Windshield wiper installation

US4472854A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ITT Industries · US

Inventors

• Kurt Bauer · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Herbert Bienert · Besigheim, DE
• Hans Prohaska · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Eckhardt Schmid · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 1982
• Grant date: Sep 25, 1984
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S1/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a windshield wiper assembly, the contact pressure of the wiper blades against the windshield is varied by displacing the wiper shaft in a direction along the axis of the shaft.