Vehicle wiper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10780862-B2
Application number	US-201616060420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 22, 2020
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020

Abstract

The versatility of a water collecting member is raised while improving the ease of assembly of the water collecting member. A water collecting member 80 is formed with plural first marks 90 serving as markers for assembly of the water collecting member 80 to a first pivot holder 20 . The first pivot holder 20 is formed with a second mark 92 serving as a guide for the correct assembly orientation of the water collecting member 80 to the first pivot holder 20 . The second mark 92 is formed corresponding to one out of the plural first marks 90 , and is configured so as to form a pair with that first mark 90 . The water collecting member 80 can be assembled in the correct position by aligning the second mark 92 and the first mark 90 that form a pair when assembling the water collecting member 80 to the first pivot holder 20 . This thereby enables incorrect assembly of the water collecting member 80 to be prevented when assembling the water collecting member 80 to the first pivot holder 20 in cases in which a universal water collecting member 80 is employed in various vehicle models.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle wiper device comprising:
a pivot shaft that is rotated by drive force of a wiper motor;
a pivot holder that rotatably supports the pivot shaft;
a water collecting member that is assembled to the pivot holder and that includes a water collecting portion disposed at a radial direction outside of the pivot shaft and a drainage portion provided to a predetermined position on the water collecting portion so as to drain liquid collected by the water collecting portion; and
an anchor element provided to at least one of the pivot holder and the water collecting member and engaging the other of the pivot holder and the water collecting member;
the water collecting member being formed with a plurality of first marks configuring markers used in assembly of the water collecting member to the pivot holder;
the pivot holder being formed with a second mark that configures a guide for a correct assembly orientation of the water collecting member to the pivot holder; and
the second mark and at least one of the plurality of first marks other than the anchor element forming a pair in an engaging state of the pivot holder and the water collecting member by the anchor element, wherein the anchor element contributes to only engagement between the pivot holder and the water collecting member, and the first marks and the second mark do not contribute to the engagement.

2. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein
the drainage portion extends from the predetermined position on the water collecting portion toward the radial direction outside of the pivot shaft, and as viewed from a leading end side of the pivot shaft the plurality of first marks are formed on one side of a reference line passing through an axis of the pivot shaft and extending along an extension direction of the drainage portion.

3. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein:
the pivot shaft includes a first pivot shaft and a second pivot shaft that are rotated by drive force of the wiper motor being transmitted through a link mechanism to each of the first pivot shaft and the second pivot shaft;
the pivot holder includes a first pivot holder that rotatably supports the first pivot shaft and a second pivot holder that rotatably supports the second pivot shaft;
the drainage portion extends from the predetermined position on the water collecting portion toward the radial direction outside of each pivot shaft;
a plurality of the first marks are formed on each side of a reference line passing through an axis of each pivot shaft and extending along an extension direction of the drainage portion as viewed from a leading end side of each pivot shaft; and
the second marks are respectively formed at the first pivot holder and the second pivot holder.

4. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein the first marks and the second mark are disposed so as to be visible when viewed from a leading end side of the pivot shaft.

5. The vehicle wiper device of claim 4 , wherein:
the water collecting portion includes a collecting face that is visible when viewed from a leading end side of the pivot shaft; and
the first marks are formed on the collecting face.

6. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein:
the anchor element has an engaging projection and an engaging claw portion, the engaging projection and the engaging claw portion provided to the water collecting member,
the engaging projection projects from the water collecting portion toward a base end side of the pivot shaft, and that limits peripheral direction movement of the water collecting member in a state in which the engaging projection is engaged with the pivot holder in the peripheral direction, and
the engaging claw portion projects from the water collecting portion toward the base end side of the pivot shaft, and that limits movement of the water collecting member toward a leading end side of the pivot shaft in a state in which the engaging claw portion is engaged with the pivot holder in an axial direction; and

as viewed along an axial direction of the pivot shaft, the engaging claw portion is disposed on a side of the drainage portion of the pivot shaft, and the engaging projection is disposed on an opposite side of the pivot shaft to the drainage portion.

7. The vehicle wiper device of claim 6 , wherein the anchor element has a first engagement portion to which the engaging projection is engaged and a second engagement portion to which the engaging claw portion is engaged, the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion provided to the pivot holder, and
the pivot holder includes a sleeve supporting the pivot axis.

8. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein:
a direction of the pivot holder, which is attached to the water collecting member, is predetermined;
the second mark includes an identifying mark and a positioning mark corresponding to the pivot holder;
each of the plurality of first marks includes an identifying mark and a positioning mark respectively corresponding to the pivot holder; and
the identifying mark and the positioning mark of the second mark, and the identifying mark and the positioning mark of each of the plurality of first marks, are disposed the pivot holder in the correct assembly orientation of the water collecting member corresponding to the pivot holder when the water collecting member is assembled to the pivot holder such that the identifying mark of the second mark and the identifying mark of the first mark correspond with each other and the positioning mark of the second mark and the positioning mark of the first mark face each other along the radial direction of the pivot shaft.

9. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first marks are formed by printing on or engraving the water collecting member, and
the second mark is formed by printing on or engraving the pivot holder.

10. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the first marks are formed at three locations on one side of a reference line passing through an axis of the pivot shaft and extending along an extension direction of the drainage portion as viewed from a leading end side of the pivot shaft.

11. The vehicle wiper device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first marks are disposed at intervals of a predetermined angle around the peripheral direction of the pivot shaft.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Hasegawa Takashi

Classifications

• B60S1/0433 Primary

  Attachement of a wiper modular assembly to the vehicle · CPC title

• B60S1/28

  characterised by a plurality of wipers (B60S1/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R13/07

  Water drainage or guide means not integral with roof structure (B60R13/06, {B60J10/25} take precedence; {integral with roof structure B62D25/07; drainage openings having movable or removable closures B62D25/24}) · CPC title

• B60S1/0491

  Additional elements being fixed on wipers or parts of wipers not otherwise provided for, e.g. covers, antennae or lights · 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