Connecting assembly for a windscreen wiper blade

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821773-B2
Application number	US-201414276754-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	May 13, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Assembly for the production of a wiping system ( 1 ), comprising a terminal part ( 4 ) of a wiper arm ( 3 ) designed to move a wiper blade ( 2 ), and a connecting interface ( 5 ) for conveying a liquid to the wiper blade ( 2 ), said assembly further comprising one sliding element ( 6 ) having a first position for locking a connecting device of the wiper blade ( 2 ) on said terminal part ( 4 ), and a second position enabling the terminal part ( 4 ) and the connecting device to be separated, said sliding element ( 6 ) being further able to hang said connecting interface ( 5 ) either on the connecting device in the first position or on the terminal part ( 4 ) in the second position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly forming part of a wiping system, comprising:
a terminal part of a wiper arm designed to move a wiper blade;
a connecting interface for conveying a liquid to the wiper blade; and
one sliding element having a first position for locking a connecting device of the wiper blade on said terminal part, and a second position enabling the terminal part and the connecting device to be separated,
said sliding element being configured to hang said connecting interface either on the connecting device in the first position or on the terminal part in the second position.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second positions are two end positions of the sliding element.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said terminal part comprises at least one first slot able to house an excrescence of said connecting device.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the sliding element comprises at least one flap, the flap being able to lock the excrescence of said connecting device in said first slot when the sliding element is in the first position.

5. The assembly according claim 1 , wherein the terminal part comprises a hook able to hang the connecting interface when the sliding element is in the second position.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting interface comprises a second slot able to host a hitch flap of the sliding element in order to shift the connecting interface between said first and second position.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding element comprises a pin able to hook an opening of the connecting interface in order to shift the connecting interface between said first and second position.

8. The assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the terminal part has a longitudinal slit allowing the pin to extend through it and to move along it.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting interface comprises a pin able to hook an opening of the sliding element in order to be shifted between said first and second positions.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding element is a cap covering the terminal part.

11. A wiping system comprising a connecting device and an assembly according to claim 1 .

12. The wiping system according to claim 11 , wherein said connecting device comprises a mechanical connector linked to said wiper blade and an adapter, said mechanical connector being able to rotate relative to said adapter together with the terminal part, the rotation occurring from a longitudinal position to an oblique position compared to the arm.

13. The wiping system according to claim 11 , wherein the connecting device comprises a notch for holding the connecting interface.

14. The wiping system according to claim 11 , wherein
the connecting interface comprises a second slot able to host a hitch flap of the sliding element in order to shift the connecting interface between said first and second position, and
the assembly is configured so that said hitch flap is hosted in said second slot when said wiper blade is in a longitudinal position.

15. The wiping system according to claim 11 , wherein
the sliding element comprises a pin able to hook an opening of the connecting interface in order to shift the connecting interface between said first and second position, and
the assembly is configured so that said pin is hosted in said opening when said wiper blade is in a longitudinal position.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Caillot Gérald
• Schaeuble Michael

Classifications

• B60S2001/4058

  comprising a separate locking element, e.g. in addition to an intermediate element · CPC title

• B60S1/488

  electrically · CPC title

• B60S1/4038

  for arms provided with a channel-shaped end · CPC title

• B60S1/3862

  Transport of liquid there through · CPC title

• B60S1/524 Primary

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title