Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
015250300 | With means to oscillate arm | 24 |
20080276401 | Windshield Wiper Assembly with Unitary Arm and Post - A windshield wiper assembly is provided having a unitary wiper arm and post, and a mechanical linkage for receiving the post and moving the arm. The post has a breakaway feature for breaking the post in response to impact. The wiper includes a head partially containing a center post and a button biased with a spring and connected to the center post for releasing the post from the linkage. The post and linkage include a captive ball and mating groove that are mutually engageable for securing the post to the linkage. Alternately, the post has a quick-connect end having a groove and the linkage has a receiving portion with a retractable collar and captive ball bearings. A vehicle is also provided including a windshield, a windshield wiper having a post, a wiper motor, and a mechanical linkage having an opening for receiving the post and powering the wiper. | 11-13-2008 |
20080307601 | Vehicle wiper device - An actuator for rotating an oscillating disk is mounted on a rear door. A pivot shaft provided with a lever is rotatably supported on a rear door glass. The lever is provided with a first elastic portion and second elastic portions. When the rear door glass is open, the first elastic member contacts the lever between the first restrictor and the lever. As a result, the rotation of the lever toward the outside of a first angle range by a first rotational force or less is restricted. The second elastic portion contacts the lever between the first restrictor and the lever even if the lever rotates toward the outside of a second angle range by a rotational force greater than the first rotational force. | 12-18-2008 |
20100011528 | WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - Windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighbouring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm is pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near a free end thereof, with the special feature that said connecting device comprises a water channel for transporting water therethrough from a first side of said connecting device facing away form said free end of said oscillating arm to a second side of said connecting device facing towards said free end of said oscillating arm. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017994 | WINDSHIELD WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, a connecting device pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end. The connecting device comprises at least a first part and a second part and first and second retaining means for retaining the connecting device onto the oscillating arm. The first retaining means comprises at least one first protrusion on the second part engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in the oscillating arm, and wherein the second retaining means comprise at least one second protrusion provided on the first part engaging the oscillating arm. | 01-28-2010 |
20100058552 | WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device comprising a carrier element, as well as a wiper blade which includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighbouring ends of the longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, wherein at least one connecting piece comprises engaging members engaging around the longitudinal strips so that the strips are mounted in grooves formed by the engaging members wherein the strips and the connecting piece are slidably connected by means of a snap connection, wherein the snap connection comprises laterally extending means on the strips, and wherein the laterally extending means comprise at least one protrusion extending laterally from an interior edge of each strip, the protrusion being located within the outer contour of each strip and between stops on the connecting piece, with the special feature that the grooves of the wiper blade each comprise a stop for blocking a longitudinal movement of the wiper blade relative to the strips. | 03-11-2010 |
20100162510 | ASSEMBLY FOR REMOVING DEBRIS FROM A WINDSHIELD - A wiper system for use with a windshield is provided and may include a housing, a wiper arm rotatably supported by the housing about a first pivot point between a first position proximate to the windshield and a second position raised from the windshield, and a separator assembly coupled to the housing and selectively moving the wiper arm from the first position to the second position. The wiper system may also include a biasing member biasing the wiper arm in the first position and a bracket extending from the housing to the biasing member to rotatably couple the biasing member to the housing at a second pivot point. | 07-01-2010 |
20100242203 | WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device, particularly for automobiles, includes an elongated wiper blade, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The windscreen wiper device includes a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm is pivotally connected with its first end to the connecting device and with its second end to a mounting head on a drive shaft, and wherein the oscillating arm is provided with a longitudinally extending base and two spaced-apart sidewalls extending outwardly along opposite sides of the base to form a tube having an open face. The oscillating arm is produced integrally form a single sheet material, wherein outboard edges of the sidewalls are folded inwardly towards each other to partially close the open face of the tube. | 09-30-2010 |
