Streamlined flat windscreen wiper
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorsVincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Eric Poton
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Abstract
A streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle is disclosed. The flat wiper includes a longitudinal wiper blade, at least one longitudinal stiffening member, a longitudinal member for retaining the wiper blade and the stiffening member, a longitudinal streamlined portion having two terminal caps and a central mounting extending between the terminal caps and being connected thereto, the mounting comprising means for fixing to the stiffening member or to the member for retaining the stiffening member, and where each cap includes means for guiding in translation terminal parts of said member.
Claims8
A streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle, comprising:
- a central mounting;
- a terminal cap that is articulated to the central mounting;
- an end piece that comprises:
- a first housing formed by walls of the end piece and that receives one end of a stiffening member of the wiper;
- and
- at least one protruding stop that cooperates with the terminal cap of the wiper;
- and
- a second protruding stop on the terminal cap that cooperates with the end piece,
- wherein the first housing comprises an open longitudinal end that engages the end of the stiffening member in the first housing, and a closed longitudinal end, and
- wherein the stiffening member of the wiper is a separate structural element from a wiper blade of the wiper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.