Wiper arm head dual knuckle
AssigneeValeo North America, Inc.
InventorsEduardo Ribeiro Santos, Roberto Arturo Lechuga, Dattashyam Parthasarathy
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a wiper arm head adapted to be connected to a wiper arm body, the wiper arm head comprises: a base end section, a front-end section, and a body section having a pair of left and right side walls longitudinally extending from the base end section towards the front-end section. The wiper arm head comprises a first retainer connection assembly and a second retainer connection assembly formed integrally with the wiper arm head and configured to connect the wiper arm head to the wiper arm body, which comprises a first retainer and a second retainer to hold a first wiper blade and a second wiper blade respectively.
Claims17
A wiper arm head adapted to be connected to a wiper arm body, the wiper arm head comprises:
- a base end section, a front end section, and a body section having a pair of left and right side walls longitudinally extending from the base end section towards the front end section;
- a first retainer connection assembly and a second retainer connection assembly formed integrally with the wiper arm head and configured to connect the wiper arm head to the wiper arm body, which comprises a first retainer and a second retainer;
- wherein the first retainer connection assembly comprises a first protruding section protruding from the front end section and is formed with a first hinge shaft extending along its longitudinal direction from a first sidewall to a second sidewall of the first protruding section and it comprises a first through-hole to connect a proximal end portion of the first retainer with the wiper arm head through a first hinge pin disposed in the first through-hole;
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- wherein the second retainer connection assembly comprises a second protruding section protruding from the first protruding section and positioned downward of the first hinge shaft, and the second protruding section comprises:
- a second hinge shaft extending between a pair of second arm sections disposed at a predetermined interval, and having a second through-hole extending from one second arm section to the other second arm section through the second hinge shaft along its longitudinal direction to connect a proximal end portion of the second retainer with the wiper arm head through a second hinge pin disposed in the second through-hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.