Method of fixating a shaft in its bearing casing in wiper installations, as well as wiper installation, in particular for cleaning the windscreen of an automotive vehicle

US5634726A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ITT Automotive Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 3, 1997
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49659
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for fixating a shaft in its bearing casing as well as in a wiper installation the shaft is fixated in its bearing in that the annular gap between the shaft and the bearing is filled by the injection of a plastic material rendering optimum sealing and load bearing qualities.