Windscreen wiper device and vehicle

Abstract

The utility model discloses a windscreen wiper device and a vehicle, the windscreen wiper device comprises an installation support, a motor and a windscreen wiper assembly, the installation support is arranged on a front shock absorption tower and is located below a front windshield to be used for fixing the motor; an output shaft of the motor penetrates through the front windshield to be connected with the windscreen wiper assembly so as to drive the windscreen wiper assembly to clean the front windshield. The arrangement structure is suitable for the situation that the front edge of the front windshield glass exceeds the vehicle shock absorption tower, the individualized design of the front windshield glass is met, and meanwhile the rigidity of installation points among the front suspension, the front shock absorption tower and the windscreen wiper device is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of vehicle windshield wipers, and in particular to a windshield wiper device and a vehicle. Background Art

[0002] With the development of the automobile industry, automobile styling is increasingly pursuing personalized design. The ordinary front windshield is far away from the front shock tower, and the wiper is generally set in the water flow channel, and the wiper arm extends from the gap between the front windshield and the hood sheet metal. However, for personalized settings of vehicle models, for example, when the front edge of the front windshield is located above the shock absorber, the ordinary wiper is set inside the front windshield and is far away from the front boundary of the front windshield, resulting in the inability to extend the front windshield, thereby failing to complete the cleaning operation. Utility Model Content

[0003] In view of this, the utility model aims to provide a wiper device and a vehicle to solve the technical problem in the prior art that when the leading edge of the front windshield is located above the shock absorber, the ordinary wiper cannot extend out of the front windshield because it is far away from the front boundary of the front windshield.

[0004] One aspect of the utility model provides a wiper device, including a mounting bracket, a motor and a wiper assembly, wherein the mounting bracket is arranged on a front shock-absorbing tower and is located below a front windshield for fixing the motor, and an output shaft of the motor passes through the front windshield and is connected to the wiper assembly to drive the wiper assembly to clean the front windshield.

[0005] In some embodiments, the mounting bracket and the motor are located on the inner side of the front windshield, and the wiper assembly is located on the outer side of the front windshield.

[0006] In some embodiments, the mounting bracket includes a mounting plate, a plurality of mounting legs are arranged at the edge of the mounting plate, the mounting legs extend toward the direction of the front shock tower, a flange is arranged at the end of the mounting leg, and the mounting bracket is arranged on the shock tower through the flange.

[0007] In some embodiments, the motor is disposed on an inner side of the mounting plate.

[0008] In some embodiments, there are three mounting legs, and the three mounting legs form a predetermined angle with each other.

[0009] In some embodiments, a bracket mounting hole is provided on the flange, and the bracket mounting hole is provided corresponding to a fixing hole on the front shock absorber tower for fixing the front suspension, and the mounting bracket is set on the shock absorber tower by passing a fastener through the bracket mounting hole and the fixing hole in sequence.

[0010] In some embodiments, the wiper assembly includes a wiper arm and a wiper blade, the output shaft of the motor is connected to one end of the wiper arm, and the other end of the wiper arm is connected to the wiper blade.

[0011] In some embodiments, a motor mounting hole and a groove are set on the mounting plate, a through hole is set on the front windshield, and the motor is set on the inner side of the mounting plate through the motor mounting hole. The output shaft of the motor passes through the groove and the through hole in sequence and is connected to the end of the wiper arm.

[0012] Another aspect of the present invention provides a vehicle, comprising the wiper device described in any one of the above items.

[0013] In some embodiments, a boundary of the front windshield toward the front of the vehicle exceeds the front shock tower.

[0014] The utility model is applicable to the arrangement structure in which the front edge of the front windshield exceeds the shock tower of the vehicle, meets the personalized design of the front windshield, and improves the rigidity of the installation points between the front suspension, the front shock tower and the wiper device.