20100251501 | WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material. The wiper blade includes a wiping element which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes a central longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The windscreen wiper device includes a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm is pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end thereof. The wiping element is movable in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to a windscreen to be wiped, dependent on the pressure exerted by the longitudinal strip on the wiper blade. | 10-07-2010 |
20100263155 | WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes a central longitudinal groove, in which groove a central longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein connecting pieces are provided at both ends of the wiper blade, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm. The wiper blade at both ends thereof extends beyond the longitudinal strip in order to define at both ends of the wiper blade a space open at one end thereof, wherein the connecting pieces are retained onto the wiper blade so as to tightly close the groove at both ends of the wiper blade against entry of dust and water. | 10-21-2010 |
20110030162 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE UNITS - Disclosed is a driving device for a vehicle unit. Said driving device ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110131749 | WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELASTIC, ELONGATED CARRIER ELEMENT, AS WELL AS AN ELONGATED WIPER BLADE OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, WHICH CAN BE PLACED IN ABUTMENT WITH THE WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, characterized in that the spoiler is movable from a first position, wherein the spoiler has an symmetric profile, seen in cross-section of the wiper blade, in the absence of a wind load thereon, into a second position, wherein the spoiler has a asymmetric profile, seen in cross-section of the wiper blade, in the presence of a wind load thereon. | 06-09-2011 |
20120124766 | BREAK-AWAY WIPER EXTENSION FOR VEE WINDOWS - A break-away wiper arm assembly which allows a vehicle escape window to be opened rapidly without any delays or undue forces to impede the escape of the vehicle crew. The invention uses a two piece coupling held together using a retaining ring. As the window is pushed open, the window frame pushes against the wiper arm which overcomes the retaining ring retention force allowing the wiper arm to break away, clearing the area in front of the window for free motion of the window and the unimpeded exit of vehicle occupants. | 05-24-2012 |
20120159733 | WIPER BLADE ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a wiper blade assembly structure which has a space unit formed in a certain area of a support frame, to which a main arm of the wiper is coupled, and allows a replaceable adaptor to be detachably attached to the space unit to thereby enable various types of main arms to be coupled to a single support frame together with the replaceable adaptor. | 06-28-2012 |
20120266402 | WINDSHIELD WIPER APPARATUS - 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 ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120304413 | WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE - A windscreen wiper device includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes a central longitudinal groove, in which groove a central longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. Connecting pieces are provided at both ends of the wiper blade and a connecting device is provided for an oscillating wiper arm. The wiper blade includes an elongated upper holding part and an elongated lower wiping part of a flexible material. The holding part holds the wiping part, and includes downwardly extending side arms, seen in cross-section, for holding the wiping part, from the outside in a lateral region thereof The connecting pieces comprise engaging members that sidewardly engage the upper holding part, and the engaging members comprise legs extending laterally from the engaging members over the length thereof in the direction of the downwardly extending side arms. The wiper device comprises retaining means for retaining the connecting pieces onto the wiper blade. | 12-06-2012 |
20130086766 | Attachable windshield wiper system for a helmet - The invention is an attachable and detachable windshield-wiper assembly for a windshield and/or windscreen and/or fairing and/or aeroscreen of an open canopy vehicle such as a motorbike and/or snowmobile and/or boat. The assembly can be fastened to a variety of windshield. The backside of the assembly has means of which to conform to the contours of the windshield and ensure a close fit. The assembly is secured to the windshield by means of fasteners such as screw and/or latch systems requiring minimal tools. The automated assembly will contain an electric motor with multiple speed settings and gearing connected to the motor to drive the wiper blade arm that protrudes through an opening in the assembly. The wiper blade arm will hold a readily available off-the-shelf wiper blade, which exists in different sizes for different windshields. | 04-11-2013 |
