Wiper arm
AssigneesMitsuba Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation
InventorsNobukazu Managi, Keisuke Kondou, Ippei Yamauchi
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Abstract
Provided is a windshield wiper arm. This windshield wiper arm includes: an arm head (10); a shank; an arm piece connected to the windshield wiper blade; a washer nozzle which sprays a washer liquid onto the wiping surface; and a hose. The hose is divided into a first hose disposed along the arm head and a second hose disposed within the vehicle body. The first hose and the second hose are connected in a manner that washer liquid can flow from one hose to the other via a joint member (70). The arm head (10) has an opening part (10A) which opens on a fastening part 11 side, and the joint member (70) is mounted to the arm head (10) in a manner that the part of the joint member (70) that connects with the second hose penetrates the opening part (10A).
Claims5
A wiper arm, comprising:
- a fastening part having a fastening hole into which a pivot shaft arranged in a vehicle body is inserted;
- an arm head having the fastening part;
- a shank connected to the arm head;
- an arm piece in which a base end part is fixed to the shank and a front end part is connected to a wiper blade wiping a wiping surface;
- a washer nozzle which is mounted on the arm piece and sprays a washer liquid onto the wiping surface;
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- a hose which is connected to the washer nozzle and supplies the washer liquid to the washer nozzle;
- wherein the hose is divided into a first hose disposed along the arm head and a second hose disposed within the vehicle body,
- the first hose and the second hose are connected in a manner that the washer liquid flows to each other through a joint member in which a flow path is formed;
- the arm head has an opening part which opens on a fastening part side;
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- the joint member is mounted on the arm head in a manner that a connection part of the joint member with the second hose penetrates the opening part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.