Patent · US Expired

Headlamp cleaning unit for the front area of a motor vehicle

US5337439A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

2References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Wolfram Frey · Althengstett, DE
Hans Trube · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 1991
Grant date	Aug 16, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S403/03
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle headlamp wiper apparatus having a wiper shaft which projects longitudinally outward from a housing toward the front of the vehicle. A locking device which axially fixes the shaft against longitudinal displacement relative to the housing is designed to release the shaft, and allow longitudinal displacement upon application of a longitudinal load of predetermined magnitude.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.