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  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • B60S1/38—Wiper blades
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • B60S1/40—Connections between blades and arms
  • B60S1/4006—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a hook-shaped end
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • B60S1/38—Wiper blades
  • B60S1/3848—Flat-type wiper blade, i.e. without harness
  • B60S1/3849—Connectors therefor; Connection to wiper arm; Attached to blade
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/40—Connections between blades and arms
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
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  • B60S1/40—Connections between blades and arms
  • B60S1/4006—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a hook-shaped end
  • B60S1/4009—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a hook-shaped end comprising a detachable intermediate element mounted on the hook-shaped end
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/40—Connections between blades and arms
  • B60S1/4067—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a side pin
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/40—Connections between blades and arms
  • B60S1/4067—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a side pin
  • B60S1/407—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a side pin with means provided on the arm for locking the side pin
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/38—Wiper blades
  • B60S1/3806—Means, or measures taken, for influencing the aerodynamic quality of the wiper blades
  • B60S1/381—Spoilers mounted on the squeegee or on the vertebra
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/40—Connections between blades and arms
  • B60S1/4006—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a hook-shaped end
  • B60S1/4009—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a hook-shaped end comprising a detachable intermediate element mounted on the hook-shaped end
  • B60S1/4016—Connections between blades and arms for arms provided with a hook-shaped end comprising a detachable intermediate element mounted on the hook-shaped end the element being provided with retention means co-operating with the hook-shaped end of the arm

Definitions

• Wiper mechanism connector for lateral mounting of the end of an arm on a wiper blade.
• the invention provides a connector for connecting a wiper arm in the form of a U-shaped hook to a connecting element of a wiper blade of the "flat-blade” type.
• the invention more particularly proposes a connector for mounting and articulation of a wiper blade at the front longitudinal end of a wiper arm around a transverse axis, said front end of the arm being curved in the shape of a U open towards the rear, and comprises two parallel upper and lower longitudinal branches connected by a curved curved section towards the front, in which: the connector is mounted on a brush connecting element, by a transverse movement to the right, pressing against a vertical longitudinal face of the left lateral end of the connection element, the connector is articulated with respect to the connection element by means of a transverse rod, a section of which right is received in the connecting element and of which a left section is received in the connector, the connector comprises an upper transverse bar for transverse locking in position mounted on the connecting element, the connector comprises a body around which the front U-shaped end of the arm is engaged, and two vertical longitudinal cheeks connected together by the body and between which the front end of the arm is received, the connector is secured removably with the front end of the arm by elastic interlocking
• the articulated structure of the wiper blade which carries the squeegee or wiper blade is eliminated and these are for example the vertebrae, or structural reinforcing elements analogous to the vertebrae, which are associated with the flexible wiping blade to constitute the wiper blade itself, also called "flat-blade" blade.
• the blade is mounted articulated relative to the end of a drive arm so as to reduce the total vertical size of the wiper.
• the wiper arm consists of a metal rod whose front end is bent to form a U open towards the rear. The size of the front end of the arm is then relatively high, and therefore, it has been proposed to mount the arm laterally on the wiper blade.
• the document EP-A-1 .323.601 describes a connector for laterally mounting the front end of the arm on the wiper blade.
• the connector comprises two lateral parts which are mounted on each side of the front end of the arm, and which are joined together by means of a fixing screw.
• Such an assembly of the connector by means of a fixing screw is relatively complex since it requires the use of a screw handling tool which it is necessary to position relative to the screw and then to actuate to tighten the screw.
• the object of the invention is to provide a connector for laterally mounting the front end of the arm on the wiper blade, the attachment of the connector to the front end of the arm does not require the use of a particular tool. .
• the invention provides a connector of the type described above, characterized in that the body (28) and the two vertical longitudinal flanges (30) form a single piece.
• the connector body is of cylindrical shape of revolution, in that the cylindrical body is able to pivot to inside the front end of the arm when the front end of the wiper arm is engaged around the body, and in that the side cheeks have means for locking the connector in pivoting in the front end of the arm;
• the connector has an upper back which connects the rear ends of the upper edges of the side cheeks, against a lower horizontal face of which the upper branch of the front end of the arm is in abutment upwards, and in that the vertical longitudinal faces internal vis-à-vis the cheeks have elastic lugs for blocking the upper arm of the front end of the arm resting against the underside of the back;
• the back is offset longitudinally towards the rear of the connector with respect to the body, and is extended transversely to the right by the transverse connecting bar;
• FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective representation of a connector according to the invention before mounting on the arm and on the brush;
• Figures 2A to 2C are views similar to that of Figure 1, showing different phases of mounting the connector on the end of the drive arm;
• - Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 1, showing the connector according to the invention, connecting the drive arm with the wiper blade;
• - Figure 4 is a horizontal section of the connector shown in Figure 1, showing the mounting of the cross rod in the body of the connector;
• - Figure 6 is a schematic exploded perspective view of another embodiment of the connector, which has a cap-shaped part;
• - Figure 7 is a view similar to that of Figure 8, showing the connector in the mounted position around the end of the arm;
• - Figure 8 is a section along a trans
• FIG. 1 a connector 10 for mounting a wiper blade 12 at the front longitudinal end 14 of a wiper arm 16.
