Cap and driving arm for a wiping device for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10676068-B2
Application number	US-201615381745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2016
Priority date	Dec 23, 2015
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a cap A comprising a first portion 1 that is able to cover a first end of a wiper arm of a wiping system of a vehicle, and a second portion 2 comprising an attachment means for attaching the cap A to the driving arm, characterized in that this attachment means comprises at least one rotation zone 222 that is arranged so as to allow the cap A to rotate with respect to the driving arm, and a zone 223 for locking said cap A to said driving arm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wiping system of a vehicle extending along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
a cap configured to cover an arch of a wiper arm;
the wiper arm comprising:
a front end that is able to receive a wiper blade;
a rear end that is able to be connected to a motorized shaft via an intermediary of a drive;
a body located between the front and rear ends;

at the rear end, an arch in which is arranged an opening for receiving the motorized shift; and
between the arch and the body, at least one receiving pocket and at least one locking pocket that are able to engage with the cap that covers the arch,

wherein the at least one receiving pocket and the at least one locking pocket are longitudinally offset along the longitudinal axis of the wiper arm.

2. The wiping system according to claim 1 , in which the at least locking pocket is placed, along the longitudinal axis in which extends the wiper arm, between the at least receiving pocket and the accommodating opening.

3. The wiping system according to claim 1 , in which a transverse dimension of the at least receiving pocket is greater than a transverse dimension of the at least locking pocket.

4. The wiping system according to claim 1 , in which the at least receiving pocket and the at least locking pocket are separated from one another by an engagement bar.

5. The wiping system according to claim 4 , in which the engagement bar is at least partially cylindrical and comprises a flat.

6. The wiping system according to claim 1 , having a clear area delimited at least by two side walls and set back from an upper surface of the body of the wiper arm, at least one of said side walls being level with said upper surface.

7. The wiping system according to claim 6 , in which a transverse dimension of the at least locking pocket is less than a transverse dimension separating the two side walls, as measured along one and the same straight line.

8. The cap configured to cover the arch of the wiper arm for the wiping system of the vehicle according to claim 1 and configured to engage with the at least one receiving pocket and the at least one locking pocket of said wiper arm, said cap comprising:
a first portion that is able to cover the front end of the wiper arm; and
a second portion comprising an attachment means for attaching the cap to the wiper arm,
wherein the attachment means comprises at least one rotation zone that is arranged to allow the cap to rotate with respect to the wiper arm, and the at least one locking zone for locking said cap to said wiper arm.

9. The cap according to claim 8 , in which the second portion is in the form of a tab which extends longitudinally away from a cavity delimited by the first portion.

10. The cap according to claim 8 , in which the rotation zone is separated from the locking zone by at least one nib that is in the form of a spur.

11. The cap according to claim 8 , in which the rotation zone and the locking zone are delimited by at least one extension which extends from a lower face of the second portion.

12. The cap according to claim 11 , in which the rotation zone and the locking zone are in the form of hollows created in a blade of the extension.

13. The cap according to claim 8 , in which the rotation zone is created between the locking zone and a distal end of the second portion, as seen in a longitudinal axis of the cap.

14. The cap according to claim 8 , in which the rotation zone comprises an entrance bounded at least in part by an entrance lug.

15. The cap according to claim 14 , in which the entrance is bounded by a distal end of the second portion.

16. The cap according to claim 8 , in which the locking zone comprises a longitudinal rib.

17. The cap according to claim 8 , in which the first portion delimits a cavity that is open at its lower end and closed at its upper end by a wall, an upper face of the second portion extending in a plane that is essentially parallel to a plane in which extends the wall.

18. The cap according to claim 17 , in which the first portion comprises at least one side wall which delimits at least the cavity and which extends from the lower end of the cavity to the wall, and in which a cutout is arranged in the side wall of this cavity.

19. An assembly comprising:
a wiper arm for a wiping system of a vehicle; and
a cap configured to cover an arch of the wiper arm and configured to engage with at least one receiving pocket and at least one locking pocket of said wiper arm,
wherein the wiper arm comprises:
a front end that is able to receive a wiper blade;

a rear end that is able to be connected to a motorized shaft via an intermediary of a drive;
a body located between the front and rear ends;
at the rear end, an arch in which is arranged an opening for receiving the motorized shaft; and
between the arch and the body, the at least one receiving pocket and the at least one locking pocket that are able to engage with the cap that covers the arch, and

wherein the cap comprises:
a first portion that is able to cover the front end of the wiper arm; and
a second portion comprising an attachment means for attaching the cap to the wiper arm, and

wherein the attachment means comprises at least one rotation zone that is arranged to allow the cap to rotate with respect to the wiper arm, and a locking zone for locking said cap to said wiper arm.

20. The assembly according to claim 19 , in which the rotation zone extends in the at least receiving pocket, while the locking zone extends in the at least one locking pocket, an engagement bar of the wiper arm being received in the locking zone.

21. The assembly according to claim 20 , in which a longitudinal rib of the cap, which forms part of the locking zone, extends in a notch created in the engagement bar.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Kuchly Nicolas
• Girodot Cyrille

Classifications

• B60S2001/3898

  method for manufacturing wiper blades · CPC title

• B60S1/3431

  Link pieces · CPC title

• B60S1/3481 Primary

  for mounting head · CPC title

• B60S1/349 Primary

  Means for mounting the wiper bearing to the vehicle body · CPC title

• B60S1/34 Primary

  Wiper arms; Mountings therefor {(wiper arms provided with liquid spreading means B60S1/522; with gas spreading means B60S1/544)} · CPC title