Adapter used in a wiping system
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorsStéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Eric Poton
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Abstract
The invention relates to an adapter 9 designed to be interposed between a connector 8 and an end portion of a drive arm, the adapter 9 including a first attachment member 32 designed to cooperate with a second attachment member 72 of the connector 8, the first attachment member 32 having at least one attachment wall arranged in a longitudinal plane of the adapter 9 and that bears a pivot shaft Ad of the connector 8, characterized in that the attachment wall has at least one recess 38c designed to receive a stiffening rib 70 of the connector 8.
Claims12
An adapter interposed between a connector and an end portion of a drive arm, the adapter comprising:
- a first attachment member configured to cooperate with a second attachment member of the connector, the first attachment member having at least one attachment wall arranged in a longitudinal plane of the adapter that bears a pivot shaft of the adapter,
- wherein the at least one attachment wall has at least one recess for receiving a stiffening rib of the connector;
- a body wall that is U-shaped in a cross-section, wherein the body wall comprises an upper body portion extending in a plane parallel to a longitudinal horizontal plane of the adapter, and two side body portions parallel to one another that extend in a respective plane parallel to a longitudinal vertical plane of the adapter,
- wherein the first attachment member comprises a base carried by an internal face of the upper body portion, wherein the first attachment member is interposed between the two side body portions,
- wherein the adapter has a foot that has at least one flexible tab provided with a pad, and
- wherein the pad emerges above the upper body portion of the body wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.