Windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type

US11878662B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TRICO BELGIUM S.A. · BE
• AUDI AG · DE
• VOLKSWAGEN A.G. · DE
• A. RAYMOND ET CIE SCS · FR
• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Arthur Taillard · Herserange, FR
• Stephan Haefner · Prebitz, DE
• Sven Auch · Stuttgart, DE
• Frank Ackermann · Friesenheim, DE
• Karl Bode · Hersbruck, DE
• Axel Feger · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2022
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S2001/4054
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal slit, in which slit at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for a rod-like extension of an oscillating arm, wherein said rod-like extension can be pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near a free end thereof, wherein said connecting device comprises a first part and a second part, wherein said rod-like extension of said oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to said first part about said pivot axis, with the interposition of said second part, wherein said first part is connected to said wiper blade and said second part is pivotally connected onto said first part, wherein said second part comprises a channel arranged to receive said free end of said rod-like extension, with the special feature that said windscreen wiper device comprises a housing for said rod-like extension, wherein said housing…