Wiper lip for a windshield wiper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10322697-B2
Application number	US-201515328531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2015
Priority date	Jul 24, 2014
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to a wiper lip (20) adapted to a windshield wiper device (20). The windshield wiper device (20) has an elongated, at least partially bendable upper part (10), an elongated, at least partially bendable lower part (12), and a plurality of connection elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12). The connection elements (18) are configured to allow a movement of the upper part (10) and of the lower part relative to one another with a movement component along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2). The wiper lip is configured such that the rigidity of the wiper lip in the wiper direction (1) is greater than the rigidity of the wiper lip vertical to the wiping direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A window wiper device having a wiper lip ( 102 ) and a wiper blade ( 2 ) with an elongate upper part ( 10 ), which is at least partially of flexible form, with an elongate lower part ( 12 ), which is at least partially of flexible form, and with multiple connecting elements ( 18 ) connecting the upper part ( 10 ) and the lower part ( 12 ), wherein the connecting elements ( 18 ) are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal extent ( 8 ) of the wiper blade ( 2 ), and wherein the connecting elements ( 18 ) are configured to permit a movement of the upper part ( 10 ) and of the lower part relative to one another with a movement component along the longitudinal extent ( 8 ) of the wiper blade ( 2 ), and wherein the window wiper device ( 100 ) is adapted for a vehicle,
wherein the wiper lip comprises:
a cantilever structure for reducing stiffness perpendicular to a wiping direction, wherein the cantilever structure includes a fastening region ( 206 ) laterally extending between opposite side faces and coupled to the lower part, a flexible, pivoting connecting region ( 204 ) extending directly below and from the fastening region and disposed outside of the wiper blade ( 2 ), a first cantilever ( 104 ) extending perpendicularly away from the connecting region ( 204 ) to a greater extent than the fastening region, to a free terminal end, a second cantilever ( 104 ) extending perpendicularly away from the connecting region ( 204 ) to a greater extent than the fastening region, to a free terminal end, in an opposite direction to the first cantilever ( 104 ), a first wedge-shaped wiper edge ( 112 ) extending from the terminal end of the first cantilever ( 104 ) and having a distal tip configured to engage a windshield, and a second wedge-shaped wiper edge ( 112 ) extending from the terminal end of the second cantilever ( 104 ) and having a distal tip configured to engage the windshield, wherein the first and second cantilevers ( 104 ) and the connecting region ( 204 ) form a substantially T-shaped structure, wherein the fastening region resides laterally between the wiper edges and
wherein the wiper device extends along a longitudinal extent ( 8 ), wherein the first and second cantilevers each extend along a wiping direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal extent, wherein each of the first and second cantilevers is an elongate structure having a length along the wiping direction that is greater than a length of the first and second wedge-shaped wiper edges ( 12 ), wherein the length of the first and second wedge-shaped wiper edges is measured along a direction that is perpendicular to both the wiping direction and the longitudinal extent.

2. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first cantilever and the second cantilever extend, in each case in a direction parallel to a wiping direction.

3. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first wiper edge is integrated in the cantilever, and wherein the second wiper edge is integrated in the second cantilever.

4. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the connecting region is, in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the wiper lip, arranged between the first wiper edge and the second wiper edge.

5. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first wiper edge is mounted on the first cantilever, and wherein the second wiper edge is mounted on the second cantilever.

6. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the connecting region is, in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the wiper lip, arranged between the first wiper edge and the second wiper edge.

7. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a surface of the wedge-shaped wiper edge comprises an angle of 60° to 120° relative to the windshield in an unstressed state of the wiper lip.

8. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first wiper edge is composed of a material from the group comprising: TPE (thermoplastic elastomer); ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM); polychloroprene and natural rubber.

9. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first cantilever and the second cantilever extend, in each case in a direction parallel to a wiping direction, wherein the connecting region is arranged between the first wiper edge and the second wiper edge.

10. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first wiper edge is integrated in the first cantilever, wherein the first wiper edge and the first cantilever are composed of the same material, wherein the second wiper edge is integrated in the second cantilever, and wherein the second wiper edge and the second cantilever are composed of the same material.

11. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first wiper edge is mounted on the first cantilever, wherein the first wiper edge and the first cantilever comprise different materials, and wherein the second wiper edge is mounted on the second cantilever, wherein the second wiper edge and the second cantilever comprise different materials.

12. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a surface of the wedge-shaped wiper edge comprises an angle of 90° relative to the windshield in an unstressed state.

13. The window wiper device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first wiper edge is composed of a material from the group comprising: TPE-S, TPE-O, TPE-U, TPE-A, TPE-V, TPE-E; ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM); polychloroprene and natural rubber.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Spaan Marcel
• Weiler Michael
• Deak Peter
• Hackl Viktor
• Buseyne Wim

Classifications

• B60S2001/3812

  Means of supporting or holding the squeegee or blade rubber · CPC title

• B60S2001/3813

  chacterised by a support harness consisting of several articulated elements · CPC title

• B60S2001/3836

  characterised by cross-sectional shape · CPC title

• B60S2001/3829

  characterised by the material of the squeegee or coating thereof · CPC title

• B60S1/38 Primary

  Wiper blades {(provided with liquid spreading means B60S1/524; provided with gas spreading means B60S1/546)} · CPC title