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US 8,769,761 B2Granted
End fitting for a wiper blade
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorXavier Bousset
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Abstract
The invention provides an end fitting (26) for a wiper blade (10) that can be mounted on a longitudinal end (10a) of the blade (10) and that comprises means (54) for locking the end (16a) of the vertebra (16) when in its inserted position in a longitudinal housing (32), these means being designed to engage with a slot (50) made in a longitudinal edge (52) of the end (16a) of the vertebra (16), characterized in that the locking means (54) are produced symmetrically with respect to a vertical longitudinal mid-plane of the longitudinal housing (32).
Claims13
An end fitting for a wiper blade of longitudinal orientation, the blade comprising:
- a stiffening vertebra, a wiping rubber, and a mount supporting the vertebra and rubber, wherein each of the vertebra, wiping rubber and mount are of longitudinal orientation, wherein:
- the end fitting is able to be mounted on a longitudinal end of the blade, the end fitting comprises:
- a longitudinal housing open in a direction of a first longitudinal end of the end fitting, into which a longitudinal end of the vertebra is able to be received, wherein the longitudinal housing is delimited by a horizontal lower bottom and two vertical longitudinal walls extending upwards from the horizontal lower bottom, and
- elastic tongues for locking the longitudinal end of the vertebra in an engaged position in the longitudinal housing,
- wherein each tongue extends longitudinally forward and is curved towards an inside of the longitudinal housing so that a free front end of each tongue is able to cooperate with an associated notch produced in a longitudinal edge of the longitudinal end of the vertebra,
- wherein each tongue is configured to elastically deform in a plane substantially parallel to the horizontal lower bottom,
- wherein the tongues are produced symmetrically with respect to a vertical longitudinal mid-plane of the longitudinal housing, and
- wherein the horizontal lower bottom comprises two openings distributed symmetrically with respect to the vertical longitudinal mid-plane, each opening being arranged in line with one of the tongues.
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An end fitting for a wiper blade of longitudinal orientation, the blade comprising:
- a stiffening vertebra, a wiping rubber, and a mount supporting the vertebra and rubber, wherein each of the vertebra, wiping rubber and mount are of longitudinal orientation, wherein:
- the end fitting is able to be mounted on a longitudinal end of the blade, the end fitting comprises:
- a longitudinal housing open in a direction of a first longitudinal end of the end fitting, into which a longitudinal end of the vertebra is able to be received, wherein the longitudinal housing is delimited by a horizontal lower bottom and two vertical longitudinal walls extending upwards from the horizontal lower bottom,
- longitudinal hooks extending downwards from the horizontal lower bottom of the longitudinal housing so as to delimit a bottom housing in which a top web of the rubber is able to be received, and
- tongues for locking the longitudinal end of the vertebra in an engaged position in the longitudinal housing,
- wherein each tongue is able to cooperate with a notch produced in a longitudinal edge of the longitudinal end of the vertebra,
- wherein the tongues are produced symmetrically with respect to a vertical longitudinal mid-plane of the longitudinal housing, and
- wherein the horizontal lower bottom comprises two openings distributed symmetrically with respect to the vertical longitudinal mid-plane, each opening being arranged in line with one of the tongues.
5 more elements
An end fitting for a wiper blade of longitudinal orientation, the blade comprising:
- a stiffening vertebra, a wiping rubber, and a mount supporting the vertebra and rubber, wherein each of the vertebra, wiping rubber and mount are of longitudinal orientation, wherein:
- the end fitting is able to be mounted on a longitudinal end of the blade, the end fitting comprises:
- a longitudinal housing open in a direction of a first longitudinal end of the end fitting, into which a longitudinal end of the vertebra is able to be received, wherein the longitudinal housing is delimited by a horizontal lower bottom and two vertical longitudinal walls extending upwards from the horizontal lower bottom, and
- elastic tongues for locking the longitudinal end of the vertebra in an engaged position in the longitudinal housing,
- wherein each tongue extends longitudinally forward and is curved towards an inside of the longitudinal housing so that a free front end of each tongue is able to cooperate with an associated notch produced in a longitudinal edge of the longitudinal end of the vertebra,
- wherein each tongue is configured to elastically deform in a direction of one vertical longitudinal wall delimiting the longitudinal housing,
- wherein the tongues are produced symmetrically with respect to a vertical longitudinal mid-plane of the longitudinal housing, and
- wherein the horizontal lower bottom comprises two openings distributed symmetrically with respect to the vertical longitudinal mid-plane, each opening being arranged in line with one of the tongues.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.