20130174368 | DISPLACEABLE AXIAL BODY FOR A WIPER PIVOT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An axial body for a windshield wiper device of a motor vehicle is provided. The axial body can include a pivot bearing receptacle, in which a wiper axis can be pivoted. In addition, the axial body can include a slide bearing guide, along which the axial body as a whole can be shifted when the axial body is exposed to a defined force. | 07-11-2013 |
20130269138 | VEHICLE WIPER DEVICE - A vehicle wiper device includes a drive device, a drive shaft rotated back and forth about a first axis by the drive device, a wiper arm pivoted back and forth along a wiping surface as the drive shaft rotates back and forth, and a wiper arm biasing mechanism that biases the wiper arm toward the wiping surface. The wiper arm biasing mechanism includes a swing member, a tilting member, and a biasing member. The swing member is integrally pivotal with the drive shaft. The tilting member is supported by the swing member so as to tilt about a second axis. The tilting member includes a wiper fixing portion. The biasing member, which includes a first end supported by the swing member, and applies a biasing force to the tilting member. | 10-17-2013 |
20140013534 | SEALING BUSH FOR A WINDSHIELD WIPING DEVICE - A sealing bush of elastic material is provided for a windshield wiping device of a vehicle, for sealing a wiper drive shaft that is guided through an opening in a vehicle wall. This has a cylindrical wall sealing section with an internal diameter, which is greater with respect to the wiper drive shaft, on which two circumferential sealing lips, extending radially with respect to a center axis, are formed surrounding the vehicle wall on both sides. The wall sealing section has a smaller external diameter with respect to the opening edge for forming a radial gap, and a thin-walled shaft sealing section adjoins the wall sealing section on an outer side of the vehicle, which shaft sealing section tapers conically towards the outer side of the vehicle and towards the wiper drive shaft and terminates in an annular seal region for the wiper drive shaft. | 01-16-2014 |
20140033465 | VEHICLE WIPER DEVICE - A wiper of a vehicle wiper device moves between a first position, which is a stop position, and a second position. A first pivot member is pivoted back and forth about a first axis by a drive force of a drive source. A second pivot member is pivotal about a second axis. A coupling pivot member is coupled to the first pivot member pivotally about a third axis and the second pivot member pivotally about a fourth axis. The wiper is coupled to and pivoted integrally with the coupling pivot member. A third position is located between the first position and the second position. A line extending through the third axis and the fourth axis is parallel to a line extending through the first axis and the second axis when the wiper is in a first movable range between the first position and the third position. | 02-06-2014 |
20140317870 | WINDSHIELD WIPER DRIVE - A windshield wiper drive for a motor vehicle, with a reverse-operating driving motor for driving a wiper shaft which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a wiper arm, and with a fastening plate for fastening the windshield wiper drive to a vehicle body or to a component mounted on the body, wherein a first end stop surface for limiting the rotational movement of the wiper shaft in a first direction of rotation is provided on the fastening plate and/or on a component fixed to the fastening plate. | 10-30-2014 |
20150033492 | WIPER APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a wiper apparatus reduced in the number of parts. A wiper apparatus | 02-05-2015 |
20150135461 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FRONT WIPER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A support structure for a front wiper device for a vehicle having an annular pivot cap which surrounds, under a deck garnish, a periphery of a pivot on which a base end portion of a wiper arm is supported is provided. The pivot cap includes a bottom plate section that is in an annular shape surrounding the periphery of the pivot, and is extended to a vehicle front side, and a flange section extending upward from an edge portion of the bottom plate section. The flange section is opened at a vehicle front side, and is provided with an opening. In a region at a vehicle rear side and at an electric motor side, of the bottom plate section, a protrusion that protrudes upward from a region at a side opposite to the electric motor is included. | 05-21-2015 |
20150143654 | Wiper System Having Resilient Interface Assembly For Worm-Driven Reduction Gear Motor - A wiper system includes at least one wiper assembly, a linkage assembly connected to the at least one wiper assembly, and at least one worm-driven reduction gear motor having a housing, an output shaft rotatably supported by the housing, and a motor arm connected to the output shaft and the linkage assembly to drive the at least one wiper assembly in repeated wiping motion across a surface to be wiped. The wiper system also includes a resilient interface assembly disposed between the housing and the motor arm to provide resistance to loading deflection and damp axial and cross-axial movement of the output shaft of the motor. | 05-28-2015 |