Wiper blade

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625715-B2
Application number	US-201415113458-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2014
Priority date	Jan 30, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

injection positions (A 2 , B 2 , and C 2 ) toward which washer liquids (W) are injected from the forward-side injection nozzles (A 1 , B 1 , and C 1 ) and injection positions (D 2 and E 2 ) which washer liquids (W) are injected from the backward-side injection nozzles (D 1 and E 1 ) are alternatively shifted in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber. Therefore, in wiping-out motion of the blade rubber for one reciprocation, the front glass ( 12 ) can uniformly get wet, the total number of injection nozzles can be made less than ever, the consumption amount of washer liquid (W) at the time of reciprocating wiping-out motion of the blade rubber can be reduced, power consumption of the washer pump can be reduced, and the size of the washer pump can be decreased.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiper blade attached to a wiper arm provided to a vehicle to make reciprocating wiping-out motion over a windshield, the wiper blade comprising:
a blade rubber in contact with the windshield;
a holder member configured to hold the blade rubber;
a coupling member provided at an intermediate portion of the holder member in a longitudinal direction, the coupling member coupling the wiper blade to the wiper arm; and
a washer apparatus provided at an intermediate portion of the holder member in the longitudinal direction and fixed to the coupling member, the washer apparatus being configured to inject washer liquids onto the windshield, wherein
the washer apparatus has a plurality of forward-side injection nozzles oriented to a forward side of the blade rubber and a plurality of backward-side injection nozzles oriented to a backward side of the blade rubber, the forward-side injection nozzles injecting first washer liquids at the time of forward-side wiping-out motion, the backward-side injection nozzles injecting second washer liquids at the time of backward-side wiping-out motion,
injection positions toward which the first washer liquids are injected from the forward-side injection nozzles and injection positions toward which the second washer liquids are injected from the backward-side injection nozzles are shifted and alternately arranged in a longitudinal direction of the blade rubber, and
as compared with the injection positions toward which the second washer liquids are injected from the backward-side injection nozzles, an outermost injection position and an innermost injection position of the injection positions toward which the first washer liquids are injected from the forward-side injection nozzles are respectively closer to an outer end and an inner end of the blade rubber in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the holder member is elongated in the longitudinal direction and the majority of the longitudinal length of the holder member is uncovered by the coupling member.

2. The wiper blade according to claim 1 , wherein among the forward-side injection nozzles and the backward-side injection nozzles, nozzles disposed on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber are respectively oriented to one side and the other side in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber.

3. The wiper blade according to claim 1 , wherein the number of forward-side injection nozzles is larger than the number of backward-side injection nozzles.

4. The wiper blade according to claim 1 , wherein
a forward-side injection nozzle closest to one side in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber among the forward-side injection nozzles is disposed closer to said one side in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber as compared with a backward-side injection nozzle closest to said one side in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber among the backward-side injection nozzles, and
a forward-side injection nozzle closest to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber among the forward-side injection nozzles is disposed closer to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber than a backward-side injection nozzle closest to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the blade rubber among the backward-side injection nozzles.

Assignees

• Mitsuba Corp
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimoyama Masayuki
• Arima Masayuki
• Yonaga Masaya
• Sasaki Takeshi
• Ohmaru Tatsuya
• Goto Taisuke

Classifications

• B60S1/3862

  Transport of liquid there through · CPC title

• B60S1/3881

  in additional element, e.g. spoiler · CPC title

• B60S1/3856

  Gripping the blade · CPC title

• B60S1/4006

  for arms provided with a hook-shaped end · CPC title

• B60S1/3886

  End caps · CPC title