Assembly of an end fitting and a device for spraying a liquid, wiper comprising such an assembly, method for mounting a device for spraying a liquid on an end fitting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10077029-B2
Application number	US-201214009847-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2012
Priority date	Apr 6, 2011
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly ( 80 ) comprising an end fitting ( 11 ) that is able to be attached to a longitudinal end of a wiper ( 70 ), and also a device ( 12 ) for spraying a liquid, said end fitting ( 11 ) and said spraying device ( 12 ) being two separate pieces that are mechanically connected. According to the invention, said end fitting ( 11 ) comprises a cavity ( 18 ) which receives a means ( 41 ) for securing the spraying device ( 12 ) to the end fitting ( 11 ).
The invention also relates to a wiper ( 70 ) comprising an assembly ( 80 ) according to the invention and to a method for mounting such an assembly ( 80 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising:
a wiper comprising a wiper blade configured to clean a windscreen;
an end fitting that is attached to a longitudinal end of the wiper blade; and
a device for spraying a liquid, said end fitting and said spraying device being two separate pieces that are mechanically connected,
wherein said end fitting comprises at least a peripheral wall and a bottom wall which defines the longitudinal end of the wiper blade,
wherein said end fitting comprises a recess which is able to receive a heel of the wiper blade and a face into which the recess opens, said face being formed in a manner set back from an edge which terminates the peripheral wall, at the opposite of the bottom wall, and
wherein said end fitting comprises a cavity having an opening formed on a peripheral wall of the end fitting, said cavity receives a means for securing the spraying device to the end fitting through the opening.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said end fitting comprises a recess which is able to receive a heel of a constituent wiper blade of the wiper and which extends along a longitudinal axis and in a first plane, said recess having an opening formed on a peripheral wall of the end fitting, said recess extending transversely to the longitudinal axis.

3. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein said opening is located on a flank of the peripheral wall which extends perpendicularly to the first plane.

4. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the end fitting comprises a housing that is able to receive a constituent vertebra of the wiper, the housing being separated from the recess by an intermediate wall.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the end fitting has a profile complementary to the profile of a constituent support of the wiper.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the means for securing the spraying device comprises at least one clip-fastening means and a retention means.

7. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein said clip-fastening means comprises two branches that are each provided with a distal end comprising a tooth that is able to lock said two branches inside said cavity.

8. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein said clip-fastening means comprises a U-shaped extension, the central part of the U being provided with a fin which is inclined with respect to a plane in which the extension extends and which is able to lock said extension inside said cavity.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the spraying device comprises a duct having an inlet orifice and a means for spraying a liquid, a retention means being in the form of a plurality of protuberances which originate on the duct.

10. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein at least two protuberances are offset in the direction of extension of the duct so as to allow the peripheral wall of the end fitting to pass between the two protuberances.

11. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein said duct has an elbow.

12. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein said spraying means is produced in one piece with said duct.

13. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein said spraying means is a piece fitted into said duct.

14. An assembly comprising:
an end fitting that is attached to a longitudinal end of a wiper; and
a device for spraying a liquid, said end fitting and said spraying device being two separate pieces that are mechanically connected,
wherein said end fitting comprises a cavity which receives a means for securing the spraying device to the end fitting,
wherein said end fitting comprises a recess which is able to receive a heel of a constituent wiper blade of the wiper, and
wherein the end fitting comprises a housing that is able to receive a constituent vertebra of the wiper, the housing being separated from the recess by an intermediate wall.

15. An assembly comprising:
an end fitting that is attached to a longitudinal end of a wiper; and
a device for spraying a liquid, said end fitting and said spraying device being two separate pieces that are mechanically connected,
wherein said end fitting comprises a cavity which receives a means for securing the spraying device to the end fitting,
wherein the end fitting comprises a housing that is able to receive a constituent vertebra of the wiper, and
wherein said end fitting comprises a recess which is able to receive a heel of a constituent wiper blade of the wiper, the housing being separated from the recess by an intermediate wall.

Assignees

• Bousset Xavier
• Caillot Gerald
• Kolanowski Gregory
• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Bousset Xavier
• Caillot Gérald
• Kolanowski Grégory

Classifications

• B60S1/3862

  Transport of liquid there through · CPC title

• B60S1/3889

  cooperating with holes in the vertebra · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• B60S1/3894

  having a particular shape · CPC title

• B60S1/524 Primary

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title