Wiper pivot
AssigneeJidosha Denki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuo Ohashi, Toshiyuki Fuke
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Abstract
A wiper pivot for a wiper apparatus of motor vehicles, which is provided with a pivot holder 3 having a shaft-holding portion 3b to rotatably support a pivot shaft 2, and a body-fixing portion 3d to be fixed to the vehicle body and formed in one body of resin together with the shaft-holding portion 3b through a connecting portion 3c, and the connecting portion 3c is further provided with a thin-walled destructible portion 4 to be destroyed at the time when impulsive force exceeding the predetermined value is applied on the pivot shaft 2.
Claims11
A wiper pivot for a wiper apparatus of motor vehicles, said wiper pivot comprising:
- a pivot shaft provided with a base end connected to a wiper motor through a wiper linkage, and a top end to be disposed protrudingly from a body panel of the vehicle and connected to a wiper arm fitted with a wiper blade;
- and
- a pivot holder made of resin and provided with a shaft-holding portion having a shaft hole for rotatably supporting said pivot shaft and a body-fixing portion to be secured on the body panel of the vehicle, formed in one body together with said shaft-holding portion through a connecting portion;
- wherein
- said connecting portion of the pivot holder is provided with a thin-walled destructible portion to be destroyed at the time when impulsive force exceeding a predetermined value is applied on the pivot shaft.
A wiper pivot for a wiper apparatus of motor vehicles, said wiper pivot comprising:
- a pivot shaft provided with a base end connected to a wiper motor through a wiper linkage, and a top end to be disposed protrudingly from a body panel of the vehicle and connected to a wiper arm fitted with a wiper blade;
- and
- a pivot holder made of resin and provided with a shaft-holding portion having a bearing for rotatably supporting said pivot shaft and a body-fixing portion to be secured on the body panel of the vehicle, formed in one body together with said shaft-holding portion through a connecting portion of said pivot holder;
- wherein
- said connecting portion of the pivot holder is consisting of a thin-walled destructible portion to be destroyed at the time when impulsive force exceeding a predetermined value is applied on the pivot shaft.
A wiper pivot for a wiper apparatus of motor vehicles, said wiper pivot comprising:
- a pivot shaft provided with a base end connected to a wiper motor through a wiper linkage, and a top end to be disposed protrudingly from a body panel of the vehicle and connected to a wiper arm fitted with a wiper blade;
- a pivot holder made of resin and provided with a shaft-holding portion having a bearing for rotatably supporting said pivot shaft, a body-fixing portion to be secured on the body panel of the vehicle, and a connecting portion being a thin-walled destructible portion formed in one body together with said shaft-holding portion and body-fixing portion;
- and
- a stopper disposed on a top end of said pivot shaft;
- wherein said stopper transmits the impulsive force applied to said pivot shaft to the shaft-holding portion therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.