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US 9,751,503 B2Granted
Device for detachably linking a wiper blade with a driven wiper arm
AssigneesValeo North America, Inc., Delmex de Juarez S. de R.L. de C.V.
InventorsAndreas Fink, Wolfgang Scholl, Gerhard Schremmer
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Abstract
A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.
Claims32
A wiper blade assembly comprising:
- an elongated wiper blade;
- and
- a connector coupled to said wiper blade such that said connector and said wiper blade pivot relative to each other about a pivot, said pivot having a pivot axis extending through lateral side walls of said connector in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said wiper blade;
- wherein said connector has a front portion on a front side of the connector relative to the pivot and a rear portion on a rear side of the connector relative to said pivot, said rear portion having a pair of receiving members, each receiving member being on a respective lateral side of said rear portion, each receiving member includes a first edge extending substantially transverse to said longitudinal axis to face toward said front portion, wherein each first edge is angled such that a top portion of each first edge is closer to the front portion of the connector in a direction of the longitudinal axis than a bottom portion of each first edge,
- wherein said connector has a mid-portion between said front and rear portions,
- wherein an outer top surface of said front portion is raised relative to said mid-portion, and
- wherein said front portion has lateral sides that are wider apart than lateral sides of said mid-portion.
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A wiper blade assembly to be attached to a coupling section of a wiper arm, comprising:
- an elongated wiper blade;
- and
- a connector coupled to said wiper blade such that said connector and said wiper blade pivot relative to each other about a pivot, said pivot having a pivot axis extending through lateral side walls of said connector in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said wiper blade;
- wherein said connector has a front portion on a front side of the connector relative to the pivot and a rear portion on a rear side of the connector relative to said pivot, said rear portion having a pair of receiving members, each receiving member being on a respective lateral side of said rear portion, each receiving member includes a locking edge extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis to face toward the front portion, wherein each locking edge is angled such that a top portion of each locking edge is closer to the front portion of the connector in a direction of the longitudinal axis than a bottom portion of each locking edge,
- wherein said connector has a mid-portion extending between said front and rear portions,
- wherein an outer top surface of said front portion is raised relative to said mid-portion, and
- wherein said front portion has lateral sides that are wider apart than said lateral sides of said mid-portion.
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A wiper blade assembly comprising:
- an elongated wiper blade;
- and
- a connector coupled to said wiper blade such that said connector and said wiper blade pivot relative to each other about a pivot, said pivot having a pivot axis extending through lateral side walls of said connector in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said wiper blade;
- wherein said connector has a front portion on a front side of the connector relative to the pivot and a rear portion on a rear side of the connector relative to said pivot, said rear portion having a pair of receiving members, each receiving member being on a respective lateral side of said rear portion, each receiving member includes an angled portion that faces toward the front portion, wherein each angled portion is angled such that a top of each angled portion extends further forward toward the front portion of the connector in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis than a bottom of each angled portion,
- wherein said connector has a mid-portion between said front and rear portions,
- wherein an outer top surface of said front portion is raised relative to said mid-portion, and
- wherein said front portion has lateral sides that are wider apart than lateral sides of said mid-portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.