Patent ID: 9630593
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B60S

Claim:
1. A vehicle wiper device comprising: a retainer that is coupled to, and extends from, an arm head that is rotatable about a rotation axis of a pivot shaft; an arm piece that is different from the retainer and that includes a base end side fixing section that is fixed to a leading end portion of the retainer, and a main body that extends from the base end side fixing section toward a side opposite to the retainer, a wiper blade being coupled to a leading end side of the main body; a washer nozzle that is disposed further toward a leading end side of the arm piece than the base end side fixing section, and that is connected to a hose disposed along the arm head, the retainer and the arm piece; and a retaining portion that is formed at the base end side fixing section along a length direction of the base end side fixing section and that has a grooved profile opening toward one side in a thickness direction of the arm piece, the hose being accommodated inside the retaining portion so as to be retained by the retaining portion, wherein: the retainer includes a caulking portion that fixes the base end side fixing section to the retainer by caulking, such that the caulking portion wraps around an outer peripheral portion, corresponding to the caulking portion, of the base end side fixing section, an engaged portion that is configured to have an indented profile open toward one side in the thickness direction of the arm piece, or that is configured to have a projection profile projecting out toward the one side in the thickness direction of the arm piece, is formed at the base end side fixing section of the arm piece, an engaging portion that is configured to have a profile corresponding to the engaged portion, is formed at the caulking portion of the retainer, a first engagement face and a second engagement face are respectively formed at one side and another side of the engaged portion in a length direction of the arm piece, a first facing face and a second facing face are respectively formed at one side and another side of the engaging portion in a length direction of the retainer, the first engagement face and the first facing face are disposed to face each other in the length direction of the arm piece, the second engagement face and the second facing face are disposed to face each other in the length direction of the arm piece, and relative movement of the arm piece and the retainer in the length direction of the arm piece is prevented by the first engagement face and the first facing face abutting each other in the length direction of the arm piece, or by the second engagement face and the second facing face abutting each other in the length direction of the arm piece.