[0015] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, preferred embodiments are given below and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In the drawings that are not necessarily drawn to scale, the same reference numerals may describe similar parts in different views. The same reference numerals with letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar parts. The drawings generally illustrate various embodiments by way of example and not limitation, and together with the specification and claims, are used to illustrate the disclosed embodiments. When appropriate, the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or similar parts. Such embodiments are illustrative and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method. The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of this application. The illustrative embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. In the drawings:

[0017] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the installation of the wiper device provided by the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of the wiper device provided by the utility model.

[0019] The above drawings include the following reference numerals:

[0020] 1-mounting bracket; 11-mounting plate; 12-mounting leg; 13-flange; 2-motor; 21-motor mounting hole; 22-groove; 3-wiper assembly; 31-wiper arm; 32-wiper blade; 10-front windshield; 20-front shock tower. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The specific embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but are not intended to limit the present invention.

[0022] It should be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments disclosed herein. Therefore, the above description should not be considered as limiting, but only as an example of an embodiment. Other modifications within the scope and spirit of the utility model will occur to those skilled in the art.

[0023] The accompanying drawings, which are included in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the present invention and, together with the general description of the present invention given above and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, are used to explain the principles of the present invention.

[0024] These and other characteristics of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred form of embodiment given as a non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0025] It should also be understood that although the present invention has been described with reference to some specific examples, those skilled in the art will be able to realize many other equivalent forms of the present invention that have the features described in the claims and are therefore within the scope of protection defined thereby.

[0026] The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0027] Specific embodiments of the present invention are described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings; however, it should be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely examples of the present invention, which may be implemented in a variety of ways. Well-known and / or repeated functions and structures are not described in detail to avoid unnecessary or redundant details that obscure the present invention. Therefore, the specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not intended to be limiting, but merely serve as the basis and representative basis for the claims to teach those skilled in the art to use the present invention in a variety of ways with substantially any suitable detailed structure.

[0028] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the utility model and the above-mentioned drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchanged where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the utility model described here can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any of their variations are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, for example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0029] This specification may use the phrases "in one embodiment", "in another embodiment", "in yet another embodiment" or "in other embodiments", all of which may refer to one or more of the same or different embodiments according to the present invention.

[0030] The first embodiment of the utility model provides a wiper device for cleaning a front windshield glass 10. Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the wiper device includes a mounting bracket 1, a motor 2 and a wiper assembly 3. The wiper assembly 3 includes a wiper arm 31 and a wiper blade 32. The motor 2 drives the wiper arm 31 to rotate, thereby driving the wiper blade 32 to swing, thereby achieving a cleaning operation on the front windshield 10.

[0031] In order to facilitate the use of the space below the front windshield 10 to facilitate the installation of the wiper device, the wiper device of this embodiment is arranged on the front shock absorber tower 20 of the vehicle. The front shock absorber tower 20 here is a top metal structure installed on the front suspension of the vehicle, which is used to absorb impacts from above the vehicle and can also withstand the force from the spring in the front suspension at the same time.

[0032] Here, the boundary of the front windshield 10 facing the front of the vehicle (equivalent to the front edge) exceeds the front shock tower 20, so that the front shock tower 20 is located below the front windshield 10, so that a certain space is formed between the front shock tower 20 and the front windshield 10 for installing the wiper device.

[0033] Specifically, the mounting bracket 1 is arranged on the front shock absorber tower 20 and is located below the front windshield 10 for fixing the motor 2 and the wiper assembly 3, wherein the motor 2 can be arranged on the mounting bracket 1, and the motor 2 here can especially be arranged on the side of the mounting bracket 1 away from the front windshield 10.

[0034] Furthermore, the mounting bracket 1 includes a mounting plate 11, and the shape and size of the mounting plate 11 can be set according to requirements. A plurality of mounting legs 12 are set on the edge of the mounting plate 11, and the mounting legs 12 extend toward the direction of the front shock tower 20. The length of the mounting legs 12 is determined according to the size of the motor 2.

