# US 11,027,702 B2 · Wiper arm device for motor vehicles

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- Number: US 11,027,702 B2
- Document ID: US11027702B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/107,173
- Filed: 2018-08-21
- Published: 2019-02-28
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-08-23
- Assignees: Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH
- Applicants: Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH
- Inventors: Michael Buß
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027702B2

## CPC

- B60S 1/3415: {with means for supplying cleaning fluid to windscreen cleaners, e.g. washers (arrangement of nozzles B60S1/52)}
- B60S 1/3409: {the wiper arms consisting of two or more articulated elements}
- B60S 1/48: Liquid supply therefor
- B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The invention relates to a wiper arm apparatus (10) for motor vehicles, having a wiper arm head (12), which comprises a drive lever (18), which can be connected to a drive shaft (20), whereby an intermediate lever (22) pivotally supported on the drive lever (18) cooperates with a control lever (24), which control lever (24) is arranged pivotably about a shaft (26) on the side facing away from the intermediate lever (22), and with a fastening device (30; 30a) for at least one hose (1, 2) for supplying a cleaning fluid to a wiper arm (14).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wiper arm apparatus for motor vehicles, comprising:
a wiper arm head which comprises a drive lever,
wherein the drive lever is connected to a drive shaft, whereby an intermediate lever pivotally supported on the drive lever cooperates with a control lever, wherein the control lever is arranged pivotably about a second shaft which the control lever pivots on a side facing away from the intermediate lever; and
a fastening device for at least one hose for supplying a cleaning fluid to a wiper arm,
wherein the fastening device is arranged in at least partial overlap with a longitudinal axis of the second shaft and arranged pivotably about the longitudinal axis together with the control lever,
wherein the fastening device comprises a support plate, from which two guide walls arranged at an angle relative to one another protrude, wherein the at least one hose is arranged in a receiving area limited by the guide walls and the support plate, and
wherein the angle between the guide walls corresponds to a pivot angle of the control lever.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control lever is arranged pivotably about the longitudinal axis of the second shaft by a pivoting angle of no more than 40°.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide walls protrude perpendicularly from the support plate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hose is movably arranged on the support plate in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide walls each have a hold-down section arranged approximately parallel on the side facing away from the support plate which at least temporarily engages beyond the at least one hose when moving the control lever.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an insertion region for the at least one hose is formed between the two guide walls, into which the at least one hose can be inserted into the receiving area in a direction running perpendicular to the plane of the support plate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support plate extends with a section along an axial extension of the control lever in the direction toward the intermediate lever.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fastening device is formed as an injection-molded plastic part.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hose, starting from the fastening device in the direction towards the wiper arm, is arranged in the shape of a bow.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fastening device is connected to the control lever by a latch connection.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an annular receiving portion protrudes from the support plate in the direction to the control lever, said portion having a receptacle, concentric relative to the longitudinal axis of the second shaft, for a fastening element of the control lever, and wherein two latching hooks protrude from the support plate in the direction to the control lever, which engage behind the control lever to establish a latch connection.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The wiper arm apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the latching hooks are arranged in the area and in abutment to straight lateral walls of the control lever.