Vehicle wiper device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira MATSUURA, Keiichi Oka
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Abstract
In a vehicle wiper device having a wiper arm rotatably supported by a vehicle body and a wiper blade supported by the wiper arm, the wiper arm includes a link mechanism of 4 nodes, a fulcrum located closer to the wiper blade in the link mechanism is located on a side opposite to the wiper blade than a position of a hinge of the wiper arm, and when the wiper blade is at a lower end of a windshield, an arm connected to a drive shaft of each arm constituting the link mechanism is disposed below the drive shaft, and a rotation direction of the drive shaft and a rotation direction of the wiper arm are the same direction.
Claims6
A vehicle wiper device comprising a wiper arm rotatably supported by a vehicle body and a wiper blade supported by the wiper arm, wherein:
- the wiper arm includes a link mechanism with four nodes, a fulcrum located near the wiper blade in the link mechanism being located on an opposite side of the wiper blade from a position of a hinge of the wiper arm;
- when the wiper blade is at a lower end of a windshield, an arm connected to a drive shaft, among arms constituting the link mechanism, is disposed below the drive shaft;
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- a rotation direction of the drive shaft and a rotation direction of the wiper arm are the same direction.
A vehicle wiper device comprising a wiper arm rotatably supported by a vehicle body and a wiper blade provided on the wiper arm, wherein:
- the wiper arm includes a link mechanism with four nodes, a fulcrum located near the wiper blade in the link mechanism being located on a power input fulcrum side in the link mechanism from a position of a hinge of the wiper arm;
- when the wiper blade is at a lower end of a windshield, an arm connected to a drive shaft, among arms constituting the link mechanism, is disposed below the drive shaft;
- and
- a rotation direction of the drive shaft and a rotation direction of the wiper arm are the same direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.