US 12,090,967 B2
Adapter for a motor vehicle wiper system
Vincent Gaucher, 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)
Appl. No. 18/026,676
Filed by Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075332
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/058348, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2009449 (FR), filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339434 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/407 (2013.01) [B60S 1/4074 (2013.01); B60S 1/4077 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for a connection device configured to connect a wiper blade to a drive arm in a wiper system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a first side wall and a second side wall spaced apart from each other and connected to each other by a top wall,
the first side wall and the second side wall comprising respectively a first orifice and a second orifice that are designed to receive a pin projecting from the drive arm in a transverse direction,
wherein the second side wall comprises at least one fastening means for fastening the pin in the second orifice configured to rigidly connect the adapter to the drive arm at least in the transverse direction,
wherein the at least one fastening means comprises a narrowing portion of the second orifice, the second orifice having a substantially frustoconical shape and being defined by at least a first principal dimension of the second orifice and a second principal dimension of the narrowing portion, measured respectively at an inner face and an outer face of the second side wall, the first principal dimension being greater than the second principal dimension.