Wiper mount bracket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11040701-B2
Application number	US-201916360314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2019
Priority date	Mar 27, 2018
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A wiper mount bracket including an attachment portion, a pair of first welded portions each of which is provided with a welding point to be spot welded to the vehicle body, a second welded portion that is disposed on one side with respect to the attachment portion and the first welded portions in a direction perpendicular to an arrangement direction of the pair of first welded portions and that is provided with a welding point to be spot welded to the vehicle body, and a recess portion that is disposed between the second welded portion and the attachment portion together with the first welded portions. A protruding bead through which an input load from the wiper driving unit is transmitted toward an outer edge of the first welded portion is provided in a vicinity of each of the welding points of the first welded portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiper mount bracket for attaching a wiper driving unit driving a wiper to a vehicle body, the wiper mount bracket comprising:
an attachment portion to which the wiper driving unit is attached and that has an inverted U-shaped section;
a pair of first welded portions that is disposed on right and left sides of the attachment portion in a vehicle width direction with the attachment portion interposed therebetween and each one of the pair of first welded portions is provided with a first welding point to be spot welded to the vehicle body;
a second welded portion that is disposed on one side with respect to the attachment portion and the pair of first welded portions in a direction perpendicular to the vehicle width direction and that is provided with a plurality of second welding points to be spot welded to the vehicle body; and
a recess portion that is disposed between the second welded portion and the attachment portion together with the pair of first welded portions, and that is connected to the pair of first welded portions via a pair of level difference portions and connected to the second welded portion via a second level difference portion,
wherein a protruding bead through which an input load from the wiper driving unit is transmitted toward an outer edge of one of the pair of first welded portions is provided in a vicinity of one of the first welding points of the one of the pair of first welded portions,
wherein the protruding bead is provided between the one of the pair of first welding portions and one of the pair of first level difference portions.

2. The wiper mount bracket according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protruding bead has an approximately triangular shape that becomes narrower toward the outer edge of the one of the pair of first welded portions from the attachment portion.

3. The wiper mount bracket according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protruding bead extends to the outer edge of the one of the pair of first welded portions from the attachment portion.

4. The wiper mount bracket according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protruding bead is provided with a rising portion integrated with the one of the first level difference portions.

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakakibara Tomoyo

Classifications

• B60S1/0463

  Arrangement of the cowl · CPC title

• B62D25/081

  Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28) · CPC title

• B60S1/043

  Attachment of the wiper assembly to the vehicle · CPC title

• B60S1/0433 Primary

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

• B62D25/08

  Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} · CPC title