Window-wiper spray nozzle for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10589725-B2
Application number	US-201515515402-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2015
Priority date	Oct 2, 2014
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a window-wiper spray nozzle ( 350 ) for a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, comprising first detachable mounting means designed to cooperate with second mounting means of a support ( 390 ) for mounting said spray nozzle, the spray nozzle comprising at least one actuating means ( 370 ), such as a push-button, independent from said mounting means and designed to release the spray nozzle from the mounting support and thereby allow the spray nozzle to be dismounted from the mounting support.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A spray nozzle for a window-wiper for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a base and a cover;
first fixing means for removable fixing which are configured to co-operate with second fixing means of a mounting bracket of said spray nozzle; and
at least one actuating means, which is independent of said first and second fixing means, the at least one actuating means being configured to disengage the spray nozzle from the mounting bracket and thus allow the spray nozzle to be disassembled from the mounting bracket, the at least one actuating means being formed of one single part with the cover of the spray nozzle,
wherein the least one actuating means comprises an actuating finger jutting out from an internal face of the least one actuating means, and
wherein the base includes a through-bore for accommodation and passage of the actuating finger of the cover.

2. The spray nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said spray nozzle comprises at least two assembled parts.

3. The spray nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one actuating means is pivoted about a pivot axis defined by a hinge.

4. The spray nozzle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said hinge is formed by a thin film.

5. The spray nozzle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said spray nozzle has an elongated form, said pivot axis being substantially parallel or perpendicular to an axis of elongation of the spray nozzle.

6. An assembly comprising:
the spray nozzle as claimed in claim 1 ; and
the mounting bracket of said spray nozzle, said mounting bracket being configured to be positioned and fixed on a head of an arm of the window-wiper.

7. The assembly as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said mounting bracket is configured to be bonded or soldered onto a clevis of the head of a window-wiper arm.

8. The assembly as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said first fixing means and the second fixing means include a first system with rail and slider and/or a second system with elastic snap-in means, said system being configured so as to allow the mounting of the spray nozzle on the mounting bracket by sliding one in relation to the other.

9. The assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the elastic snap-in system includes at least one elastically deformable tab which is borne by one of the spray nozzle and the mounting bracket, said tab comprising at a free end a retaining means which is configured to cooperate with a complementary means of the other of the spray nozzle and the mounting bracket.

10. The assembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the mounting bracket bears said tab which includes at the free end a coupling tooth which is configured to be engaged in an opening of the spray nozzle, wherein the at least one actuating means is configured to force said coupling tooth to exit from the opening.

11. The assembly as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said elastically deformable tab is configured to be deformed solely by said least one actuating means.

12. The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the elastically deformable tab is borne by said mounting bracket and includes at a free end a coupling tooth which is intended to be engaged in the opening or a hollow of the spray nozzle.

13. The assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the elastic snap-in system is configured to be actuated as the spray nozzle slides along the mounting bracket.

14. The assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the system with rail and slider includes at least one rib which is substantially straight and juts out from one of the spray nozzle and the mounting bracket, and is engaged in a recess of the other of the spray nozzle and the mounting bracket, said recess being substantially straight and having a form which is substantially complementary to that of the rib.

15. The assembly as claimed in claim 14 , wherein each rib has a beveled end in order to facilitate insertion of each rib into the corresponding recess.

16. The assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the system with rail and slider includes two substantially straight ribs which are formed jutting out from one of the spray nozzle and the mounting bracket, and are engaged respectively in two recesses of the other of the spray nozzle and the mounting bracket, said recesses being substantially straight and having a form which is substantially complementary to that of the rib.

17. The assembly as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the ribs diverge from one another in cross section to form retaining means in said recesses.

18. An arm of a window-wiper of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a head for connection to a blade of a window-wiper,
wherein said arm bears an assembly as claimed in claim 6 , the mounting bracket of which is positioned and fixed by one of bonding or soldering, on said head.

19. The arm as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the head includes a clevis which is configured to receive a connector of said blade of the window-wiper.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Picot Philippe
• Rollet Sébastien
• Guilhot Patrice
• Poubeau David

Classifications

• 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

• B60S1/3429

  Arm pieces · CPC title

• B60S1/3436

  Mounting heads · CPC title