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US 12,291,172 B2Granted
Vehicle windshield wiper device
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsK S Madhuchandra, K S Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik
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Abstract
A vehicle windshield wiper device comprising an articulated structure and a blade, the articulated structure comprising an arm transmitting mechanical forces to the blade, wherein the arm is mounted on an axle to provide an arm rotational movement corresponding to a wiping movement, wherein the arm is pivotably attached to the axle. The vehicle windshield wiper device also comprises an arm holder restraining the arm from pivoting when blade is in a parking position.
Claims5
A vehicle windshield wiper device comprising:
- an articulated structure and a blade;
- wherein the articulated structure comprises an arm transmitting mechanical forces to the blade;
- wherein the arm is mounted on an axle to provide an arm rotational movement corresponding to a wiping movement, the arm is formed with an inner face at least partially surrounded about an arm periphery by an arm flange portion, and the arm comprises a reinforcing rib extending away from the inner face;
- wherein the arm is pivotably attached to the axle such that the blade is movable away from a windshield of a vehicle;
- wherein the vehicle windshield wiper device further comprises an arm holder restraining the arm from pivoting away from the windshield when the blade is in a parking position;
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- wherein the arm holder comprises a rigid pin linked with a rigid bracket of the arm holder and configured to cooperate with a first hole in the arm flange portion of the arm and a second hole in the reinforcing rib of the arm.
4 more elements
A vehicle windshield wiper device comprising:
- an articulated structure and a blade;
- wherein the articulated structure comprises an arm transmitting mechanical forces to the blade;
- wherein the arm is mounted on an axle to provide an arm rotational movement corresponding to a wiping movement;
- wherein the arm is pivotably attached to the axle such that the blade is movable away from the windshield;
- wherein the vehicle windshield wiper device further comprises an arm holder restraining the arm from pivoting away from the windshield when the blade is in a parking position;
- and
- wherein the arm holder comprises an electrically operated pin configured to cooperate with a corresponding hole defined in the arm, the electrically operated pin having a first position restraining the arm from pivoting when the blade is in the parking position, and having a second position allowing pivotal movement of the arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.