• the connector 10 also allows for the articulation of the brush 12 relative to the front end 14 of arm 16, about a transverse axis A.
• the wiper blade 12 is a "flat-blade” type blade, and for this purpose it comprises a wiper blade 18 associated with structural elements (not shown), and a connecting element 20, arranged longitudinally. overall in the middle of the wiping blade 18, on which the connector 10 is mounted.
• the front end 14 of the arm 16 is a U-shaped hook-shaped end open towards the rear, it thus comprises two upper longitudinal parallel branches 22 and lower 24, which are interconnected by a curved front section 26 curved forward.
• the connector 10 is capable of being detachably secured to the front end 14 of the arm 16, and it is capable of being articulated by relative to the connecting element 20 around the transverse axis A.
• the connector 10 For its connection with the front end 14 of the arm 16, the connector 10 comprises a body 28 around which the front end 14 of the arm 16 is engaged, so that a front face 28a of the body 28 is in longitudinal support towards the 'front against the rear transverse face 26b of the curved section 26.
• the connector 10 also has two side vertical longitudinal cheeks 30 which are connected together by the body 28, and between which the front end 14 of the arm 16 is received when the connector 10 is secured to the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• the two vertical side longitudinal cheeks 30 and the body 28 form a single piece. This part can be in one piece.
• the body 28 is fixed permanently to the lateral vertical longitudinal cheeks 30. In particular, it is produced integrally from the lateral vertical longitudinal cheeks 30.
• the connector 10 is mounted laterally on the connecting element 20, here to the left of the connecting element 20, so that it bears against a left vertical longitudinal face 20g of the connecting element 20.
• the articulation of the connector 10 relative to the connecting element 20 is produced by a transverse rod 32 which is received partly in a complementary housing of the body 28, and partly in a complementary housing 34 of the connecting element 20.
• the transverse rod 32 is cylindrical and of circular section, so as to constitute the axis A of articulation. As can be seen in particular in Figure 1, a left section of the rod 32 is secured to the connector, and the right section of the rod is received in the housing 34.
• the joining of the left transverse end 32g of the rod 32 to the connector 10 is carried out by overmolding of the body 28 of the connector 10 around the left transverse end 32g of the rod 32, and the rod comprises a grooved element 36 making in the blocking of the rod 32 in transverse movement relative to the connector 10.
• the transverse rod 32 shown in FIG. 5
• the right section of the rod 32 is secured to the element link 20, and the stretch of left of the rod 32 is pivotally received in an associated housing 35 of the body 28 of the connector 10.
• the connector 10 also has an upper transverse bar 38, which extends transversely to the right from the right cheek 30, the end of which free straight transverse 38d is bent downwards.
• the transverse bar 38 extends above the connecting element 20, overlapping it, so that its straight transverse end 38d bears against the face longitudinal vertical right end 20d of the connecting element 20, so as to block the connector 10 in transverse movement to the left relative to the connecting element 20.
• the upper face 20s of the element of connection 20 comprises a transverse groove 40 which opens upwards, and which is able to receive in part the transverse bar 38.
• the connector 10 comprises a body 28 and lateral cheeks 30 for its mounting with the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• the connector 10 also includes means for securing it to the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• these means for securing the connector 10 with the front end 14 of the arm 16 consist of means for securing by elastic interlocking and by cooperation of complementary shapes.
• the securing means comprise lugs 42 which extend transversely towards the inside of the connector 10 from the internal vertical longitudinal faces 30i facing the cheeks 30, and which are arranged longitudinally behind the body 28.
• the securing means also include an upper back 44 which connects the longitudinal upper edges 30s respective cheeks 30, and which is arranged longitudinally above the lugs 42.
• the body 28 of the connector 10 is of cylindrical shape of revolution, to allow pivoting of the connector 10 relative to the front end 14 of the arm 16 when the front end 14 of the arm 16 is engaged around the body 28.
• the pins 42 and the upper back 44 define a housing in which is received in part the upper branch 22 of the front end 14 of the arm 16, so as to block the connector 10 rotating in the front end 14 of the arm 16. Finally, the longitudinal rearward movement of the connector 10 relative to the front end 14 of the arm 16 is prevented by a crosspiece 46 which abuts towards the rear against the convex front face 26a of the curved section 26.
• the connector 10 is mounted with the front end 14 of the arm 16 on the one hand by engaging the end before 14 of arm 16 around the body 28 of the connector 10. For this, it is necessary to pivot the connector 10 beforehand by an angle of 90 ° relative to its mounted position.
• the connector 10 is translated forward relative to the front end 14 of the arm 16, as shown by the arrow F1, by engaging the body 28 between the branches 22, 24 of the front end 14 of the arm 16, until the body 28 of the connector 10 abuts against the concave rear face 26b curved section 26. Then, as can be seen in FIG. 2b, the connector 10 is pivoted relative to the front end 14 of the arm 16, as shown by arrow F2, until the upper branch 22 of the front end 14 bears against the upper back 44, as shown in FIG. 2c .
