US 11,731,587 B2
Windscreen wiper system for a motor vehicle
Stephan Haefner, Prebitz (DE); Frank Ackermann, Koenigslutter am Elm (DE); Sven Auch, Stuttgart (DE); Axel Feger, Loerrach (DE); and Karl Bode, Loerrach (DE)
Assigned to Audi AG, Ingolstadt (DE); Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart (DE); A. Raymond Et Cie, Grenoble (FR); and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/604,474
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE); DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AG, Stuttgart (DE); A.RAYMOND ET CIE, Grenoble (FR); and VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060418
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212322, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019110083.6 (DE), filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250586 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B60S 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/34 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/0408 (2013.01) [B60S 1/0491 (2013.01); B60S 1/3415 (2013.01); B60S 1/4087 (2013.01); B60S 1/522 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A windscreen wiper system for a motor vehicle, the wiper system comprising:
at least one wiper blade;
a slider attached to a wiper blade element of said at least one wiper blade;
an adapter connected to said slider in an articulated manner, said adapter being formed with a receptacle configured for connection to a wiper rod of a wiper arm for connecting said wiper blade to the wiper arm of the windscreen wiper system;
a functional element arranged on the wiper rod of the wiper arm, separately from said adapter; and
a locking device for fixing the wiper rod to said adapter, said locking device being detachable by way of an actuating element, and wherein said functional element is formed with a passage opening, in which the actuating element of said locking device is arranged.