Adapter for the connection of a wiper blade to a drive arm of a wiper system for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10814836-B2
Application number	US-201715720229-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2017
Priority date	Sep 29, 2016
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

The invention has as its object an adapter ( 100 ) intended to attach a wiper blade to a drive arm of a wiper system for a motor vehicle, the adapter ( 100 ) including a head ( 1 ) and a body ( 2 ) which extend, one as an extension of the other, in a longitudinal direction (Ox) of the adapter ( 100 ), the adapter ( 100 ) comprising a means of connection ( 6 ) in rotation to a connector ( 8 ) that is integral with the wiper blade, the head ( 1 ) and the body ( 2 ) of the adapter ( 100 ) each being formed at least by an upper wall ( 10, 20 ), from which at least two lateral flanks ( 11 a, 11 b, 21 a, 21 b ) emerge so as to define an internal volume ( 101 ) into which the connector ( 8 ) is capable of extending, the body ( 2 ) of the adapter ( 100 ) comprising at least one means of engagement ( 3 ) to engage the adapter ( 100 ) with a yoke ( 500 ) of the drive arm ( 5 ), characterized in that the head ( 1 ) of the adapter ( 100 ) includes a second means of engagement ( 4 ) defining at least one housing ( 400 ) capable of accepting both an upper wall ( 50 ) of the yoke ( 500 ) and a rib ( 9 ) of the body ( 2 ) of the adapter ( 100 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adapter configured to attach a wiper blade to a drive arm of a wiper system for a motor vehicle, the adapter comprising:
a head and a body which extend, one as an extension of the other, in a longitudinal direction of the adapter; and
a means of connection in rotation to a connector that is integral with the wiper blade,
the head and the body of the adapter each being formed at least by an upper wall, from which at least two lateral flanks emerge so as to define an internal volume into which the connector is capable of extending,
the body of the adapter comprising a first means of engagement to engage the adapter with a yoke of the drive arm, and
the head of the adapter comprising a second means of engagement to further engage the adapter with the yoke, the second means of engagement comprising a tooth and a hook,
wherein in a closed position of the adapter:
the hook engages a rib of the body to lock the head to the body, the rib extending from one lateral flank to the other, and
the tooth and the rib form a gap therebetween that is configured to receive an upper wall of the yoke.

2. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the tooth protrudes beyond an edge which defines the head.

3. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the tooth protrudes above an upper wall of the body to an exterior of the internal volume.

4. The adapter according to claim 1 , in wherein the hook is formed by a foot which extends within the internal volume and by an attachment which extends from a free end of the foot substantially parallel to the tooth in the direction of the body.

5. The adapter according to claim 4 , wherein the attachment further comprises a bead.

6. The adapter according to claim 5 , wherein the bead of the hook forms a means of longitudinal blocking of the head on the body.

7. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the rib extends within the internal volume in a substantially transversal direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of extension of the body.

8. The adapter according to claim 1 , further comprising means of pivoting of the head in relation to the body in rotation about an axis substantially transversal to a longitudinal axis of the adapter.

9. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein the means of pivoting in rotation about the substantially transversal axis include at least two articulation straps, each disposed between a lateral flank of the head and a lateral flank of the body.

10. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises at least two crossmembers, which extend within the internal volume in the direction of the head in the longitudinal extension of the lateral flanks of the body.

11. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the first means of engagement comprises a pad defined by a distal wall and by side walls which extend substantially perpendicularly to the distal wall.

12. The adapter according to claim 11 , wherein the pad protrudes from an upper wall of the body to the exterior of the internal volume.

13. The adapter according to claim 11 , in which the pad further comprises at least a step which extends in the longitudinal direction beyond at least one of the side walls defining the pad.

14. The adapter according to claim 13 , wherein the step extends longitudinally in the direction of the head.

15. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the first means of engagement and the second means of engagement are provided longitudinally to either side of the means of connection in rotation.

16. A connection device comprising: an adapter according to claim 1 ; and a connector capable of being secured to a wiper blade, wherein the adapter and the connector are connected by the means of connection in rotation.

17. A wiper system comprising: a wiper blade; a drive arm; and an adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter is housed in a yoke of the drive arm, in which the first means of engagement and the second means of engagement are disposed in relation to an upper wall of the body in such a way as to enclose an upper wall of the yoke.

18. The wiper system according to claim 17 , in which an engagement pad of the first means of engagement extends in an opening disposed in the upper wall of the yoke.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• HOUSSAT Stéphane
• Gaucher Vincent
• Jomard Olivier

Classifications

• B60S1/4048 Primary

  the element being provided with retention means co-operating with the channel-shaped end of the arm · CPC title

• B60S1/4009 Primary

  comprising a detachable intermediate element mounted on the hook-shaped end · CPC title

• B60S2001/4058

  comprising a separate locking element, e.g. in addition to an intermediate element · CPC title

• B60S2001/4054

  the intermediate element engaging the back part of the arm · CPC title

• B60S1/4045

  comprising a detachable intermediate element mounted on the channel-shaped end · CPC title