US 11,858,472 B2Granted

Adapter unit

AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH

InventorsGodelieve Kraemer, Marcello Bubba, Herve Bratec, Michael Kruse, Helmut Depondt, Stijn Truyens

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Abstract

The invention relates to an adapter unit which is provided for coupling, in particular releasably coupling, a wiper blade to a wiper arm, having a wind deflecting surface which is designed to deflect inflowing air and press the wiper blade against a vehicle pane, wherein the wind deflecting surface is bordered by a wind deflecting surface edge, and the wind deflecting surface edge has at least •a side which faces the wind and which extends largely in a wiper arm direction, •a side which faces away from the wind and which extends largely in the wiper arm direction, a right-hand side which is arranged between the side facing the wind and the side facing away from the wind and which is arranged on the wiper arm side of the adapter and is designed to couple the adapter unit to the wiper arm, •a rear left-hand side which adjoins the side facing away from the wind and is arranged on the adapter side opposite the wiper arm side, and •a front left-hand side which adjoins the side facing the wind and is arranged on the adapter side lying opposite the wiper arm side. According to the invention, the side facing away from the wind and the right-hand side define a rear angle ranging between 110° and 160°, preferably between 120° and 150°, particularly preferably between 130° and 140°.

Claims24

Dependent claims

An adapter unit which is configured to couple a wiper blade to a wiper arm, the adapter unit having a wind deflector face which is configured for deflecting an incident flow of air and for pressing the wiper blade onto a vehicle glass, wherein the wind deflector face is bordered by a wind deflector face periphery, and the wind deflector face periphery has at least

a side configured to face a wind, the side configured to face the wind extending largely in a wiper arm direction,
a side configured to face away from the wind, the side configured to face away from the wind extending largely in the wiper arm direction,
a right side which is disposed between the side configured to face the wind and the side configured to face away from the wind and is disposed on a wiper arm side of the adapter on which the adapter unit is configured to be coupled to the wiper arm,
a rear left side which is adjacent to the side configured to face away from the wind and is disposed on a side of the adapter that is opposite the wiper arm side of the adapter, and
a front left side which is adjacent to the side configured to face the wind and is disposed on the side of the adapter that is opposite the wiper arm side of the adapter, characterized in that the side configured to face away from the wind and the right side define a rear angle between 110° and 160°, wherein the wind deflector face has a button which is configured for releasably coupling the wiper arm to the adapter unit, wherein the button is configured as a latching button which is disposed in a button opening, wherein the latching button is configured such that the latching button is disposed so as to be centric or largely centric in the button opening when the wiper arm is latched, and in that the latching button bears on an upper edge of the button opening when the wiper arm is not latched.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/264,920Filed 6 Jun 2019
Priority: DE 10 2018 212 666.630 Jul 2018
Published: US 2021/0309185 A17 Oct 2021
Granted: 2 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B60S 1/0408
Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers: means for influencing the aerodynamic quality of wipers, e.g. clip-on wind deflectors
B60S 1/3863
Connectors therefor; Connection to wiper arm; Attached to blade: connectors having a spoiler
B60S 1/40
Characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades: connections between blades and arms
B60S 1/4083
Connections between blades and arms: for arms provided with a flat end