Patent · US Expired

Support for the joint hinge of a wiper blade

US6301741A · kind A · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus-Juergen Westermann · Malsch, DE
Eric Pollaris · Dransfeld, DE
Andreas Strauss · Forchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 1999
Grant date	Oct 16, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60S2001/4032
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Bearing part (30) for an articulation of a wiper blade (10) at a hook-shaped end (20) of a wiper rod (18) of a windshield wiper, which bearing part (30) can be placed on a bearing pin (28) of the wiper blade (10) with a hub (36) which is open along a portion of its circumference and is introduced into the hook-shaped end (20) and held by the hook-shaped end (20) in assembled state via contact faces (60, 62, 64, 66, 68) and catch means (50, 52, 88, 90, 92), characterized in that an elongated base body (40) has two arms (42, 44) which are arranged diametrically relative to the hub (36) held in the hub (30) so as to be rotatable coaxial to the hub (36) in a holding clip (46) whose side walls (48, 50) project in the longitudinal direction (38) over lateral surfaces of the base body (40) and are connected with one another by at least one crosspiece (50, 52), wherein the arms (42, 44) are constructed in different ways for receiving wiper rods (18) with different hook-shaped ends (20).

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