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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8205291 | Wiper system for front windscreens of motor vehicles The invention relates to a wiper system for the front windscreens of motor vehicles. Said system comprises at least one wiper blade, which can be guided over the front windscreen (4) on a pivotable wiper arm (11), at least one bearing part (1) t... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8046866 | Wiper system A wiper support shaft supports a wiper, which wipes a windshield glass. The wiper support shaft projects outward through an opening of a cowl louver that is placed on a vehicle front side of the windshield glass. A four-bar linkage drives the wiper support shaft to ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7420346 | Drive arrangement for a wiper device for windows of motor vehicles The invention relates to a drive arrangement of a wiper device for windows of motor vehicles with at least two swivel-mounted wiper arms (18, 20) that are connected to one another via a crank mechanism, wherein one of the wiper arms (18) is directly co... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7257856 | Windscreen wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle A windscreen wiper device is shown, in particular for a motor vehicle, which features a wiper arm (18), which is able to support at least one wiper blade (22) and is fastened so that it can move in a rotating fashion at a minimum of one first coupling ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251852 | Wiper system The invention is based on a wiper system (10) having a mounting plate (12), on whose mounting plate tube (14) a wiper bearing (20) is disposed on one end and a cast part (16) is disposed on the other, and a first bearing housing ( | 08/07/2007 |
| 7172352 | Bearing In one embodiment, a bearing comprises a cylindrical bearing surface supporting a spherical journal surface. In another embodiment, a device comprises a shaft having a spherical journal surface supported inside and rotatable against a cylindrical bearing surface. In... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7076829 | Fastening element for the wiper arm of a vehicle windshield wiper A fastening part for a wiper arm of a vehicle wiper is disclosed, which can be driven for the pivoting motion and which has a receptacle for the articulated connection of the wiper arm (11). For the sake of economical production of a lightweight fastening par... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6976285 | Four-hinged wiper arm for a windshield wiper system The invention relates to a four-hinged wiper arm for a windshield wiper system, especially for an automobile wherein a connecting rod is pivotally connected to a driving arm in a first bearing point and to a control arm in a second bearing point. A hinged part is co... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966095 | Linear-tracking windshield wiper system for wiping a rectangular field A system for wiping a windshield of a vehicle in a rectangular field, comprising a wiper arm, a wiper blade assembly operationally attached to the wiper arm, and means for rotating and translating the wiper arm to cause said wiper blade assembly to track in a linear... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6946810 | Windscreen wiper system comprising two opposed wipers The invention relates to a windshield wiper system with two wipers (1, 2) that travel in opposite directions and can each be driven by a separate motor (MFS, MBS), wherein a regulating unit (7) is provided for triggering the motor... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6817056 | Windscreen wiper drive In a windshield wiper drive mechanism, having a pivotably supported drive shaft, a drive rocker (10) solidly connected to it, a coupling rocker (14) that is connected to the drive rocker by a drive joint (16), a support rocker (18) that i... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6782580 | Vehicle wiper system and a method for operating a wiper arm linkage A wiper system (1) for vehicles, having at least one wiper lever linkage (3) that has at least one wiper arm (35), and a method for operating the wiper lever linkage (3), are proposed. The wiper lever linkage has a first pivot lever (5... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6775878 | Wiper arm, and window wiping device, in particular for a motor vehicle A window wiping device has a wiper arm which has a first crank and a second crank, a mounting part which is mountable by the first crank and the second crank in two points, the mounting part having at least a first plate and a second plate arranged substantially par... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6772470 | Four bar wiper-arm A four-jointed wiper arm assembly includes a drive lever, which is connected to a driveshaft so that they rotate together and is coupled via a coupling element to a link rod which is pivotably mounted in a bearing on a vehicle body. The drive lever encloses an angle... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6721989 | Slapping windshield wiper for de-icing A windshield wiper system that includes a feature which will eliminate the build-up of snow and ice on windshield wiper blades. This feature is an operator initiated activation of a mechanism that produces a slapping action of the wiper blades against the windshield... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6708365 | Drive mechanism for a wiper system The drive apparatus for a wiper system (10) has a reversible wiper motor (18), a lever drive mechanism connected with a wiper (12), which includes a drive lever (36), e.g. a cross guide rod, and a four-bar wiper lever (40) connecte... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701568 | Motor vehicle wiper system utilizing a slide A wiper driven by a motor-driven drive shaft which has a variably-oriented axis and a guiding section of the drive shaft is held between two surfaces of a slide. One of the slide surfaces is carried by a friction plate whose external surface cooperates wi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6662400 | Device for driving a wiper arm The invention is based on a device for driving a wiper arm, having a lever mechanism (10) which has a drive lever (14), pivotable about a drive axis (12), and a drop arm (18) pivotable about an axis (16), wherein the drive lever (14) and the drop arm (18)... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6634054 | Windshield wiper drive In the case of a windshield wiper drive having a swivelably mounted drive shaft, a drive rocker arm that is immovably attached thereto, a connecting lever which is attached to the drive rocker arm via a first joint, a support rocker arm which is connected... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6606759 | Wiper device A wiper device has an arm support constituting a wiper arm that is provided with a waterproof structure. The waterproof structure protects a link coupling portion of the arm support from water. First and second link coupling portions are provided on a pro... