Connection piece for a windshield wiper system of a vehicle

US5628085A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ITT Automotive Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Reinhard Edele · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Oldrich Krizek · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Eckhardt Schmid · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 1995
• Grant date: May 13, 1997
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S1/4038
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide the possibility of simplifying the varieties with relation to the type of wiper blades, the invention is directed toward developing a cost-effective and easy to handle connection piece for connecting a link cap at its wiper rod with aligning borings in its wiper rod comprising parallel side walls with the carrier shaft of a wiper blade, which comprises in a fastening section, which is open at its top, a fastening bolt between its parallel side cheeks. The connection piece comprises an upper connection part for a fixed connection with the link cap of the wiper arm and the bottom part for connecting the carrier shaft of the wiper blade with the fastening section of the carrier shaft in a locking and oscillating manner.