Connection device for joining a blade to a wiper arm
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorsThomas CAETANO, Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT
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Abstract
The invention relates to a connection device for joining a wiper blade to a wiper arm, the device includes a first adapter and a second adapter configured to be mounted on the first adapter and to be positioned between the first adapter and the wiper arm, wherein the flexible tab of the second adapter carries a retaining fin that is arranged under a second locking button and extends under a locking projection of a first locking button, the retaining fin engaging with the locking projection of the first locking button of the first adapter to drive the movement of the first locking button with the second locking button when a pulling force is exerted on the second locking button.
Claims7
A connecting device for assembling a windshield wiper blade to a windshield wiper arm comprsing:
- a first adapter including a flexible tab bearing a first locking button, the first locking button having a locking lug, and
- a second adapter configured to be mounted on the first adapter and to be interposed between the first adapter and the windshield wiper arm the second adapter having a flexible tab bearing a second locking button configured to lock the assembly of the second adapter with the windshield wiper arm,
- wherein the flexible tab of the second adapter also bears a retaining fin arranged beneath the second locking button and extending beneath the locking lug of the first locking button, the retaining fin engaging with the locking lug of the first locking button of the first adapter so as to cause the first locking button to move with the second locking button when a pulling force is applied to the second locking button.
A wiper device comprising a windshield wiper arm and a windshield wiper blade, comprising a connecting device for connecting the windshield wiper blade to the end of the windshield wiper arm, with the connecting device including a first adapter including a flexible tab bearing a first locking button, the first locking button having a locking lug, and a second adapter configured to be mounted on the first adapter and to be interposed between the first adapter and the windshield wiper arm, the second adapter having a flexible tab bearing a second locking button configured to lock the assembly of the second adapter with the windshield wiper arm, wherein the flexible tab of the second adapter also bears a retaining fin arranged beneath the second locking button and extending beneath the locking lug of the first locking button, the retaining fin engaging with the locking lug of the first locking button of the first adapter so as to cause the first locking button to move with the second locking button when a pulling force is applied to the second locking button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.