Wiper with self compensating blade park position
US5062176A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 11, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/19633
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wiper blade support is joined to a wiper arm by a yielding mechanism that maintains the two in a fixed angular relation during normal wipe, but which yields to allow the wiper blade to move more closely parallel to the windshield lower edge at park. The yielding mechanism includes a leaf spring indirectly joined between the wiper arm and blade support which buckles only when the wiper blade hits the lower edge of the windshield, allowing the compensating blade rotation, but remains flat during normal wipe.
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