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Granted Patent B2
US 12,084,003 · App. 17/572,031 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Wiper device

Inventors: Harald Rapp (Buehl, DE); Adam Ugron (Budapest, HU); Andrija Terentic (Belgrad, RS); Denis Parenta (Buehl, DE); Matea Mikulic (Novi Beograd, RS); Najdan Jocic (Pancevo, RS); Nikola Dilparic (Cacak, RS); Raf Greunlinx (Zolder, BE); Sascha Geissler (Lichtenau, DE); Stijn Truyens (Tienen, BE); Tanja Bosnic (Belgrad, RS)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 12,084,003
App. No.
17/572,031
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wiper device ( 10 ) having a wiper arm rod ( 14 ), a wiper blade adapter ( 20 ) which has a fluidic connecting element ( 30 ), a fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) for producing a fluidic connection to the fluidic connecting element ( 30 ), a fluid line ( 62 ), which is connected to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) and is provided for transporting wiping liquid along the wiper arm rod ( 14 ) to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ), and a wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) which comprises a bearing unit ( 24 ) which is provided for mounting the wiper blade adapter ( 20 ) on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) so as to be pivotable about a wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ). The fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) is mounted movably on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ).

Claims (34)

1. A wiper device ( 10 ) comprising:

a wiper arm rod ( 14 ),

a wiper blade adapter ( 20 ), which has a fluidic connecting element ( 30 ),

a fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) for producing a fluidic connection to the fluidic connecting element ( 30 ),

a first fluid line ( 62 ), which is connected to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) and is provided for transporting wiping liquid along the wiper arm rod ( 14 ) to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ), and

a wiper arm adapter ( 16 ), which comprises a bearing unit ( 24 ) which is provided for mounting the wiper blade adapter ( 20 ) on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) so as to be pivotable about a wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ), wherein the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) is mounted movably on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ), wherein the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) is mounted pivotably about the wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ) with respect to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ), and wherein the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) includes at least one bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ) having a profile ( 46 ) which forms a circular arc segment, the circular arc segment including a center point of which lies on the wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ).

2. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) has at least one bearing extension ( 48 ), wherein the bearing extension ( 48 ) is guided in the at least one bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ).

3. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ) comprises an installation opening ( 50 ), by means of which the at least one bearing extension ( 48 ) is insertable into the bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ).

4. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the installation opening ( 50 ) runs in a plane perpendicular to the wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ) and at least substantially perpendicular to the profile ( 46 ) of the bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ).

5. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a latching unit ( 52 ) which is formed integrally with the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) and is provided to be coupled to at least one corresponding latching element ( 54 , 56 ) of the wiper blade adapter ( 20 ).

6. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a second fluidic coupling element ( 38 ), a second fluid line ( 64 ), and a heating element ( 66 ) which is arranged in the first fluid line ( 62 ) and in the second fluid line ( 64 ) and extends through the first fluid line ( 62 ) and the second fluid line ( 64 ), wherein the heating element ( 66 ) is guided in a region of the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) and of the second fluidic coupling element ( 38 ) from the first fluid line ( 62 ) into the second fluid line ( 64 ).

7. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising an electrical connecting element ( 70 ) which is mounted on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) so as to be pivotable about the wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ).

8. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 7 , further comprising an electrical coupling element ( 74 ) for the electrical connection to the electrical connecting element ( 70 ), wherein the electrical coupling element ( 74 ) is provided to be coupled fixedly to the wiper blade adapter ( 20 ) by means of a latching connection.

9. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 8 , further comprising a retaining element ( 82 ) which is fixedly connected to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) by means of a latching connection and is provided to fix at least one electrical line ( 84 ), which is fixedly connected to the electrical connecting element ( 70 ), to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ).

10. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 7 , further comprising a retaining element ( 82 ) which is fixedly connected to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) by means of a latching connection and is provided to fix at least one electrical line ( 84 ), which is fixedly connected to the electrical connecting element ( 70 ), to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ).

11. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) has at least one bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ), and the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) has at least one bearing extension ( 48 ), wherein the bearing extension ( 48 ) is guided in the at least one bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ).

12. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ) comprises an installation opening ( 50 ), by means of which at least one bearing extension ( 48 ) is insertable into the bearing recess ( 40 , 42 ).

13. A wiper device ( 10 ) comprising:

a wiper arm rod ( 14 ),

a wiper blade adapter ( 20 ), which has a fluidic connecting element ( 30 ),

a fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) for producing a fluidic connection to the fluidic connecting element ( 30 ),

a first fluid line ( 62 ), which is connected to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) and is provided for transporting wiping liquid along the wiper arm rod ( 14 ) to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ),

a wiper arm adapter ( 16 ), which comprises a bearing unit ( 24 ) which is provided for mounting the wiper blade adapter ( 20 ) on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) so as to be pivotable about a wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ), wherein the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) is mounted movably on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ),

an electrical connecting element ( 70 ) which is mounted on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) so as to be pivotable about the wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ), and

an electrical coupling element ( 74 ) for the electrical connection to the electrical connecting element ( 70 ), wherein the electrical coupling element ( 74 ) is provided to be coupled fixedly to the wiper blade adapter ( 20 ) by means of a latching connection.

14. The wiper device ( 10 ) according to claim 13 , further comprising a retaining element ( 82 ) which is fixedly connected to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) by means of a latching connection and is provided to fix at least one electrical line ( 84 ), which is fixedly connected to the electrical connecting element ( 70 ), to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ).

15. A wiper device ( 10 ) comprising:

a wiper arm rod ( 14 ),

a wiper blade adapter ( 20 ), which has a fluidic connecting element ( 30 ),

a fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) for producing a fluidic connection to the fluidic connecting element ( 30 ),

a first fluid line ( 62 ), which is connected to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) and is provided for transporting wiping liquid along the wiper arm rod ( 14 ) to the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ),

a wiper arm adapter ( 16 ), which comprises a bearing unit ( 24 ) which is provided for mounting the wiper blade adapter ( 20 ) on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) so as to be pivotable about a wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ), wherein the fluidic coupling element ( 34 ) is mounted movably on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ),

an electrical connecting element ( 70 ) which is mounted on the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) so as to be pivotable about the wiper blade adapter pivot axis ( 22 ), and

a retaining element ( 82 ) which is fixedly connected to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ) by means of a latching connection and is provided to fix at least one electrical line ( 84 ), which is fixedly connected to the electrical connecting element ( 70 ), to the wiper arm adapter ( 16 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2022
From: RAPP, HARALD; UGRON, ADAM; TERENTIC, ANDRIJA; PARENTA, DENIS; MIKULIC, MATEA; JOCIC, NAJDAN; DILPARIC, NIKOLA; GREUNLINX, RAF; GEISSLER, SASCHA; TRUYENS, STIJN; BOSNIC, TANJA
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 059985/0721 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 200 262.5 · Jan 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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