Patent · US Expired

Connecting link for a wiper system, in particular on a motor vehicle

US5987695A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 1997
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60S1/522
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to configure a connecting link for articulated connecting with a wiper arm and with a control arm so that it can be connected in a dependable manner with little effort to the widely used type of wiper blade, in which an attachment bolt extends transverse to the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade in an upward open region between the two side cheeks of the wiper blade support bar, which stand apart from each other and run parallel to each other; the connecting link has a one-piece base element with a back part and a connecting part set at a distance from it in the direction of the pane to be wiped, said connecting part is designed to snap into the attachment bolt of the wiper blade support bar, and at the back part there are mutually spaced connecting elements, in particular articulated bolts attached to pivot the wiper arm and the control arm.

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