Fixing base for a windshield wiper
OwnerChih-Ming Yang, Chuan-Chih Changinventors
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Abstract
A fixing base (1) for a windshield wiper (100) includes a connecting piece (110) and a wiper blade (120). The fixing base (1) includes a bottom plate (10) and two wings (20). Both sides of the bottom plate (10) abutting the wiper blade (120) form a hook (11) respectively to be engaged with the wiper blade (120). The wings (20) extend from both sides of the bottom plate (10) and each has a first chamfer piece (22), a second chamfer piece (23), a first notch (24) and a second notch (25). The shaft rod (21) is provided between the first notch (24) and the second notch (25). The first notch (24) and the second notch (25) provide a space adjacent to the shaft rod (21) for allowing various kinds of the connecting pieces (110) to be assembled with the fixing base (1).
Claims4
An universal fixing base (1) for a windshield wiper (100), the windshield wiper (100) comprising a connecting piece (110) and a wiper blade (120) having an elongated protrusion formed on a top surface thereof, the fixing base (1) including:
- a bottom plate (10) abutting the top surface of the wiper blade (120), having an elongated dent formed on a bottom surface thereof to engage with the elongated protrusion, both longitudinal sides of the bottom plate (10) being bent to form two hooks (11) respectively, the hooks (11) being engaged with two lateral edges of the wiper blade (120);
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- two wings (20) extending upwardly from two longitudinal sides of the bottom plate (10) and separated from each other, a shaft rod (21) being provided between the two wings (20) for allowing the connecting piece (110) to be pivotally connected thereto, each of the wings (20) being formed with a first chamfer piece (22) and a second chamfer piece (23), a first notch (24) being provided between the first chamfer piece (22) and the shaft rod (21), a second notch (25) being provided between the second chamfer piece (25) and the shaft rod (21), the shaft rod (21) being provided between the first notch (24) and the second notch (25), an opening being formed in the wings corresponding to each hook;
- wherein each of the first chamfer pieces (22) and the second chamfer pieces (23) is provided with a hole (221, 231) beside the openings, respectively, to fit another connecting piece, and
- wherein the first chamfer piece (22) and the second chamfer piece (23) of each wing are configured to gradually narrow toward both longitudinal ends of the fixing base (1), the first notch (24) and the second notch (25) provide a space adjacent to the shaft rod (21) to avoid mounting interference of the connecting piece (110) for allowing various kinds of the connecting pieces (110) to be assembled with the universal fixing base (1).
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