Securing device between a wiper blade and a support constituting a windscreen wiper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9758130-B2
Application number	US-201514883841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

The subject of the invention is notably a securing device ( 10 ) between a wiper blade ( 12 ) and a wiper blade support ( 14 ) constituting a windscreen wiper, said device ( 10 ) comprising a first part ( 20 ) suitable for being fixed onto said support ( 14 ) and a second part ( 22 ) suitable for being fixed onto said blade, said first ( 20 ) and second ( 22 ) parts being linked by a removable link means ( 52, 54, 56 ), said second part ( 22 ) comprising a groove ( 26 ) for insertion, by translation in a first direction, of a complementary part ( 18 ) of said blade ( 12 ), said device ( 10 ) comprising a means for immobilizing, in translation in said first direction, said blade in said groove, characterized in that said immobilizing means comprises at least one immobilizing element ( 28 ) mounted to slide on said second part ( 22 ), in translation substantially at right angles to said first direction, between a retracted position allowing the displacement of said complementary part ( 18 ) of the blade in said groove ( 26 ) and a position of translationally immobilizing said complementary part ( 18 ) of the blade in said groove ( 26 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A securing device between a wiper blade and a wiper blade support constituting a windscreen wiper, said device comprising:
a first part fixed onto said support;
a second part fixed onto said blade, said first and second parts being linked by a removable link means,
said second part comprising a groove for insertion, by translation in a first direction, of a complementary part of said blade; and

a means for immobilizing, in translation in said first direction, said blade in said groove, wherein said immobilizing means comprises at least one immobilizing element mounted to slide on said second part between a retracted position allowing the displacement of said complementary part of the blade in said groove and a position of translationally immobilizing said complementary part of the blade in said groove,
wherein the at least one immobilizing element is of substantially planar form and comprises an edge bearing a plurality of teeth intended to be sunk into the blade when the at least one immobilizing element is in the immobilizing position.

2. The device according to claim 1 , in which the at least one immobilizing element is mounted to slide on said second part in translation substantially at right angles to said first direction, between said retracted position and said immobilizing position.

3. The device according to claim 1 , in which at least one of said first and second parts is made of plastic material.

4. The device according to claim 1 , in which said second part is overmoulded on the at least one immobilizing element.

5. The device according to claim 1 , in which the at least one immobilizing element is made of metal.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one immobilizing element comprises two immobilizing elements arranged respectively on either side of said groove.

7. The device according to claim 1 , in which said second part and the at least one immobilizing element comprise complementary means for holding the at least one immobilizing element in the immobilizing position.

8. The device according to claim 7 , in which the complementary holding means are produced in the form of snap-fitting means.

9. The device according to claim 1 , in which said second part and the at least one immobilizing element comprise complementary means for holding the at least one immobilizing element in the retracted position.

10. The device according to claim 1 , in which said removable means for linking said first and second parts is produced in the form of snap-fitting means.

11. The device according to claim 1 , in which said first part is suitable for being fixed onto said support by insertion.

12. A windscreen wiper comprising a wiper blade and a support constituting a windscreen wiper and in which said blade is secured onto said support by the device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Bousset Xavier

Classifications

• B60S1/3889

  cooperating with holes in the vertebra · CPC title

• B60S1/3896

  with openings at the longitudinal extremities · CPC title

• B60S1/3893

  cooperating with holes in the squeegee · CPC title

• B60S2001/3822

  characterised by additional means to prevent longitudinal sliding of squeegee in support, e.g. clips · CPC title

• B60S1/3891 Primary

  with locking device · CPC title