Wiper device and wiper arm for cleaning a vehicle window

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9855921-B2
Application number	US-201314418958-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2013
Priority date	Aug 7, 2012
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A wiper device for cleaning a vehicle window is disclosed. The wiper device has a wiper arm fastened in a torque-proof manner to a wiper shaft via an articulation piece, where the wiper arm is arranged pivotably on the articulation piece, a wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm, and a washing device for the wiper blade, which contains a feed for a washing fluid, where the feed runs in a partial region in the longitudinal axis of the wiper shaft and leads to the wiper blade in a direction running substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wiper device for cleaning a vehicle window, comprising:
a wiper arm fastened in a torque-proof manner to a wiper shaft via an articulation piece,
wherein the wiper arm is arranged pivotably on the articulation piece;
a wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm; and
a washing device for the wiper blade, which contains a feed for a washing fluid, wherein the feed runs in a partial region in the longitudinal axis of the wiper shaft and leads to the wiper blade in a direction running substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, wherein
the feed comprises an outlet connecting piece arranged on the articulation piece, oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the wiper shaft, that the outlet connecting piece engages, in the operating position of the wiper blade, into a mount constructed on the wiper arm, and
the wiper arm is arranged in the articulation piece in a longitudinal guide perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the wiper shaft to be movable at least between two positions, a first position, in which the outlet connecting piece engages into the mount, and a second position, in which the outlet connecting piece is out of engagement with the mount.

2. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein in the second position, the wiper arm is pivotable on the articulation element.

3. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the mount together with washing fluid ducts are constructed on a wiper arm carrier element of the wiper arm, and wherein the wiper arm carrier element is constructed at least partially as an injection moulded part.

4. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the pivoting angle between the articulation piece and the wiper arm is delimited by stop elements.

5. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing element is arranged between the outlet connection piece and the mount.

6. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiper arm is arrested in the first position by a detent connection, and that the detent connection has at least one manually actuatable element for clearing the detent connection.

7. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein in the second position, the wiper arm is able to be arrested in the longitudinal guide of the articulation piece by a nose projecting into the longitudinal guide, wherein the nose reduces a groove width of the longitudinal guide.

8. The wiper device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiper arm is fixed on the wiper shaft by a clamping connection having a clamping screw, and that the wiper shaft has a toothing region for fixing the wiper arm in various longitudinal positions of the wiper arm on the wiper shaft.

9. The wiper device according to claim 8 , wherein in the first position of the wiper arm, the clamping screw is overlapped by the wiper arm carrier element of the wiper arm and is freely accessible in the second position.

10. An assembly comprising:
a wiper arm carrier element, comprising a connector mount; and
an articulation piece, comprising an outlet connector and a receiving hole, the outlet connector arranged on the articulation piece, oriented perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the receiving hole,
wherein the wiper arm carrier element is arranged on the articulation piece perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the receiving hole, and pivotably fastened to the articulation piece, to be movable between at least two positions, a first position in which the outlet connector engages into the connector mount, and a second position, in which the outlet connector is out of engagement with the connector mount.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein a hydraulically continuous and sealed path is formed through the articulation piece and the wiper arm carrier element in the first position.

12. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein:
the wiper atm carrier element further comprises at least one bearing journal,
the articulation piece further comprises at least one longitudinal groove, and
the bearing journal moves within the longitudinal groove as the wiper arm carrier element moves between the first position and the second position.

13. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein:
the receiving hole of the articulation piece is configured to receive a wiper shaft, and
the wiper arm carrier element further comprises a means to attach a wiper arm.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Schaeuble Michael

Classifications

• B60S1/524

  arranged in wiper blades · CPC title

• B60S1/3896

  with openings at the longitudinal extremities · CPC title

• B60S1/345

  the elements being a link piece and a mounting head · CPC title

• B60S1/3436 Primary

  Mounting heads · CPC title

• B60S1/3415 Primary

  with means for supplying cleaning fluid to windscreen cleaners, e.g. washers (arrangement of nozzles B60S1/52) · CPC title