US 12,291,172 B2
Vehicle windshield wiper device
K S Madhuchandra, Bangalore (IN); and K S Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/468,791.
Claims priority of application No. 22197451 (EP), filed on Sep. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101069 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60S 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/0469 (2013.01) [B60S 1/0458 (2013.01); B60S 1/34 (2013.01); B60S 1/3425 (2013.01); B60S 1/3427 (2013.01); B60S 1/3488 (2013.01); B60S 1/3429 (2013.01); B60S 1/3431 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle windshield wiper device comprising:
an articulated structure and a blade;
wherein the articulated structure comprises an arm transmitting mechanical forces to the blade;
wherein the arm is mounted on an axle to provide an arm rotational movement corresponding to a wiping movement, the arm is formed with an inner face at least partially surrounded about an arm periphery by an arm flange portion, and the arm comprises a reinforcing rib extending away from the inner face;
wherein the arm is pivotably attached to the axle such that the blade is movable away from a windshield of a vehicle;
wherein the vehicle windshield wiper device further comprises an arm holder restraining the arm from pivoting away from the windshield when the blade is in a parking position; and
wherein the arm holder comprises a rigid pin linked with a rigid bracket of the arm holder and configured to cooperate with a first hole in the arm flange portion of the arm and a second hole in the reinforcing rib of the arm.