Wiper blade for the cleaning of windows of motor vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9211870-B2
Application number	US-201113976590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2011
Priority date	Dec 30, 2010
Publication date	Dec 15, 2015
Grant date	Dec 15, 2015

Abstract

The invention relates to a wiper blade ( 100 ) for the cleaning of windows of motor vehicles, with at least one spray channel ( 103, 104 ) arranged on the wiper blade ( 100 ), with spray openings ( 105 ) for the discharging of washing fluid ( 5 ) onto the window, with at least a first connection ( 16; 16 a; 16 b ) for connecting the spray channel ( 103, 104 ) to an external hose line for the supply of the washing fluid ( 5 ), and with at least one adapter ( 10; 10 a; 10 b ) for connecting the wiper blade ( 100 ) to a wiper arm ( 2; 2 a ) of a wiper device ( 1 ), wherein the first connection ( 16; 16 a; 16 b ) is arranged on the adapter ( 10; 10 a; 10 b ), and wherein the adapter ( 10; 10 a; 10 b ) is arranged hydraulically in operative connection with a second connection ( 22; 22 a; 22 b ) likewise arranged on the adapter ( 10; 10 a; 10 b ), which is connected with the spay channel ( 103, 104 ). According to the invention, provision is made that the adapter ( 10; 10 a; 10 b ) is constructed as a single-piece plastic injection molded part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wiper blade for the cleaning of windows of motor vehicles, comprising:
at least one spray channel, arranged on the wiper blade, with spray openings for the discharging of washing fluid onto the window;
at least one first connection for connecting the spray channel to an external hose line for the supply of the washing fluid; and
at least one adapter for connecting the wiper blade to a wiper arm of a wiper device,
wherein the at least one first connection is arranged on the adapter, and wherein the adapter is arranged hydraulically in operative connection with at least one second connection, likewise arranged on the adapter, which is connected with the spray channel,
wherein the adapter further comprises a second first connection,
wherein the adapter further comprises a second second connection,
wherein the first connections are separated from the second connections hydraulically,
wherein the second connections are connected with the spray channels' are respectively constructed as through bores, arranged parallel to each other, with two connecting pieces for the spray channels, respectively,
wherein the adapter is constructed as a single-piece plastic injection moulded part, and comprises, in a fastening region, two holding brackets arranged parallel to each other spaced apart on the longitudinal sides of the adapter,
wherein the two holding brackets are linked by a transverse bolt.

2. The wiper blade according to claim 1 , wherein the first connections are arranged on a fastening region of the adapter, which runs above the second connections which are connected with the spray channel, and the first connections serve for fastening the adapter on the wiper arm, wherein the second connections are constructed as a through bore in the adapter element, which is connected via two connecting pieces with two spray channels, wherein a connecting channel is constructed in the adapter, which connects the first and second connections with each other hydraulically, wherein the connecting channel opens out in the through bores of the second connections and the first connections open out in the through bore, and wherein, on the side of the connecting channel facing away from the through bore, the connecting channel is sealed hydraulically by a closure member.

3. The wiper blade according to claim 2 , wherein the closure member is a closure ball, which is pressed mechanically into the opening of the connecting channel arranged on the surface of the adapter.

4. The wiper blade according to claim 2 , wherein the wiper arm has a wiper rod with a bow-shaped connecting section, which is connected with the adapter via a bolt arranged in the two holding brackets, wherein the connecting section engages into an intermediate space between the two holding brackets.

5. The wiper blade according to claim 2 , wherein the wiper arm of the wiper device has an adapter element which is U-shaped in cross-section, the two arms of which are arranged parallel to each other, and overlap the two holding brackets from the exterior, wherein the adapter element is arranged pivotably to the holding brackets and is connected with the latter.

6. The wiper blade according to claim 1 , wherein the first connections are constructed as a connecting piece, which opens directly into the second connections.

7. The wiper blade according to claim 6 , wherein the discharging in of the first connections takes place in a region of the second connections which is constructed as a connecting piece.

8. The wiper blade according to claim 1 , wherein the first connections are arranged in an intermediate space between the second connections and are connected hydraulically with the second connections via transverse channels.

9. The wiper blade according to claim 8 , wherein the transverse channel is closed hydraulically in a tight manner on the side facing away from the first connection by means of a closure member, or carries an adjustable nozzle body, which forms a spray opening for the washing fluid.

Assignees

• Egner-Walter Bruno
• Schäuble Michael
• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Egner-Walter Bruno
• Schäuble Michael

Classifications

• B60S1/4019

  the retention means being protrusions or holes · CPC title

• B60S1/407

  with means provided on the arm for locking the side pin · CPC title

• B60S1/524 Primary

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title

• B60S1/3862

  Transport of liquid there through · CPC title