Wiping device, in particular wiping device for a motor vehicle pane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809200-B2
Application number	US-201214129327-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2012
Priority date	Jun 28, 2011
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a wiping device, in particular a wiping device for a motor vehicle pane, comprising a retaining unit ( 10 a - 10 e ) that has a retaining element ( 12 a - 12 e ) with a longitudinal guide channel (14 a - 14 e ) for guiding a spring element ( 16 a - 16 e ), and comprising a spoiler unit ( 22 a - 22 e ). According to the invention, the retaining element ( 12 a - 12 e ) has at least one fixing means ( 18 a - 18 e, 20 a - 20 e ), the free end (24 a - 24 e, 26 a - 26 e ) of which faces the longitudinal guide channel ( 14 a - 14 e ) and which is provided to interlock with the spoiler unit ( 22 a - 22 e ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiping device configured to move along a wiping direction ( 28 ), the wiping device comprising a retaining unit ( 10 a - 10 e ) which has a retaining element ( 12 a - 12 e ) with both a longitudinal guide channel ( 14 a - 14 e ) extending along a longitudinal direction for guiding a spring element ( 16 a - 16 e ), and guide elements ( 62 a - 62 e , 62 b - 62 e ) for guiding a wiper lip ( 40 a - 40 e ), the wiping device also comprising a spoiler unit ( 22 a - 22 e ), characterized in that the retaining element ( 12 a - 12 e ) has at least one L-shaped fastening means ( 18 a - 18 e , 20 a - 20 e ) having a free end ( 24 a - 24 e , 26 a - 26 e ) that points toward the longitudinal guide channel ( 14 a - 14 e ) and forms an interlocking connection with the spoiler unit ( 22 a - 22 e ), wherein the at least one fastening means ( 18 a - 18 e , 20 a - 20 e ) extends at an obtuse angle from at least one side wall ( 52 a - 52 e , 54 a - 54 e ) of the retaining element ( 12 a - 12 e ), and wherein the longitudinal guide channel ( 14 a - 14 e ) is spatially positioned between the guide elements ( 62 a - 62 e , 62 b - 62 e ) and the at least one fastening means ( 18 a - 18 e , 20 a - 20 e ) along a direction of a vertical axis that is perpendicular to both the wiping direction ( 28 ) and the longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one side wall extends vertically along a direction parallel to the vertical axis, wherein the at least one L-shaped fastening means includes a first portion that extends directly from an upper end of the side wall ( 52 a - 52 e , 54 a - 54 e ), and a second portion that extends substantially perpendicularly from the first portion and points toward the longitudinal guide channel, wherein an overall width of the retaining unit in the wiping direction is greater than an overall width of the spoiler unit in the wiping direction.

2. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the retaining element ( 12 b - 12 d ) has at least one channel wall ( 36 b - 36 d , 38 b - 38 d ) which is provided for transmitting press-on forces of the spoiler unit ( 22 b - 22 d ) to the retaining unit ( 10 b - 10 d ).

3. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the spoiler unit ( 22 a - 22 d ) is produced in a coextrusion process.

4. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the spoiler unit ( 22 a - 22 d ) has two spoiler subelements ( 32 a - 32 d ; 34 a - 34 d ) differing in hardness.

5. The wiping device as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that a harder spoiler subelement ( 34 a - 34 d ) bears in an interlocking manner against the fastening means ( 18 a - 18 d , 20 a - 20 d ).

6. The wiping device at least as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that a softer spoiler subelement ( 32 a - 32 e ) bounds a longitudinal channel ( 82 a - 82 e ) which has a pentangular cross section.

7. The wiping device at least as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that a softer spoiler subelement ( 32 a - 32 e ) has at least one concavely formed spoiler side ( 76 a - 76 e , 78 a - 78 e ).

8. A retaining unit ( 10 a - 10 e ) of a wiping device as claimed in claim 1 .

9. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a wiper strip ( 40 a - 40 d ) interlocking with the guide elements ( 62 a - 62 e , 62 b - 62 e ) of the retaining element ( 12 a - 12 e ).

10. The wiping device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the wiper strip is located on a side of the retaining element ( 12 a - 12 e ) opposite the spoiler unit ( 22 a - 22 e ).

11. The wiping device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the free end points toward the wiper strip.

12. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one L-shaped fastening means ( 18 a - 18 e , 20 a - 20 e ) includes two L-shaped fastening means that extend inwardly toward one another along the wiping direction ( 28 ), and the at least one side wall includes two side walls that are parallel to one another and define opposite sides of the longitudinal guide channel ( 14 a - 14 e ) along the wiping direction ( 28 ).

13. The wiping device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein a distance between the two side walls along the wiping direction is greater than the overall width of the spoiler unit in the wiping direction.

14. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first portion extends at an obtuse angle relative to the side wall.

15. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are the only elements that extend from the upper end of the side wall.

16. The wiping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the side wall is elongate and extends linearly, and wherein the side wall includes both the upper end and a lower end spaced from the upper end along the direction parallel to the vertical axis.

Assignees

• Bex Koen
• Depondt Helmut
• Herinckx Dirk
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Bex Koen
• Depondt Helmut
• Herinckx Dirk

Classifications

• B60S1/381 Primary

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

• B60S1/3881

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

• B60S1/38 Primary

  Wiper blades {(provided with liquid spreading means B60S1/524; provided with gas spreading means B60S1/546)} · CPC title