Liquid-spraying device for wiper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9522654-B2
Application number	US-201214009880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2012
Priority date	Apr 6, 2011
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a device ( 12 ) for spraying a liquid, intended to be fitted to a longitudinal end of a wiper blade consisting of at least one backing ( 5 ) and a wiping edge ( 1 ), the device comprising a body ( 23 ) and a channel ( 13 ) for streaming the liquid, which body and channel are unitary, said channel ( 13 ) comprising an inlet orifice ( 15 ) and a spraying orifice ( 16 ), in which the body ( 23 ) comprises a housing ( 27 ) intended to receive the backing ( 5 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for spraying a liquid directly on the windshield of the vehicle, mounted at a terminal longitudinal end of a wiper comprising at least one vertebra and a wiper blade, said device comprising a body and a circulation channel for the liquid that are produced in one piece, said body comprising:
a housing adapted to receive the at least one vertebra and forming a hole which passes from one side to another side of the body;
a recess which passes from the one side the other side of the body and receives a heel of the wiper blade;
a constituent separating wall of the body formed between the housing and the recess, said circulation channel comprising an inlet orifice and a spraying orifice; and
an internal volume delimited by the body and by a peripheral wall, said internal volume being able to receive a support of the wiper,
wherein the spraying orifice sprays the liquid directly on the windshield of the vehicle,
wherein the at least one vertebra passes through from the one side to the other side of the body through the hole and the heel passes through from the one side to the other side of the body through the recess,
wherein the support forms a longitudinal supporting frame that covers and retains the vertebra and the wiper blade, and
wherein the device for spraying a liquid is received by an end fitting mounted at the terminal longitudinal end of the wiper.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support provides a mechanical link between the blade and the vertebra of the wiper and comprises an air deflector.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the air deflector increases the pressing force of the wiper blade on the windshield to a benefit of an aerodynamic effect of air, and wherein the support and the air deflector form a common assembly.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a protuberance which originates on the body is provided, said protuberance being intended to pass into the interior of the end fitting mounted at the terminal longitudinal end of the wiper, said body being interposed between the internal volume and the protuberance.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spraying orifice is in the form of a hole made in a wall molded together with the liquid circulation channel.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spraying orifice is realized by a pierced ball connected to an open end of the liquid circulation channel.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , which extends in a first longitudinal direction, the liquid circulation channel extending in a second longitudinal direction, wherein the second longitudinal direction is parallel to the first longitudinal direction.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid circulation channel is connected to the body by at least one arm which originates on an outer face of a peripheral wall which, together with the body, delimits an internal volume.

9. An assembly comprising:
an end fitting that is installed at a terminal longitudinal end of a wiper; and
the device for spraying a liquid for the wiper as claimed in claim 1 .

10. The assembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the end fitting comprises an outer wall delimiting an inner space which receives a protuberance protruding from the spraying device.

11. A wiper comprising:
at least one support;
a vertebra;
a wiper blade; and
the spraying device as claimed in claim 1 installed at a terminal longitudinal end of the wiper.

12. The wiper as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the support is offset longitudinally with respect to the vertebra in order to form a zone for receiving the spraying device.

13. The wiper as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the support has a dimension along a longitudinal axis of the wiper which is less than a dimension of the vertebra measured along this same axis, so as to form said zone.

14. The wiper as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the zone receives an end fitting.

15. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing has a section complementary to a section of the vertebra.

16. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the recess has a complementary cross section to a section of the heel.

Assignees

• Bousset Xavier
• Kolanowski Grégory
• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Bousset Xavier
• Kolanowski Grégory

Classifications

• B60S1/524 Primary

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title

• B60S1/3881

  in additional element, e.g. spoiler · CPC title

• B60S1/381

  Spoilers mounted on the squeegee or on the vertebra · CPC title

• B60S1/3889

  cooperating with holes in the vertebra · CPC title