Bending member for wiper blade

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11697398-B2
Application number	US-201816493115-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2018
Priority date	Mar 14, 2017
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

The invention concerns a wiper blade for a vehicle, comprising at least one wiper strip intended to come to bear on a glazed surface and at least one bending member ( 1 ) housed in a support, the wiper strip being held by the support, the bending member ( 1 ) being configured to generate curvature in the wiper blade, the bending member ( 1 ) being arranged in the form of a longitudinally extending strip, the strip comprising, seen in cross-section, an intermediate portion ( 2 ) arranged between two lateral portions ( 3 a, 3 b ) of the strip, characterized in that a first thickness ( 12 ) of the intermediate portion ( 2 ) is less than a second thickness ( 13 ) of at least one of the lateral portions ( 3 a, 3 b ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle wiper blade comprising:
at least one wiper rubber configured to come to bear on a glazed surface; and
at least one bending member housed in a support,
wherein the at least one wiper rubber is retained by the support, the bending member being configured to generate a curvature of the wiper blade, the bending member being in a form of a longitudinally extending strip, the strip including, seen in cross section, an intermediate portion disposed between two lateral portions of the strip, a first thickness of the intermediate portion is less than a second thickness of at least one of the lateral portions,
wherein the intermediate portion of the bending member is delimited by a first face that has a profile, seen from an exterior of the bending member, that is flat or concave,
wherein the bending member includes at least one transition regularly disposed between the intermediate portion and at least one of the lateral portions, the at least one transition being a step formed by two right angle bends when the first face is flat, or a progressive extension of the concave profile of the first face when the first face is concave,
wherein at least one lateral portion of the bending member includes a longitudinal edge surface of the strip, two tops and two chamfers that connect each top to the longitudinal edge surface, and
wherein at least one of the two tops are edges connecting at least one transition and at least one of the two chamfers.

2. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first thickness of the intermediate portion of the strip is less than the second thickness of each of the lateral portions.

3. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate portion of the bending member is delimited by a second face opposite the first face with respect to a first plane of symmetry passing through a center of the first thickness, the second face having a concave profile seen from the exterior of the bending member when the first face is concave.

4. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the strip has a symmetry of shapes with respect to the first plane of symmetry that intersects the strip within its thickness.

5. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the strip has a symmetry of shapes with respect to a second plane of symmetry perpendicular to the first plane of symmetry and passing through the center of the first thickness.

6. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second thickness is identical at each of the two lateral portions of the strip.

7. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bending member includes a layer of an anti-corrosion material that extends transversely over the strip at least between the two lateral portions.

8. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the layer surrounds the strip.

9. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the layer is delimited by a plane surface.

10. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the layer fills a cavity generated by a difference between the second thickness and the first thickness.

11. The wiper blade as claimed in claim 1 , including only a single bending member.

12. A vehicle wiper blade comprising:
at least one wiper rubber configured to come to bear on a glazed surface; and
at least one bending member housed in a support,
wherein the at least one wiper rubber is retained by the support, the bending member being configured to generate a curvature of the wiper blade, the bending member being in a form of a longitudinally extending strip, the strip including, seen in cross section, an intermediate portion disposed between two lateral portions of the strip, a first thickness of the intermediate portion is less than a second thickness of at least one of the lateral portions,
wherein a heating film is applied to the bending member,
wherein the intermediate portion of the bending member is delimited by a first face that has a profile, seen from an exterior of the bending member, that is flat or concave,
wherein the bending member includes at least one transition regularly disposed between the intermediate portion and at least one of the lateral portions, the at least one transition being a step formed by two right angle bends or a progressive extension of the concave profile of the first face,
wherein at least one lateral portion of the bending member includes a longitudinal edge surface of the strip, two tops and two chamfers that connect each top to the longitudinal edge surface, and
wherein at least one of the two tops are edges connecting at least one transition and at least one of the two chamfers.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Caillot Gérald
• Jarasson Jean-Michel
• Izabel Vincent

Classifications

• B60S2001/3817

  chacterised by a backing strip to aid mounting of squeegee in support · CPC title

• B60S1/3805

  electrically · CPC title

• B60S2001/382

  the backing strip being an essentially planar reinforcing strip, e.g. vertebra · CPC title

• B60S1/3874

  with a reinforcing vertebra · CPC title

• B60S2001/3812

  Means of supporting or holding the squeegee or blade rubber · CPC title