US 12,012,077 B2
Adapter for a wiper system
Vincent Gaucher, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR); Stephane Houssat, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR); Eric Poton, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR); and Olivier Jomard, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR)
Assigned to VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGE, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR)
Filed by Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,118.
Claims priority of application No. 2109139 (FR), filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166692 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 1/40 (2006.01); B60S 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/4087 (2013.01) [B60S 1/3849 (2013.01); B60S 1/4048 (2013.01); B60S 1/4083 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for fastening a wiper blade unit to an arm of a wiper system, comprising:
at least a side wall and an upper wall having at least one common edge between them, the side wall and the upper wall helping to define an inner volume of the adapter; a first inner wall and a second inner wall extending at least partially into the inner volume of the adapter, to delimit a receiving area configured to receive a connector of the wiper blade unit in a space between the first inner wall and the second inner wall; and
at least one receiving housing, positioned between the first inner wall and the side wall, which is configured to receive the arm of the wiper system and which has a rectangular cross section defined by two major sides and two minor sides,
wherein a straight line passing through one of the major sides cuts the receiving area configured to receive the connector,
wherein the adapter extends in a longitudinal direction and is configured to be mounted on the connector of the wiper blade unit such that the adapter rotates about an axis of rotation transverse to the longitudinal direction, and
wherein one minor side of the two minor sides is a portion of the side wall of the adapter such that the at least one receiving housing is further delimited by the side wall of the adapter.