Device for retaining a pipe, notably for windscreen washer liquid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10246058-B2
Application number	US-201715428320-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2017
Priority date	Jul 12, 2012
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A driver for retaining a windscreen washer liquid pipe includes an orifice arranged to receive a rotation shaft, an outer contour when the driver is observed along the rotation axis, and a housing arranged to receive a curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe around the orifice. The rotation shaft is rotated about a rotation axis. The housing is arranged so that, when the driver is Observed along the rotation axis and when the windscreen washer liquid pipe is installed on the driver, the curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe is set back from the outer contour of the driver.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cap that retains a windscreen washer liquid pipe of a windscreen wiper, the cap being capable of being fitted to a driver for retaining the windscreen washer liquid pipe, the cap comprising:
a first housing, formed on the said cap between a radially inner skirt and a radially outer skirt, that receives a curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe,
a second housing, delimited by a surface of the radially inner skirt that faces away from the windscreen washer liquid pipe, that receives a nut that attaches the driver to a drive shaft of the windscreen wiper, and
wherein the second housing is a cavity comprising striations that engage with one or more surfaces of the nut.

2. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein the cap comprises at least one click-and-ratchet fastener arranged to retain the curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe in the first housing of the cap.

3. The cap according to claim 1 , wherein the cap comprises an entrance slot opening into the first housing and an exit slot from the first housing and the curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe extends from the entrance slot to the exit slot.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Picot Philippe

Classifications

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• B60S1/524

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title

• B60S1/3425

  Constructional aspects of the arm · CPC title

• B60S1/3481

  for mounting head · CPC title

• B60S1/48 Primary

  Liquid supply therefor · CPC title