Locking device between a wiper blade and a windscreen wiper blade holder
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorsFrederic Boussicot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Gérald Caillot
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a locking device (14, 45, 52, 56, 66) between a windscreen wiper blade holder (2) and a windscreen wiper blade (13), said blade (13) consisting of a top part (15) that is capable of cooperating with said blade holder (2) and a bottom part (16) in direct contact with the windscreen or window to be wiped, said device (14, 45, 52, 56, 66) having a shape that complements said top part (15) of said blade (13), characterized in that it is capable of being solidly attached to linking means (29), said linking means (29) connecting one of the ends of said blade holder (2) to one of the ends of said blade (13).
Claims19
A windscreen wiper comprising:
- a wiper blade with a top part and a bottom part, the bottom part of the wiper blade is for contacting a windscreen or a window to be wiped;
- a wiper blade holder with a first inner space and a second inner space extending substantially the entire length thereof for respectively receiving a spine and the top part of the wiper blade therein;
- a linking means that connects an end of the wiper blade holder to an end of the wiper blade;
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- a locking device having a shape that complements a cross-section of the top part of the wiper blade;
- wherein the linking means has a first inner recess that receives an end of the spine that is inserted into the first inner recess, and
- wherein the locking device has a second inner recess that receives an end of the top part of the wiper blade that is inserted into the second inner recess, and the locking device restricts the movement of the wiper blade.
A windscreen wiper comprising:
- a wiper blade with a top part and a bottom part, the bottom part of the wiper blade is for contacting a windscreen or a window to be wiped;
- a wiper blade holder with a first inner space and a second inner space extending substantially the entire length thereof for receiving a spine and the top part of the wiper blade therein;
- a linking means that connects an end of the wiper blade holder to an end of the wiper blade;
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- a locking device that surrounds the top part of the wiper blade;
- wherein the linking means has a first inner recess that receives an end of the spine that is inserted into the first inner recess,
- wherein the locking device has a second inner recess that receives an end of the top part of the wiper blade, and the locking device restricts at least longitudinally the wiper blade in the windscreen wiper, and
- wherein the linking means and the locking device are disposed in an integral structure.
A windscreen wiper comprising:
- a wiper blade with a top part and a bottom part, the bottom part of the wiper blade is for contacting a windscreen or a window to be wiped;
- a wiper blade holder with an inner space extending substantially the entire length thereof for receiving a spine therein;
- a linking means that connects an end of the wiper blade holder to an end of the spine;
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- a locking device that is solidly attached to the spine and that fixates the wiper blade in place,
- wherein the linking means has an inner recess that receives an end of the spine that is inserted into the inner recess, and a protrusion in the linking means engages into an opening in the spine to attach the linking means to the spine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.