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 including two terminal caps and a central mounting extending between the terminal caps and being connected thereto. The mounting includes means for fixing to the stiffening member or to the member for retaining the stiffening member, and each cap includes means for guiding in translation terminal parts of the member.
Claims13
A streamlined portion for a streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle, the streamlined portion having an elongated shape and comprising:
- two terminal caps;
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- a monolithic central mounting elongated in a longitudinal direction and extending between the terminal caps, and that comprises, at its longitudinal ends, fingers that connect the mounting to the terminal caps, the mounting comprising:
- an aperture which is configured to receive an adapter for connecting the wiper to a drive arm of said wiper, the aperture having an elongated shape and extending between two longitudinal lateral walls,
- a transverse pin for the articulation of the adapter extending therebetween,
- wherein the ratio between the longitudinal distance between a first transverse plane passing substantially through said transverse pin and a second transverse plane passing substantially through the fingers that connect the mounting to each cap, and half of the length of the streamlined portion, ranges between 20 and 70%,
- wherein the mounting comprises a plurality of hooks on each side, the plurality of hooks fixing the mounting to a stiffening member or to a member for retaining said stiffening member, and
- wherein the fingers and the plurality of hooks are inseparably extended from an outermost surface of the mounting, and the plurality of hooks are located in the longitudinal center of the mounting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.