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6568022 | Windscreen-wiper drive A windshield wiper drive mechanism, having a drive mechanism, a drive lever (16) whose first end is connected to the drive mechanism so that it can be pivoted about a drive axis (A), a coupling lever (28) whose first end is connected to the second end of ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564419 | Wiper apparatus having four-bar linkage mechanism A first lever is rotatably supported by a first support shaft connected to a vehicle body. The first lever has a first connection spaced away from the first support shaft. The first lever is reciprocally swung about the first support shaft by a driving fo... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6557205 | Wiper apparatus with rotary housing A wiper apparatus suitable to wipe the window pane of laterally elongated type, which is provide with a reversible wiper motor 2; a reciprocally rotating output shaft 2a; a circular shaped rotary housing 3 fixed to the output shaft; a stationary gear 4 di... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6314607 | Wiper system for a vehicle A wiper for a vehicle is provided with a quadric linking mechanism wherein a main lever and a sub-lever are connected to an arm head. The range of the rotation angle of the main lever is set in such a way that the angular velocity of rotation of the wiper... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6119301 | Wiper device including cover An object of this invention is to provide a wiper device of a vehicle capable of preventing foreign matter from being caught in a link mechanism of a four-articulation link system type wiper arm, capable of maintaining its function under severe conditions... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6105199 | Windshield wiper A wiping radius of a wiper arm having a wiper blade connected to its top end is changed by a four-link linkage so that the wiper blade can clean a far corner of a windshield. The four-link linkage is constituted by two links pivotally connected to the wip... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6065179 | Wiper device with linear wipe pattern A wiper device having a simple structure by which nearly the entire rectangular windshield surface of a vehicle can be wiped. In the wiper device, an arm comprises a drive link adapted to reciprocatively swing according to a drive operation of a wiper dri... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5933991 | Decorative attachment for wiper device A decorative attachment for a wiper device of a vehicle. The wiper device is operably installed with respect to a vehicle rear window for pivotally moving a wiper blade operably connected to and forming a part of the wiper device back and forth in cleanin... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5920948 | Wiper device A wiper device is composed of a wiper blade and a wiper arm connected to the wiper blade, a first drive link having a stationary joint rotatably secured to a portion of a vehicle, a second drive link having a first movable joint and a second movable joint... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5890256 | Screen wiping apparatus for a motor vehicle, having an improved mechanism for orientation of a drive spindle A motor vehicle screen wiper apparatus comprises a screen wiper mounted on the upper end of a drive spindle, the apparatus including means for varying the inclination between the spindle axis and a reference axis which is substantially at right angles to ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5884357 | Four-joint wiper arm for a windshield wiper system of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a four-joint wiper arm for a windshield wiper system of a motor vehicle, with the so-called four-joint consisting of a primary lever that can be connected to the primary shaft, a control lever arranged lateral to the former, that ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5860186 | Lift-controlled windscreen wiper device A wiper arm for a lift-controlled windshield wiper device, in particular for an automotive vehicle, includes a coupling member that is also a component of a multiple joint assembly effecting lift control. A drive lever and a control lever are pivotably mo... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5819363 | Windshield wiper for a window with a constant radius of curvature A windshield wiper is provided for a window with a constant radius of curvature. The wiper axis is aligned along a radius with respect to the center of curvature of the window. The wiper arm and the rotatable wiper-bearing part are connected together as a... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5809610 | Motor vehicle window wiper device A motor vehicle window wiper device with a wiper arm at the top end of a drive shaft rotatably mounted in a fixed bearing by means of two ball joints of which at least one is off-center relative to the axis of the drive shaft so that the angle of the driv... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5715620 | Mechanized animated display for an automobile A mechanical animated display assembly is attached to an automobile wiper arm assembly. The display assembly includes a displayed article and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a clamp mechanism to be attached to the automobile wiper arm as... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5647085 | Wiper arrangement with a rotatable wiper arm in addition to the reciprocating movement A wiper arrangement for windscreen wipers in motor vehicles in which the wiper blade is rotated, depending on the pivoting angle of the wiper arm thus conforming to the curvature of the windscreen. The entire wiper arm rotates to a certain degree as the w... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5613267 | Windshield wiper system with adjustable blade pressure The wiper arm of a windshield wiper system for passenger vehicles is oscillatingly driven across the windshield and the contact pressure of the wiper blade is varied during the oscillatory motion. A driven basic body is pivoted on a pivot bearing mounted ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5551116 | Device to refresh wipers in use A ramp rotatably attached to a base attached to a vehicle windshield has an inactive state in which a wear block attached to the arm which carries the wiper over the windshield passes over the ramp without touching the ramp. The ramp also has an active st... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5537705 | Windscreen wiper system with blade capable of moving in a swivelling and parallel manner relative to the wiper arm A windscreen wiper system has a wiper arm provided with a swivelling drive, a pivot bearing for a wiper blade being provided on the free end part of said wiper arm. The wiper blade can be moved into a rest position in the region of the lower edge of the w... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5502866 | Windshield wiper system with blade assembly drive for maintaining a constant attack angle of the wiper blade on a curved a windshield A windshield wiper system for vehicles with a windshield having a curved surface with a curvature across the width of the vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises at least one driven wiper arm. A wiper blade assembly is mounted on a free end of the wipe... | 04/02/1996 |
