Wiper device for cleaning vehicle windows

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10232829-B2
Application number	US-201615257023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	Sep 7, 2015
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to a wiper device ( 100 ) for cleaning vehicle windows, with a wiper arm ( 10 ) and with a wiper blade ( 1 ), which is fastened on the wiper arm ( 10 ) by means of a fastening arrangement ( 2 ), and with a cleaning arrangement ( 40 ), which has at least one spray nozzle ( 42, 43, 47, 48 ) for a cleaning fluid, wherein the cleaning arrangement ( 40 ) is directly connected with the wiper arm ( 10 ), and wherein the fastening arrangement ( 2 ) is constructed as a separate element from the cleaning arrangement ( 40 ). It is provided according to the invention that the cleaning arrangement ( 40 ) is constructed to hold the fastening arrangement ( 2 ) for the wiper blade ( 1 ), and that on the fastening arrangement ( 2 ) and the cleaning arrangement ( 40 ) first and second guide means ( 65, 66 ), cooperating with one another, are provided, which guide the fastening arrangement ( 2 ) on mounting on the cleaning arrangement ( 40 ) between an initial position ( 80 ) and a final position ( 81 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wiper device for cleaning vehicle windows, comprising:
a wiper arm;
a wiper blade which is fastened on the wiper arm by a fastening arrangement; and
a cleaning arrangement comprising at least one spray nozzle for a cleaning fluid, wherein the cleaning arrangement is directly connected with the wiper arm, and wherein the fastening arrangement is constructed as a separate element from the cleaning arrangement,
wherein:
the cleaning arrangement is constructed to hold the fastening arrangement for the wiper blade,
on the fastening arrangement and the cleaning arrangement first and second guide means, cooperating with one another, are provided, which guide the fastening arrangement on mounting on the cleaning arrangement between an initial position and a final position,
the fastening arrangement further comprises a rotation means adapted to pivot the wiper blade about an axis of rotation, wherein the rotation means and the first guide means of the fastening arrangement are independent from each other, and
the first and the second guide means are arranged at a distance from the axis of rotation of the fastening arrangement, and the wiper blade is pivotably mounted in the axis of rotation of the fastening arrangement.

2. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide means are constructed in the form of elevations and the second guide means are constructed in the form of depressions.

3. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein in the initial position a movement play is formed between the first and the second guide means, and in the final position the two guide means are arranged free from play with respect to one another.

4. The wiper device according to claim 3 , wherein the movement play decreases continuously between the initial position and the final position.

5. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide means are constructed to guide the fastening arrangement relative to the cleaning arrangement between the initial position and the final position with respect to one another in two mounting directions arranged at least substantially perpendicularly to one another.

6. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of first and second guide means, cooperating respectively with one another, are provided.

7. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the cleaning arrangement has a mount region with two first side walls running in a longitudinal direction of the cleaning arrangement, that the fastening arrangement has second side walls arranged parallel to the first side walls, and wherein the first and the second guide means are arranged on sides of the first and the second side walls facing one another.

8. The wiper device according to claim 7 , wherein the first and the second guide means are arranged at least partially in corner regions of the side walls.

9. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second guide means in the final position act as a stop for limiting the relative movement between the cleaning arrangement and the fastening arrangement.

10. A wiper device for cleaning vehicle windows, comprising:
a wiper arm;
a wiper blade which is fastened on the wiper arm by a fastening arrangement; and
a cleaning arrangement comprising at least one spray nozzle for a cleaning fluid, wherein the cleaning arrangement is directly connected with the wiper arm, and wherein the fastening arrangement is constructed as a separate element from the cleaning arrangement,
wherein:
the cleaning arrangement is constructed to hold the fastening arrangement for the wiper blade,
on the fastening arrangement and the cleaning arrangement first and second guide means, cooperating with one another, are provided, which guide the fastening arrangement on mounting on the cleaning arrangement between an initial position and a final position, and
the fastening arrangement further comprises a rotation means adapted to pivot the wiper blade about an axis of rotation, wherein the rotation means and the first guide means of the fastening arrangement are independent from each other,
the cleaning arrangement has a cross-section that is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cleaning arrangement, and
the cross section is symmetric to each side of the cleaning arrangement.

11. The wiper device according to claim 10 , wherein the first guide means are constructed in the form of elevations and the second guide means are constructed in the form of depressions.

12. The wiper device according to claim 10 , wherein in the initial position a movement play is formed between the first and the second guide means, and in the final position the two guide means are arranged free from play with respect to one another.

13. The wiper device according to claim 12 , wherein the movement play decreases continuously between the initial position and the final position.

14. The wiper device according to claim 10 , wherein the guide means are constructed to guide the fastening arrangement relative to the cleaning arrangement between the initial position and the final position with respect to one another in two mounting directions arranged at least substantially perpendicularly to one another.

15. The wiper device according to claim 10 , wherein a plurality of first and second guide means, cooperating respectively with one another, are provided.

16. The wiper device according to claim 10 , wherein the cleaning arrangement has a mount region with two first side walls running in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning arrangement, that the fastening arrangement has second side walls arranged parallel to the first side walls, and wherein the first and the second guide means are arranged on sides of the first and the second side walls facing one another.

17. The wiper device according to claim 10 , wherein the first and the second guide means are arranged at a distance from the axis of rotation of the fastening arrangement, wherein the wiper blade is pivotably mounted in the axis of rotation of the fastening arrangement.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Waible Siegfried
• Kalmbach Kristina
• Schober Claudia

Classifications

• B60S1/48

  Liquid supply therefor · CPC title

• B60S1/3862

  Transport of liquid there through · CPC title

• B60S1/522 Primary

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

• B60S2001/4054

  the intermediate element engaging the back part of the arm · CPC title

• B60S1/52 Primary

  Arrangement of nozzles; {Liquid spreading means}(nozzles per se B05B) · CPC title