Connector support and windscreen washer liquid distribution device for motor vehicle windscreen wipers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9714009-B2
Application number	US-201214126993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2012
Priority date	Jun 17, 2011
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

The present invention concerns a connector support for windscreen washer liquid distribution devices of motor vehicle windscreen wipers, including fixing means ( 18; 31 ) adapted to hold at least one check valve ( 7, 8 ), characterized in that it further includes first fixing means ( 19 ) adapted to hold removably a first electrical connector ( 10; 34 ) and second fixing means ( 20 ) adapted to hold removably a second electrical connector ( 11; 35 ), the fixing means ( 18; 31 ) for the check valve ( 7, 8 ), the first removable fixing means ( 19 ) for the first electrical connector ( 10; 34 ) and the second removable fixing means ( 20 ) for the second electrical connector ( 11; 35 ) being independent.
The invention also concerns a distribution device including such a connector support ( 9; 30; 40 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connector support for windscreen washer liquid distribution devices of motor vehicle windscreen wipers, comprising:
fixing means that holds at least one check valve;
a first removable fixing means that removably holds a first electrical connector; and
a second removable fixing means that removably holds a second electrical connector,
wherein the fixing means for the check valve, the first removable fixing means for the first electrical connector, and the second removable fixing means for the second electrical connector are independent,
wherein the connector support connects at least one of the motor vehicle windscreen wipers to a windscreen washer liquid pump,
wherein at least one of the first removable fixing means, and the second removable fixing means functions by elastic nesting, and
wherein the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector each comprise a female connection portion and a complementary male connection portion that is plugged into the female connection portion.

2. The connector support according to claim 1 , wherein the first and/or second removable fixing means that function by elastic nesting include at least one pair of elastic clips adapted to clip the first and/or second electrical connectors of complementary shape.

3. The connector support according to claim 1 , wherein the first and/or second removable fixing means that function by elastic nesting are formed by at least one portion of a base of the connector support conformed to cooperate with complementary elastic clips carried by the electrical connectors.

4. The connector support according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second removable fixing means are identical.

5. The connector support according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing means removably holds the at least one check valve.

6. The connector support according to claim 5 , wherein the fixing means include a housing of substantially cylindrical general shape conformed to receive axially two check valves one above the other, the housing including a first opening conformed for the respective inlets of the check valves to pass through, a second opening conformed for the respective first outlets of the check valves to pass through, and a third opening conformed for the respective second outlets of the check valves to pass through.

7. The connector support according to claim 6 , wherein walls of the housing are conformed to hold the check valves by elastic deformation.

8. The connector support according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second removable fixing means respectively adapted to hold first and second electrical connectors and the fixing means adapted to hold at least one check valve are arranged on the same side of a base of the connector support.

9. The connector support according to claim 1 , further comprising a base that includes retaining means that retains the base on a motor vehicle.

10. The connector support according to claim 9 , the retaining means include three slides arranged on an edge surface of the base for three complementary fixing clips of the motor vehicle to pass through.

11. The connector support according to claim 1 , wherein the connector support is moulded in one piece from plastic material.

12. A distribution device comprising:
a connector support according to claim 1 ;
at least one check valve fixed to the connector support, the check valve having one inlet and two outlets;
an under-bonnet main pipe including an extruded sleeve including at least one circulation passage hydraulically connected to the inlet of the check valve; and
two windscreen wiper secondary pipes including an extruded sleeve including at least one circulation passage hydraulically connected to a respective outlet of the check valve.

13. The distribution device according to claim 12 , wherein the under-bonnet main pipe and the windscreen wiper secondary pipes respectively include at least two heating wires embedded in the sleeve and in that the distribution device includes two electrical connectors respectively held in the first and second removable fixing means of the connector support, the heating wires of the windscreen wiper secondary pipes being electrically connected in a respective electrical connector.

14. A connector support for windscreen washer liquid distribution devices of motor vehicle windscreen wipers, comprising
fixing means that removably holds at least one check valve;
a first removable fixing means that removably holds a first electrical connector; and
a second removable fixing means that removably holds a second electrical connector,
wherein the fixing means for the check valve, the first removable fixing means for the first electrical connector and the second removable fixing means for the second electrical connector are independent,
wherein the fixing means include a housing of substantially cylindrical general shape conformed to receive axially two check valves one above the other, the housing including a first opening conformed for the respective inlets of the check valves to pass through, a second opening conformed for the respective first outlets of the check valves to pass through, and a third opening conformed for the respective second outlets of the check valves to pass through, and
wherein the connector support further comprises a base including at least one pair of elastic retaining clips at the edge of the housing for clipping at least one check valve.

Assignees

• Caillot Gérald
• Izabel Vincent
• Jarasson Jean-Michel
• Thebault Denis
• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Caillot Gérald
• Izabel Vincent
• Jarasson Jean-Michel
• Thebault Denis

Classifications

• B60S1/488

  electrically · CPC title

• B60S1/3805 Primary

  electrically · CPC title

• B60S1/524

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title

• Y10T137/6881

  Automotive · CPC title

• B60S1/48 Primary

  Liquid supply therefor · CPC title