Windshield wiper, especially for a motor vehicle

US7780214B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Achim Kraus · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Gerard Albrecht · Hatten, FR
• Roland Bohn · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Francois Schabanel · Château-Chinon, FR
• Guenther Friderichs · Bühl, DE
• Didier Pierron · Lingolsheim, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S1/0447
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention starts with a windshield wiper device (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, with at least one drive element (16) that can be fastened to the vehicle body (26) and that has a driven shaft (28) and at least two axially rigid fastening elements (22), which engage in receiving openings (24) on the vehicle body (26) and are provided with at least one damping element (76, 90, 96) for damping mechanical vibrations. It is proposed that the damping elements (76, 90, 96) are fastening blocks made of a rubber-elastic material and are fastened to the drive element (16), that said damping elements are provided with slots (78) and are arranged in such a manner that they can be inserted in a first assembly direction (64) in the receiving openings (24) and prompted by a movement in a second assembly direction (32) transverse to the first direction the damping elements reach across the first edge (88) of the receiving opening (24) with a slot (78), and that a locking element (30, 52, 66, 80, 92, 98) secures the final position in the second assembly direction (32).