Patent · US Expired

Stroke-controlled windshield wiper unit for motor vehicles

US4817236A · kind A · utility

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6References

2Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

Anton Epple · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
Hans Trube · Herrenberg, DE
Martin Pfeiffer · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 6, 1987
Grant date	Apr 4, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60S1/365
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A stroke-controlled windshield wiper unit having a gear casing, screw-connected rotationally solidly to a drive unit which can be mounted on the vehicle independently of the drive shaft by a drive shaft rotationally solidly connected to a stroke mechanism of the wiper. The drive shaft is designed as a hollow shaft which accepts a threaded bolt passing through it. The head of the threaded bolt is located at the gear casing end to allow assembly to previously installed windshield.

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