Connecting structure of wiper arm
AssigneeMitsuba Corporation
InventorsHiroki Kashihara, Tomoya Nishikawa
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Abstract
A connecting structure of a wiper arm includes a connecting shaft provided on a wiper arm and a snap-fit provided on a wiper blade. The snap-fit includes a pair of claws defining a groove that can be engaged with the connecting shaft. A slit defined by inner walls facing each other is provided on both sides of the pair of claws in a longitudinal direction of the wiper blade. A first protrusion protruding toward inside of the slit is provided on one of the inner walls, and a second protrusion protruding toward inside of the slit is provided on the other of the inner walls. The first and second protrusions are arranged offset from each other in a direction along an axial direction of the connecting shaft.
Claims4
A connecting structure of a wiper arm, comprising:
- a wiper blade, connected to the wiper arm;
- a first connecting part, provided on the wiper arm;
- and
- a second connecting part, provided on the wiper blade and connected with the first connecting part, wherein
- any one of the first connecting part and the second connecting part is a connecting shaft extending along a width direction of the wiper arm;
- the other of the first connecting part and the second connecting part comprises a pair of claws defining a groove able to be engaged with the connecting shaft;
- the pair of claws have flexibility for bending in a direction of increasing an opening width of the groove;
- a slit defined by inner walls facing each other is provided on each side of the pair of claws in a direction along a longitudinal direction of the wiper blade;
- a first protrusion protruding toward inside each of the slits is provided on any one of the inner walls facing each other, and a second protrusion protruding toward inside each of the slits is provided on the other of the inner walls facing each other;
- the first protrusions and the second protrusions are respectively arranged offset from each other in a direction along an axial direction of the connecting shaft, and the first protrusions face a flat surface of a respective one of the inner walls, and the second protrusions face a flat surface of another respective one of the inner walls, wherein the first protrusions and the second protrusions respectively partially overlap each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the connecting shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.