Abstract:
A device for fastening to the body of a motor vehicle an assembly comprising a support plate, is of the type comprising a bolt-and-nut assembly. The threaded shank of the bolt passes through a hole in the support plate, a hole formed in a damping ring which is interposed between the support plate and a first face of a bodywork element of the vehicle, and a hole in the bodywork element itself. The bolt is screwed into a nut which is located beyond the opposite face of the bodywork element, and which is received in a nut retaining cage. The damping ring and the cage are made integrally with each other as a single assembly member of elastomeric material or rubber; the portion of this assembly member that defines the cage deforms in expansion while the nut is being tightened on to the bolt.
Abstract:
A screen wiper, especially a motor vehicle windshield wiper, comprises a first element having a U-shaped cross section and a second element received in the U-shaped cross section of the first element, together with an insert piece which is interposed between the first and second elements. The insert piece has side walls which are formed with annular locating bushes. One of the two elements between which the insert piece is interposed has a hole formed through its side walls, this hole being open to a terminal edge of the side wall through an aperture or slot.
Abstract:
A windshield wiper comprises a housing in the form of a U, carrying a pivot pin which cooperates in a recess formed in a driving head, together with a spring carried by a support element, with the said spring acting between the driving head and the shroud.The driving head has an inclined groove, within which one end of a support bar for the spring is displaceable in sliding movement between a position in which the shroud is locked on the driving head, and a position in which it is unlocked and removable from the latter.
Abstract:
An anti-lift deflector for a windscreen wiper includes a hooking member for mounting the deflector onto a wiper or wiper arm and an aerodynamic blade attached to the hooking member and having a substantially flat first zone extending rearwardly from a leading edge of the blade followed by a second zone which is inclined relative to the first zone and which terminates at a trailing edge of the blade. During use of the deflector, the first zone is slightly inclined relative to the surface to be wiped and the second zone is inclined relative to the surface to be wiped at an angle greater than the first zone. This creates a surface effect giving a relatively large pressure decrease below the deflector, thus forcing the wiper blade into contact with the surface to be wiped.
Abstract:
A windshield wiper blade includes a wiping strip carried by gripping elements which are themselves part of an articulated support structure for the wiping strip, which is arranged to sweep a glass surface. At least one gripping element is carried by a sliding lever which is biassed outwardly by a spring so that an end portion of the wiping strip is urged towards the swept surface.
Abstract:
An air deflector for a windshield wiper blade includes a profiled portion and attachment means for attaching it to either a wiper blade or a wiper arm carrying the wiper blade.At least one resiliently deformable annular cushioning element is provided on the deflector.The invention is especially applicable to automotive vehicles.
Abstract:
A windshield wiper drive mechanism includes a crank driven by a motor shaft and having, towards the end of the crank remote from the motor shaft, a crank pin carrying an eccentric crank head piece on which a crosshead is pivoted. The head piece carries a latch which includes a latch finger movable under the action of a resilient member and arranged to leave the crank head piece free to move with respect to the crank when the latter is rotating in a first direction, but to prevent such relative rotation when the crank is rotating in the opposite direction. The latch finger includes a radial latch arm extending outwardly, while the crosshead has a recess for receiving the latch arm. The crank head piece has an opening for receiving the free end of the latch finger. The latch arm is so positioned, and is of such thickness, that, when the latch finger is engaged in the opening in the crank, the latch arm lies between the face to face surfaces of the crosshead and of the crank. The crank head piece is placed so as to face towards the crank.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pivot assembly for a vehicle wiper system. The assembly includes a pivot shaft rotatably supported in central passage of a pivot housing, a lever coupled to the pivot shaft, and a cover. The cover includes a tubular portion, cylindrical step and a transition portion integrally formed between the tubular portion and the cylindrical step. The cover further includes a cantilever snap extending from inner surface of the transition portion, in longitudinal direction of the cover. A protrusion is formed in the cylindrical step at a location adjacent to the snap. The tubular portion of the cover is received over pivot shaft and a locking profile formed at free end of the snap is received in a recess formed in top end of the pivot housing, thereby restricting longitudinal and rotational movements of the cover with respect to the pivot housing.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a geared motor comprising a first brushless electric motor part having a stator, a rotor and a drive shaft, a second part having an output shaft and a reduction gear mechanism and an electronic part. The reduction gear mechanism comprises an output shaft, a worm and a toothed wheel designed to be engaged by the worm and to drive the output shaft in rotation. The geared motor comprises at least one rolling guide bearing disposed on the drive shaft and a multipolar magnet for measuring the position of the rotor. The rolling bearing is disposed between the measurement magnet and the worm such that the electric motor can be controlled depending on the measurement of the position of the rotor.
Abstract:
A streamlined windscreen wiper comprises a longitudinal streamlined fairing comprising a central mounting and at least one end cap, at least one adapter element fixed to the central mounting and comprising a central web and two legs extending substantially perpendicularly from opposing edges of said central web, one of said at least one end caps being articulated to said adapter element, and a retention means comprising at least one rib extending from a lower surface of the central mounting and oriented substantially perpendicularly to the central web of the adapter element, and a window provided in the central web of the adapter element, the window being engaged by the at least one rib.