Wiper device
AssigneeMitsuba Corporation
InventorHideki Tamegai
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Abstract
A first pivot shaft 2a and a second pivot shaft 2b linked with wiper arms; a driving part, rotationally driving the first pivot shaft; a linking part, linked with the second pivot shaft and the driving part, and rotationally driving the two pivot shafts synchronously; and a first holding member 12a and a second holding member 12b for fixing the respective pivot shafts to a vehicle body are provided. The second holding member 12b includes: a body part 20, rotatably supporting the second pivot shaft 2b; and three support parts 21, 22, 23, protruding from the body part 20. The first support part 22 and the third support part 23 in the three support parts 21, 22, 23 include fixed parts 30 fixed via bolts 105 and engagement pins 38 provided in the fixed parts 30 and engaged with the vehicle body.
Claims9
A wiper device, comprising:
- two pivot shafts, respectively linked with wiper arms;
- a driving part, rotationally driving a first pivot shaft of the two pivot shafts;
- a linking part, linked with a second pivot shaft of the two pivot shafts and the driving part, and rotationally driving the two pivot shafts synchronously;
- a first holding member for fixing the first pivot shaft to a vehicle body;
- and
- a second holding member for fixing the second pivot shaft to the vehicle body,
- wherein the second holding member comprises:
- a body part, rotatably supporting the second pivot shaft;
- and
- a plurality of support parts, consisting of three support parts that are a first support part, a second support part, and a third support part, which are provided to protrude from the body part along a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the second pivot shaft and arranged along a circumferential direction of the body part, and the first support part, the second support part, and the third support part are disposed to be arranged in order,
- wherein each of the first support part and the third support part comprises:
- a fixed part, fixed to the vehicle body via a fixing member;
- and
- an engagement claw, provided at the fixed part and engaged with the vehicle body, and
- the engagement claw of the first support part is provided on a side surface of the first support part adjacent to the second support part, and the engagement claw of the third support part is provided on a side surface of the third support part adjacent to the second support part.
A wiper device, comprising:
- two pivot shafts, respectively linked with wiper arms;
- a driving part, rotationally driving a first pivot shaft of the two pivot shafts;
- a linking part, linked with a second pivot shaft of the two pivot shafts and the driving part, and rotationally driving the two pivot shafts synchronously;
- and
- two holding members, comprising a first holding member and a second holding member, for fixing the respective pivot shafts to a vehicle body,
- wherein the second holding member comprises:
- a body part, rotatably supporting the corresponding pivot shaft;
- and
- a plurality of support parts, protruding from the body part,
- wherein at least two of the support parts comprise:
- fixed parts, fixed to the vehicle body via fixing members;
- and
- engagement claws, provided at the fixed parts and engaged with the vehicle body, and
- the second holding member is formed of resin, and the second holding member is provided with:
- an injection gate mark, formed at an end of each fixed part on a side of the body part;
- and
- a convex part, formed to protrude toward a side opposite to the body part at an end of each fixed part on the side opposite to the body part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.