Patent · US Expired

Wiper arm for a windshield wiper mechanism, particularly for motor vehicles

US5894628A · kind A · utility

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6References

2Claims

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Assignee

ITT Automotive Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bruno Egner-Walter · Heilbronn, DE
Eckhardt Schmid · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Wolfgang Scholl · Gemmrigheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 1996
Grant date	Apr 20, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/1608
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wiper arm mounting system for mounting a wiper arm rigidly and removably to a drive shaft includes a mounting part and a threaded fastening element that is realized in the form of a fastening nut or fastening screw with the fastening element acting upon the drive shaft in the axial direction. The fastening element is held on the mounting part in captive fashion at least approximately in the mounting position, such that the wiper arm can be pulled off the drive shaft (8) by means of rotating the fastening element.

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