US 12,304,432 B2
Wind deflector for a windscreen wiper system of 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. 17/604,475
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/EP2020/060426
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212327, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019110082.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356695 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/34 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/0408 (2013.01) [B60S 1/3415 (2013.01); B60S 1/522 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wind deflector assembly for a windscreen wiper system of a motor vehicle, the windscreen wiper system having a wiper arm and the wiper arm having a wiper rod with a non-rectilinear longitudinal extent forming a bend of the wiper rod, the wind deflector assembly comprising:
a wind deflector
a receptacle for attaching said wind deflector to the wiper rod of the wiper arm;
said wind deflector having at least two parts to be mounted in a divided state and then joined on the wiper rod to affix said wind deflector to the wiper rod of the wiper arm and to affix said wind deflector on the wiper arm of the windscreen wiper system; and
wherein said wind deflector is configured such that, in a mounted state of said wind deflector, said at least two parts are disposed on said wiper rod and extend over the bend of the wiper rod; and
a windscreen cleaning device integrated in one of said two parts of said wind deflector, said windscreen cleaning device having a plurality of protrusions projecting from said one of said two parts of said wind deflector and being formed with nozzles for supplying cleaning liquid for cleaning a windscreen.