• the pins 42 are able to fade transversely during the pivoting of the connector 10, to allow the passage of the upper branch 22 between the pins 42, then to return elastically to their initial position when the upper branch 22 of the front end 14 is in abutment against the upper back 44, thus achieving the nesting of the upper branch 22 of the end front 14 between the upper back 44 and the pins 42.
• the upper back 44 is arranged longitudinally at the level of the transverse bar 38, so that the transverse bar 38 extends transversely to the right the upper back 44 .
• the connector is capable of connecting the brush 12 to a front end 14 of arms 16 which may have different sizes, for example here, the thickness "e" of the branches 22, 24 of the front end 14 of the arm 16 can have two possible values.
• the connector comprises two crosspieces 46 which define, in association with the body 28, two housings 48 which are each associated with a front end 14 of arms 16 of one size.
• FIGS. 6 to 8 show another embodiment of the connector 10 according to which the body 28, the cheeks 30 and the transverse rod 32 form a first part 70 of the connector 10, around which the front end 14 of the arm 16 is engaged.
• the connector 10 comprises a second part 72 in the form of a hollow cap which covers the front end 14 of the arm 16 and the first part 70 of the connector 10, by securing the connector 10 with the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• the cap 72 comprises two lateral vertical longitudinal wings 74, between which the cheeks 30 are received, interconnected by a curved wall 76 curved in a U which covers the external face 14e of the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• the right lateral wing 74 of the cap 72 also has a longitudinal opening 78 which opens out at a rear vertical edge 74a of the wing 74, in which the transverse rod 32 is engaged when the cap 72 is mounted around the front end 14 of the arm 1 6 and of the first part 70 of the connector 10.
• the locking of the cap 72 in the mounted position around the front end 14 of the arm 1 6 and of the first part 70 of the connector 10 is achieved by fitting of the transverse rod 32 into the opening 78.
• the opening 78 has a constriction 80 which is capable of deforming elastically to allow the transverse rod 32 to pass through during the mounting of the cap 72, and so to realize a stop towards the rear of the transverse rod 32.
• the constriction thus delimits a front housing 82 of the opening 78 in which the transverse rod 32 is resiliently fitted, to achieve the blocking of u cap 72, and therefore of the connector 10 in position mounted on the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• the curved wall 76 of the cap 72 has an internal groove 84 which extends along its internal face 76i, following the curved profile of the curved wall 76, and which is capable of receiving an external part of the end front 14 of the arm 16.
• the transverse bar 38 is produced integrally with the cap 72, and it extends transversely to the right from the rear upper end of the curved wall 76.
• FIGS. 9 and 10 yet another embodiment of the connector 10 according to the invention, which here also includes a first part 70 formed by the body 28, the cheeks 30 and the transverse rod 32, and which is suitable for being engaged in the front end 14 of the arm 16 by a longitudinal forward movement.
• the connector 10 also includes a cover 96 which is pivotally mounted relative to the first part 70 between a first open position in which it allows the engagement of the first part 70 in the front end 14 of the arm 16, and a second locking position of the first part in position engaged in the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• the cover 96 here consists of a curved strip in the shape of an "L", the large branch 86 of which extends horizontally above the upper branch 22 of the front end 14 of the arm 16, and the small branch 88 of which extends vertically in front of the curved section 26 of the front end 14 of the arm 16, when the cover 96 is in the locked position.
• the cover 96 is mounted pivoting 90 ° forwards relative to the first part 70 of the connector 10, around a second transverse axis B which is offset longitudinally and vertically relative to the axis A of articulation, so that when the cover 96 is in the open position, the large branch 86 extends vertically upwards from the small branch, as shown in FIG. 9.
• the second transverse axis B is arranged at level of a lower front corner of the first part 70 of the connector 10.
• the articulation of the cover 96 relative to the first part 70 is here produced by transverse fingers 90 of the free end 88a of the small wing 88, which are received in complementary cylindrical housings 92 of each cheek 30 of the connector 10.
• the connector 10 comprises means for locking the cover 96 in the blocking position of the first part 70 in position e ngagé in the front end 14 of the arm 16 by elastic interlocking.
• these locking means consist of elastic hooks 94 which extend vertically downwards from the lower horizontal face 86i of the large wing 86 when the cover 96 is in the locking position, and which are able to cooperate with the branch upper 22 of the front end 14 of the arm 16, to carry out the pivoting locking of the cover 96 around the second transverse axis B.
• the hooks 94 are distributed transversely on each side of the large wing 86, so that each hook 94 s extends on one side of the upper branch 22 of the front end 14 of the arm 16.
• the hooks 94 are made of an elastic material and their free curved end comprises a ramp-shaped portion which allows the hooks 94 to delete when the cover 96 moves to its locked position.
• the crossbar 38 is made in one piece with the cover 96, and it extends transversely towards the right from the free rear end 86a of the large wing 86 of the cover 96.

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