Wiper blade assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10112583-B2
Application number	US-201715405464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2017
Priority date	Nov 25, 2016
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

According to the inventive concept, the distribution of the pressing pressure applied to the elastic member is controlled, and the contact force with which the contact member is pressed against the windshield of a vehicle is controlled by controlling the distribution of the pressing pressure of the elastic member, and, this improves the ability of the contact member to follow the windshield of the vehicle, thereby improving wiping characteristics of the wiper blade assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiper blade assembly comprising:
a contact member; and
an elastic member which supports the contact member, wherein the elastic member comprises a body and a central portion which is located in a central area of the body, wherein the body comprises
a first body portion which extends from the central portion in a first direction, and a first end located at an end of the first body portion,
a second body portion which extends from the central portion in a second direction, and a second end located at an end of the second body portion, and
a first point located between the central portion and the first end and a second point located between the central portion and the second end, wherein the first point is any one of 1/3through 3/4 points of the first body portion from the central portion, and the second point is any one of 1/3 through 3/4 points of the second body portion from the central portion,

wherein the wiper blade assembly is coupled with a wiper arm configured to press the wiper blade assembly against a surface to be wiped such that there is an application of force generating pressing pressure, first pressing pressure is evenly distributed in an area from the first point to the second point, pressing pressure in an area from the first point to the first end is greater than the first pressing pressure, and pressing pressure in an area from the second point to the second end is greater than the first pressing pressure.

2. The wiper blade assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first point and the second point are symmetrical to each other with respect to the central portion.

3. The wiper blade assembly of claim 2 , wherein the even distribution of the first pressing pressure comprises a change in pressing pressure within an error range of ±1.5 gf/cm from a specific constant.

4. The wiper blade assembly of claim 2 , wherein a maximum value of the pressing pressure in the area from the first point to the first end and a maximum value of the pressing pressure in the area from the second point to the second end are greater than the first pressing pressure by a range of +4 to +6 gf/cm.

Assignees

• Cap Corp

Inventors

• Kim Jae Woong
• Lim Young Hun

Classifications

• B60S1/3848 Primary

  Flat-type wiper blade, i.e. without harness · CPC title

• B60S2001/382

  the backing strip being an essentially planar reinforcing strip, e.g. vertebra · CPC title

• B60S1/3874

  with a reinforcing vertebra · CPC title

• B60S1/3879 Primary

  placed in side grooves in the squeegee · CPC title