) which, in an installed state, is configured to be connected to the wiper arm ( 20 ).

8. A wiper arm system comprising a wiper arm ( 20 ) and a wiper arm arrangement ( 10 ) according to claim 1 .

9. The wiper arm system according to claim 8 , wherein the wiper arm receiving region has at least approximately a cross-sectional shape of the wiper stem ( 18 ).

10. The wiper arm system according to claim 8 , further comprising at least one wind deflector element ( 28 ).

11. The wiper arm system according to claim 10 , characterized in that the at least one wiper fluid channeling unit ( 12 ) comprises the at least one wind deflector element ( 28 ).

12. The wiper arm system according to claim 8 , further comprising at least one wiper nozzle unit ( 30 ) comprising at least one wiper nozzle element ( 32 , 32 ′) for applying wiper fluid onto a surface ( 34 ) to be washed.

13. The wiper arm system according to claim 12 , further comprising at least one connecting element ( 36 ) which connects the at least one wiper nozzle unit ( 30 ) to the at least one wiper fluid duct ( 14 ) of the at least one wiper fluid channeling unit ( 12 ).

14. The wiper arm system at least according to claim 12 , characterized in that the wiper nozzle unit ( 30 ) comprises at least one coupling unit ( 38 ) which, in an installed state, is connected to the wiper arm ( 20 ).

15. The wiper arm arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second attachment webs ( 68 , 68 ′) are arranged such that they are configured to flex apart from one another to receive the wiper arm stem ( 18 ) in the wiper arm receiving region ( 24 ) through the gap ( 76 ).

16. The wiper arm arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second attachment webs ( 68 , 68 ′) are each L-shaped, such that the first short portion ( 70 ) projects toward the second short portion ( 70 ′).

17. The wiper system according to claim 1 , further comprising the wiper arm disposed within the clip fastening element.

18. The wiper system according to claim 1 , wherein the first long portion and the second long portion each extend perpendicularly from the base portion and parallel to one another, and wherein the first and second short portions extend perpendicularly from ends of the first and second long portions, respectively, and toward one another.

19. The wiper system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one blocking device ( 26 , 26 ′) includes two retaining plates, each coupled to one of the first attachment web ( 68 ) or the second attachment web ( 68 ′), and a threaded pin coupled to both of the retaining plates.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Ernst Waldemar
• Kraemer Godelieve

Classifications

• B60S1/522 Primary

  moving liquid spreading means, e.g. arranged in wiper arms · CPC title

• B60S1/381

  Spoilers mounted on the squeegee or on the vertebra · CPC title

• B60S1/3429

  Arm pieces · CPC title

• B60S1/3415

  with means for supplying cleaning fluid to windscreen cleaners, e.g. washers (arrangement of nozzles B60S1/52) · CPC title