US 11,834,009 B2
End fitting for motor vehicle wiper blade
Vincent Gaucher, Issoire (FR); Quentin Fauriol, Issoire (FR); Nicolas Kuchly, Issoire (FR); and Loic Roussel, Issoire (FR)
Assigned to Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage, Le Mesnil-Saint Denis (FR)
Appl. No. 17/637,743
Filed by Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070494
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/037440, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1909605 (FR), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281416 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60S 1/34 (2006.01); F16L 3/02 (2006.01); F16B 2/22 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/3415 (2013.01) [B60S 1/3468 (2013.01); F16B 2/22 (2013.01); F16L 3/02 (2013.01); B60S 1/3465 (2013.01); B60S 1/522 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixing bracket for fixing a fluid delivery tube to a drive arm of a wiper system of a motor vehicle, the drive arm comprising a spring, the fixing bracket comprising:
at least one sleeve configured to retain the delivery tube external to a volume surrounded by the spring of the drive arm; and
a cylindrical body that is linked to the sleeve via a base at a rear longitudinal end of the body and forms a gap separating from the sleeve along an entire length of the body starting from the rear longitudinal end,
wherein the cylindrical body is configured to be inserted, based on the gap between the sleeve and the body, in the volume surrounded by the spring of the drive arm, and
wherein a longitudinal central axis of the at least one sleeve and a longitudinal central axis of the body are offset from each other and substantially parallel to each other.