[0035] Furthermore, a plurality of flanges 13 are provided at the end of the mounting leg 12, and a bracket mounting hole is provided on the flange 13. The bracket mounting hole is preferably aligned with the fixing hole on the front shock absorber tower 20 for fixing the front suspension. The mounting bracket 1 is provided on the front shock absorber tower 20 through the flange 13, and the mounting plate 11 here remains parallel to the upper surface of the front shock absorber tower 20, so that a space is formed between the mounting plate 11 and the front shock absorber tower 20 to facilitate the installation of the motor 2.

[0036] Specifically, the mounting plate 11 is provided with a motor mounting hole 21, and the motor 2 is fixedly arranged on the inner side of the mounting plate 11 by fasteners passing through the motor mounting hole 21, and is arranged on the inner side of the mounting plate 11 by bolts in a screw connection manner, for example. Preferably, three motor mounting holes 21 are provided on the mounting plate 11, and the motor 2 is connected to the mounting plate 11 through three mounting points. The three motor mounting holes 21 can be arranged in a triangular shape, for example, corresponding to the mounting legs 12, so that the motor 2 can be firmly arranged on the inner side of the mounting plate 11 and will not fall off during operation.

[0037] Here, the motor 2 is arranged on the inner side of the mounting plate 11, and its input shaft can extend from between the adjacent support legs 21, so as to make full use of the space formed between the mounting plate 11 and the front shock tower 20. In addition, the mounting plate 11 can also be provided with a groove 22, and the groove 22 here facilitates the output shaft of the motor 2 to extend from the inner side of the mounting plate 11 to the outer side of the mounting plate 11, so as to facilitate connection with the wiper assembly 3.

[0038] It should be noted that, since the front shock tower 20 is connected to the front suspension of the vehicle, by aligning the bracket mounting hole on the flange 13 with the fixing hole on the front shock tower 20 for fixing the front suspension, the mounting point on the front shock tower 20 for fixing the front suspension can be shared to fix the mounting bracket 1, which makes the installation structure of the wiper bracket simpler.

[0039] Specifically, in the present embodiment, three mounting legs 12 are arranged on the edge of the mounting plate 11, and the three mounting legs 12 form a predetermined angle with each other, so that the three mounting legs 12 with the predetermined angle make the mounting bracket 1 more stable, and the flange 13 on each mounting leg 12 is passed through the bracket mounting hole on the flange 13 and the fixing hole on the front shock tower 20 in sequence by fasteners such as bolts to realize the setting of the mounting bracket 1 on the front shock tower 20. Here, the connection through three common mounting points can effectively improve the stiffness of the mounting points between the front suspension, the front shock tower 20 and the wiper device, thereby avoiding the mounting bracket 1 from breaking.

[0040] Furthermore, a through hole is provided on the front windshield 10, and the output shaft of the motor 2 passes through the through hole and is connected to one end of the wiper arm 31 of the wiper assembly 3, and the other end of the wiper arm 31 is connected to the wiper blade 32, so that the output shaft of the motor 2 drives the wiper arm 31 to rotate, thereby driving the wiper blade 32 to swing. Here, the other end of the wiper arm 31 can be connected to the middle part of the wiper blade 32, for example, to facilitate the cleaning operation of the wiper blade 32.

[0041] When installing the wiper device on a vehicle, first, the motor 2 is set on the inner side of the mounting plate 11 of the mounting bracket 1 by screwing according to three mounting points; then, the mounting bracket 1 with the motor 2 installed is installed on the front shock tower 20 through the flange 13, wherein a mounting point for connecting the front suspension is used between the mounting bracket 1 and the front shock tower 20, for example, three convex welding bolts are set on the front suspension, and the mounting bracket 1, the front shock tower 20 and the front suspension are connected by passing the bolts through the bracket mounting holes and the fixing holes and cooperating with nuts; then, the front windshield 10 is installed on the vehicle, and at the same time, the output shaft of the motor 2 passes through the through hole on the front windshield 10, and finally, the wiper blade 32 is connected to one end of the wiper arm 31, and the other end of the wiper arm 31 is connected to the output shaft of the motor 2, thereby completing the installation of the wiper device on the vehicle.

