Assembly of an arm head and of an adapter for a windscreen wiper system, corresponding adapter and corresponding arm head and wiper system obtained

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815437-B2
Application number	US-201414300687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2014
Priority date	Jun 12, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly ( 22 ) of an arm head T and of an adapter ( 2 ) for a vehicle windscreen wiper system, the said adapter ( 2 ) being configured so that a connector of a wiper of the wiper system can be mounted rotatably on the said adapter ( 2 ) by means of at least one flexible tongue ( 2 b ) of the adapter able to establish a pivot connection with the said connector, the said assembly ( 22 ) being configured to immobilize the said tongue ( 2 b ) after mounting the wiper in the arm head T.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly, comprising:
an arm head and an adapter for a vehicle windscreen wiper system,
the adapter being configured so that a connector of a wiper of the wiper system is mounted rotatably on the adapter by two flexible tongues of the adapter able to establish a pivot connection with the connector, the assembly being configured to immobilize at least one of the two flexible tongues after mounting the wiper in the arm head,
wherein the adapter comprises a body in the form of a clevis which has a U-shaped cross section in a plane which delimits a housing for inserting a flank of the connector, said housing bordered by an upper face and two lateral wings,
wherein the two flexible tongues extend in the housing from the upper face, parallel to the two lateral wings and at a non-zero distance from each of the corresponding two lateral wings;
wherein the two flexible tongues bear against the arm head.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , where at least one of the two flexible tongues is formed laterally on the adapter and is configured to cooperate following the pivot connection with a cavity of the connector.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , where the two flexible tongues are arranged in opposition to define an axis of articulation of the connector on the adapter.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tongues are configured to allow the engagement of the pivot connection of the tongues with the connector during mounting of the wiper in the adapter.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tongues are provided with an extension able to bear against an internal surface of the arm head.

6. The assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the extension is a finger, extended laterally towards the outside of the adapter.

7. The assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the arm head is in the form of a clevis comprising two side walls defining a housing for the adapter, the internal surface being that of one of the side walls.

8. The assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the body of the adapter in the form of the clevis is to be inserted during mounting in the housing of the arm head.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter comprises at least one window for allowing the bearing of at least one of the two flexible tongues through the window after mounting the wiper in the arm head.

10. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein
the window is an orifice of closed contour of at least one of the lateral wings of the adapter, or
the window is a notch of a lower edge of at least one of the lateral wings of the adapter.

11. An adapter for a vehicle windscreen wiper system, the adapter being a configured so that a connector of a wiper of the wiper system is mounted rotatably on the adapter by two flexible tongues of the adapter able to establish a pivot connection with the connector, and to immobilize at least one of the two flexible tongues after mounting the wiper in an arm head of the wiper system,
wherein the adapter comprises a body in the form of a clevis which has a U-shaped cross section in a plane which delimits a housing for inserting a flank of the connector, said housing bordered by an upper face and two lateral wings, and
wherein the two flexible tongues extend in the housing from the upper face, parallel to the two lateral wings and at a non-zero distance from each of the corresponding two lateral wings;
wherein the two flexible tongues are provided with an extension able to bear against an internal surface of the arm head.

12. A wiper comprising a wiper blade, a connector and a support of the wiper blade and of the connector, the wiper being configured to cooperate with the adapter according to claim 11 .

13. A wiper system comprising:
an adapter according to claim 11 ; and
a wiper comprising a wiper blade, a connector, and a support of the wiper blade and of the connector, the wiper being configured to cooperate with the adapter.

14. The adapter according to claim 11 , wherein the adapter comprises at least one window for allowing the bearing of the extension of at least one of the tongues against the internal surface of the arm head through the window.

15. An assembly, comprising:
an arm head and an adapter for a vehicle windscreen wiper system,
the adapter being configured so that a connector of a wiper of the wiper system is mounted rotatably on the adapter by at least one flexible tongue of the adapter able to establish a pivot connection with the connector, the assembly being configured to immobilize the at least one flexible tongue after mounting the wiper in the arm head,
wherein the at least one flexible tongue bears against the arm head, and
wherein the adapter comprises at least one window for allowing the bearing of the tongue through the window after mounting the wiper in the arm head, the window being an orifice of closed contour of a lateral wing of a body of the adapter.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Thebault Denis
• Bousset Xavier
• Petitet Gilles

Classifications

• B60S2001/4054

  the intermediate element engaging the back part of the arm · CPC title

• B60S1/40 Primary

  Connections between blades and arms · CPC title

• B60S1/524

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title

• B60S1/4048

  the element being provided with retention means co-operating with the channel-shaped end of the arm · CPC title

• B60S1/3862 Primary

  Transport of liquid there through · CPC title