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US 12,275,380 B2Granted
Pressurized straight line wiper system
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsAnumodh Rajan, Antriksh Shinde
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Abstract
Vehicle comprising a cab defining a driver compartment by a windshield, a wiping arrangement configured to wipe the windshield over a wiping area, the wiping arrangement comprising at least one wiper including a support movably mounted on the cab and a blade mounted on the support to contact the windshield along a contact length, wherein the wiping arrangement includes an urging system configured to urge the blade against the windshield, and wherein the urging system is configured to apply a pressure on the blade along the contact length by a pressurized fluid.
Claims12
A vehicle comprising:
- a cab presenting a longitudinal direction and defining a driver compartment, the driver compartment being delimited in the longitudinal direction by a windshield, and
- a wiping arrangement configured to wipe the windshield over a wiping area, the wiping arrangement comprising at least one wiper including a support movably mounted on the cab and a blade mounted on the support to contact the windshield along a contact length,
- wherein the wiping arrangement includes an urging system configured to urge the blade against the windshield, and
- wherein the urging system is configured to apply a pressure on the blade along the contact length by a pressurized fluid,
- wherein the urging system includes a reservoir defining an inner space for receiving the fluid, and a pressurizing device configured to pressurize the fluid within the inner space, the reservoir being mounted on the support in fluid communication with the blade,
- wherein the pressurizing device is arranged within the reservoir, and
- wherein the reservoir extends along a reservoir axis between a bottom and an end wall provided with an outlet, and the pressurizing device is electromagnetic, the pressurizing device comprising:
- an electromagnet at the bottom of the reservoir,
- a magnetic piston movably mounted within the reservoir between the electromagnet and the end wall, and
- a power supply connected to the electromagnet to control polarity of the electromagnet, the inner space being formed between the magnetic piston and the end wall.
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