[0042] A second embodiment of the utility model provides a vehicle, which includes the wiper device in any of the above-mentioned technical solutions, and the wiper device is used to clean the front windshield 10 of the vehicle. The wiper device here is arranged below the front windshield 10, and the wiper device includes a mounting bracket 1, a motor 2 and a wiper assembly 3. The wiper assembly 3 here includes a wiper arm 31 and a wiper blade 32. The wiper arm 31 is driven to rotate by the motor 2, and then the wiper blade 32 is driven to swing, thereby realizing the cleaning operation on the front windshield 10.

[0043] The utility model is applicable to the arrangement structure in which the front edge of the front windshield exceeds the shock tower of the vehicle, meets the personalized design of the front windshield, and improves the rigidity of the installation points between the front suspension, the front shock tower and the wiper device.

[0044] In the above embodiments of the present invention, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0045] For ease of description, spatially relative terms such as "above", "above", "on the upper surface of", "above", etc. may be used herein to describe the spatial positional relationship between a device or feature and other devices or features as shown in the figure. It should be understood that spatially relative terms are intended to include different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation described in the figure. For example, if the device in the accompanying drawings is inverted, the device described as "above other devices or structures" or "above other devices or structures" will be positioned as "below other devices or structures" or "below other devices or structures". Thus, the exemplary term "above" may include both "above" and "below". The device may also be positioned in other different ways, rotated 90 degrees or in other orientations, and the spatially relative descriptions used herein are interpreted accordingly.

[0046] In addition to the above, it should be noted that "one embodiment", "another embodiment", "embodiment", etc. mentioned in this specification refer to the specific features, structures or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment included in at least one embodiment generally described in this application. The same expression appearing in multiple places in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. Further, when describing a specific feature, structure or characteristic in conjunction with any embodiment, it is claimed that the realization of such feature, structure or characteristic in conjunction with other embodiments also falls within the scope of the present utility model.

[0047] In the above embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

[0048] The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and is not intended to limit the utility model. For those skilled in the art, the utility model can have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the utility model shall be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A wiper device, characterized in that: It includes a mounting bracket, a motor and a wiper assembly. The mounting bracket is arranged on the front shock-absorbing tower and is located below the front windshield to fix the motor. The output shaft of the motor passes through the front windshield and is connected to the wiper assembly to drive the wiper assembly to clean the front windshield.

2. The wiper device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mounting bracket and the motor are located on the inner side of the front windshield, and the wiper assembly is located on the outer side of the front windshield.

3. The wiper device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The mounting bracket includes a mounting plate, a plurality of mounting legs are arranged on the edge of the mounting plate, the mounting legs extend toward the front shock tower, flanges are arranged at the ends of the mounting legs, and the mounting bracket is arranged on the shock tower through the flanges.

4. The wiper device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The motor is arranged on the inner side of the mounting plate.

5. The wiper device according to claim 3, characterized in that: There are three mounting legs, and the three mounting legs form a predetermined angle with each other.

6. The wiper device according to claim 3, characterized in that: A bracket mounting hole is arranged on the flange, and the bracket mounting hole is arranged corresponding to a fixing hole on the front shock tower for fixing the front suspension, and the mounting bracket is arranged on the shock tower by passing a fastener through the bracket mounting hole and the fixing hole in sequence.

7. The wiper device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The wiper assembly comprises a wiper arm and a wiper blade. The output shaft of the motor is connected to one end of the wiper arm, and the other end of the wiper arm is connected to the wiper blade.

8. The wiper device according to claim 7, characterized in that: A motor mounting hole and a groove are arranged on the mounting plate, a through hole is arranged on the front windshield, the motor is arranged on the inner side of the mounting plate through the motor mounting hole, and the output shaft of the motor passes through the groove and the through hole in sequence and is connected to the end of the wiper arm.

9. A vehicle, characterized in that: The windshield wiper device comprises the wiper device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9, characterized in that The boundary of the front windshield glass toward the front of the vehicle exceeds the front shock tower.

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