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US 10,538,222 B2Granted
Casing for a windscreen wiper drive rod
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorsGérald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel, Mark Antony Pattison
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Abstract
Casing (20′) for a windscreen wiper drive rod, in particular of a motor vehicle, said casing being configured to cover at least a portion of said drive rod and comprising means for fixing to said drive rod and/or to at least one element (42) linked to said drive rod, characterised in that it further comprises support and guiding means (70) which are configured to cooperate with at least one electric cable (63) and/or at least one fluid line (64) of said windscreen wiper.
Claims9
An assembly comprising:
- a casing for a windscreen wiper drive rod of a motor vehicle;
- and
- at least one supply line selected from a group consisting of an electric cable and a fluid line of said windscreen wiper,
- said casing being configured to cover at least a portion of said drive rod and comprising:
- means for fixing to at least one of said drive rod or at least one element linked to said drive rod;
- and
- support and guiding means which cooperate with the at least one supply line selected from a group consisting of the electric cable and the fluid line of said windscreen wiper, the support and guiding means comprising at least one longitudinal rib which are located on an upper or lower surface of the casing,
- wherein said means for fixing comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of fixing means by resilient detent and fixing means by engagement.
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An assembly comprising:
- a windscreen wiper drive rod of a windscreen wiper of a motor vehicle;
- a casing for said windscreen wiper drive rod;
- and
- at least one supply line selected from a group consisting of an electric cable and a fluid line of said windscreen wiper,
- said drive rod being generally elongate in form and comprising a first longitudinal end, configured to be linked to an output shaft of a motor, and a second longitudinal end, configured to be linked to one end of a drive arm of a blade of the windscreen wiper, said casing comprising:
- means for fixing to said drive rod and at least one element linked to said drive rod;
- and
- support and guiding means which cooperate with the at least one supply line selected from a group consisting of the electric cable and the fluid line of said windscreen wiper, the support and guiding means comprising at least one longitudinal rib which are located on an upper or lower surface of the casing,
- wherein said means for fixing comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of fixing means by resilient detent and fixing means by engagement.
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An assembly comprising:
- a windscreen wiper drive rod of a windscreen wiper of a motor vehicle;
- and
- a casing for the windscreen wiper drive rod of a windscreen wiper of a motor vehicle, said casing being configured to cover at least a portion of said drive rod and comprising:
- means for fixing to at least one of said drive rod or at least one element linked to said drive rod, wherein said means for fixing comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of fixing means by resilient detent and fixing means by engagement:
- and
- support and guiding means which cooperate with at least one supply line selected from a group consisting of at least one electric cable and at least one fluid line of said windscreen wiper,
- wherein the fixing means by resilient detent comprises a flexurally deformable foot protruding from an upper wall of the casing and separate from a side wall along a circumference of the upper wall, and
- wherein the fixing means by engagement comprises a pair of feet each penetrated by a substantially circular opening that defines a hook comprising a tooth at an outer free end of each foot, wherein the substantially circular openings are aligned with each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.