Wiper blade
AssigneeMitsuba Corporation
InventorNAOTO SATO
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Abstract
The wiper blade includes a connecting member mounted on a wiper arm, a blade rubber mounted on the connecting member, and a washer unit mounted on a second long side wall portion and spraying first washer fluid to fourth washer fluid. The washer unit includes a cover member, a valve member disposed between the second long side wall portion and the cover member, first flow path to fourth flow path disposed between the cover member and the valve member, and first spray hole to fourth spray hole provided on the downstream side of the first flow path to the fourth flow path. The first spray hole to the fourth spray hole are disposed closer to a surface of a windshield glass than a connecting pin (axial center) that connects the wiper arm and the connecting member.
Claims7
A wiper blade, mounted on a wiper arm oscillated by a drive shaft and wiping a wiping surface, the wiper blade comprising:
- a connecting member rotatably mounted on the wiper arm;
- a blade rubber mounted on the connecting member and being slidably in contact with the wiping surface;
- and
- a washer unit mounted on a side wall portion on at least one side of the connecting member in a wiping direction of the blade rubber, and spraying a cleaning fluid toward the wiping surface,
- wherein the washer unit comprises:
- a first mounting member disposed facing the side wall portion;
- a second mounting member disposed between the side wall portion and the first mounting member;
- a flow path which is disposed between the first mounting member and the second mounting member and through which the cleaning fluid flows;
- and
- a spray hole provided on a downstream side of the flow path and spraying the cleaning fluid, and
- the spray hole is disposed closer to the wiping surface than a connecting portion that connects the wiper arm and the connecting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.