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Connector for installing and articulating a windscreen wiper on the end of a drive arm

US8719994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 2006
Grant dateMay 13, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60S2001/4054
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A connector between a windscreen wiper and a drive arm, with the wiper extending in a longitudinal direction, and the connector being capable of being installed in a free end of the arm, includes an attachment part equipped with a housing open towards a bottom and allowing removable attachment according to a vertical direction of the wiper with the connector, and elastically deformable locking means having a portion that is capable of ensuring locking in the longitudinal direction of the connector in an installed position thereof in the free end of the arm. The attachment part is designed to cooperate with an installation element other than the locking means and is permanently fixed to the wiper. The locking means comprise a tab that extends in the longitudinal direction.

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