Wiper blade with an adapter unit for attachment to a wiper arm
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorHelmut Depondt
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Abstract
In a wiper blade (100) for a windshield wiper having a wiping strip (112) and an adapter unit (1500) for attaching the wiper strip (112) to a wiper arm, the adapter unit (1500) being designed to be connected to a connecting element (1900) assigned to the wiper arm, the connecting element (1900) has a base element (1730) and an adapter element (1750), wherein the base element (1730) is designed to attach the wiping strip (112) to a first multiplicity of different wiper arm types and can be connected to the adapter element (1750) in order to permit the wiping strip (112) to be attached to a second multiplicity of different wiper arm types which at least partly differ from the wiper arm types of the first multiplicity of wiper arm types.
Claims15
A wiper blade (100) for a window wiper, the wiper blade comprising a wiper strip (112), an adapter unit (150, 1500) connected to the wiper strip for attachment of the wiper strip (112) to a wiper arm (1018, 1118, 1218, 1318, 1818), the adapter unit (1500) being fastened to a base connecting device (160) provided on the wiper strip (112), and a connecting member (190, 1900) assigned to the wiper arm (1018, 1118, 1218, 1318, 1818), characterized in that the connecting member (190, 1900) has a base element (730, 1730) with blocking members (785, 1785) and blocking elements (733, 1733) and an adapter element (750, 1750) with a longitudinal groove (753, 1753), a transverse groove (751) and an opening (755, 1755), the base element (730, 1730) being connected to the adapter unit (150, 1500), the base element (730, 1730) permitting attachment of the wiper strip (112) to a first multiplicity of different wiper arm types (1018, 1118), each comprising respectively at least one of a retaining rail (1022, 1024) and an elongate connecting component (1111) with a lateral retaining shoulder (1116, 1117) that are adapted to be blocked by at least one of the blocking members (785, 1785) and the blocking elements (733, 1733), and the base element being connectable to the adapter element (750, 1750) in order to permit attachment of the wiper strip (112) to a second multiplicity of different wiper arm types (1218, 1318, 1818) which at least partially differ from the wiper arm types of the first multiplicity of wiper arm types (1018, 1118) and which respectively comprise, for connection to the wiper strip (112), at least one of a rotary shaft (1212) for arrangement in the opening (755, 1755) of the adapter element (750, 1750), an elongate connecting component (1316) for arrangement in the longitudinal groove (753, 1753) of the adapter element (750, 1750) and a longitudinal element (1816) with a positioning opening (1827), and wherein the adapter element (750, 1750) is elongated, the longitudinal groove (753, 1753) extends along the entire length of the elongation, and the transverse groove (751) extends transverse to the entire length of the elongation.
A wiper blade (100) for a window wiper, the wiper blade comprising:
- a wiper strip (112);
- an adapter unit (150, 1500) connected to the wiper strip for attachment of the wiper strip (112) to a wiper arm (1018, 1118, 1218, 1318, 1818), the adapter unit (1500) being fastened to a base connecting device (160) provided on the wiper strip (112);
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- a connecting member (190, 1900) assigned to the wiper arm (1018, 1118, 1218, 1318, 1818), wherein
- the connecting member (190, 1900) includes a base element (730, 1730) with blocking members (785, 1785) and blocking elements (733, 1733) and an adapter element (750, 1750) with a longitudinal groove (753, 1753), a transverse groove (751) and an opening (755, 1755),
- the base element (730, 1730) is connected to the adapter unit (150, 1500),
- the base element (730, 1730), includes means for attaching the wiper strip (112) to a first multiplicity of different wiper arm types (1018, 1118) when not connected to the adapter element, each comprising respectively at least one of a retaining rail (1022, 1024) and an elongate connecting component (1111) with a lateral retaining shoulder (1116, 1117) that are adapted to be blocked by at least one of the blocking members (785, 1785) and the blocking elements (733, 1733), and
- the base element and the adapter element (750, 1750) includes means for attaching the wiper strip (112) to a second multiplicity of different wiper arm types (1218, 1318, 1818) when connected to each other, wherein the second multiplicity of different wiper arm types (1218, 1318, 1818) at least partially differ from the wiper arm types of the first multiplicity of wiper arm types (1018, 1118) and which respectively comprise, for connection to the wiper strip (112), at least one of a rotary shaft (1212) for arrangement in the opening (755, 1755) of the adapter element (750, 1750), an elongate connecting component (1316) for arrangement in the longitudinal groove (753, 1753) of the adapter element (750, 1750) and a longitudinal element (1816) with a positioning opening (1827), and wherein the adapter element (750, 1750) is elongated, the longitudinal groove (753, 1753) extends along the entire length of the elongation, and the transverse groove (751) extends transverse to the entire length of the elongation.
A wiper blade (100) for a window wiper, the wiper blade comprising a wiper strip (112), an adapter unit (150, 1500) connected to the wiper strip for attachment of the wiper strip (112) to a wiper arm (1018, 1118, 1218, 1318, 1818), the adapter unit (1500) being fastened to a base connecting device (160) provided on the wiper strip (112), and a connecting member (190, 1900) assigned to the wiper arm (1018, 1118, 1218, 1318, 1818), wherein the connecting member (190, 1900) has a base element (730, 1730) with blocking members (785, 1785) and blocking elements (733, 1733) and an adapter element (750, 1750) with a longitudinal groove (753, 1753), a transverse groove (751) and an opening (755, 1755), the base element (730, 1730) being connected to the adapter unit (150, 1500), the base element (730, 1730) being configured to attach, without the adapter element, the wiper strip to any of a first multiplicity of different wiper arm types (1018, 1118), one of the first multiplicity of wiper arm types comprising a retaining rail (1022, 1024) configured to be blocked by the blocking members (785, 1785) and an other of the first multiplicity of wiper arm types comprising an elongate connecting component (1111) with a lateral retaining shoulder (1116, 1117) configured to be blocked by the blocking elements (733, 1733), and the base element being connectable to the adapter element (750, 1750) and thereby being configured to attach the wiper strip (112) to any of a second multiplicity of different wiper arm types (1218, 1318, 1818) which at least partially differ from the wiper arm types of the first multiplicity of wiper arm types (1018, 1118), one of the second multiplicity of wiper arm types comprising a rotary shaft (1212) configured to be received in the opening (755, 1755) of the adapter element (750, 1750) and a retaining bracket (1214) configured to be received in the transverse groove (751) of the adapter element, and an other of the second multiplicity of wiper arm types comprising an elongate connecting component (1316) configured to be received in the longitudinal groove (753, 1753) of the adapter element (750, 1750), and wherein the adapter element (750, 1750) is elongated, the longitudinal groove (753, 1753) extends along the entire length of the elongation, and the transverse groove (751) extends transverse to the entire length of the elongation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.