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Windshield wiper apparatus

US8863370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

7Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Weiler · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
Achim Kraus · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
Stefan Mai · Karlsruhe, DE
Florian Hauser · Achern, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 23, 2010
Grant date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/49
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a windscreen wiper apparatus for a motor vehicle, having a wiper motor and having at least one wiper bearing in which a wiper shaft is mounted, it being possible to drive said wiper shaft by means of the wiper motor in order to operate a wiper arm which is connected to the wiper shaft, wherein the wiper bearing has a bearing pin (4) for holding a tubular support (1), it being possible for said bearing pin to be fixed to the tubular support (1) by means of a crimp, characterized in that the bearing pin (4) has an outer contour (5) which is already formed, at least in a region of overlap with the crimp, so as to correspond to an inner contour (3) of the crimped tubular support (1), before the crimp is introduced, and also to a method for producing said windscreen wiper apparatus.

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