Process for preassembling a motor vehicle wiper system for transport
AssigneeSWF Auto-Electric GmbH
InventorsBruno Egner-Walter, Hans Prohaska, Eckhardt Schmid
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Abstract
A process of assembling a wiper system, in which, in a transport position, the wiper arms are fixed onto the wiper shaft in a simply releasable manner and then the unit, pre-assembled in such a way, is delivered to the manufacturer of motor vehicles. There the wiper arms are swivelled from their transport position into their operational position and are permanently fixed onto the proper wiper shaft. Matching the wiper arms to the wiper system during the transport effectively prevents the manufacturer of motor vehicles from assembling them wrongly.
Claims3
A process for preassembling a motor vehicle wiper system having first and second wiper arms mounted on first and second wiper shafts, respectively, and first and second fastening means for fixing said first and second wiper arms to said first and second wiper shafts, respectively, said process comprising the steps of:
- maintaining said first and second fastening means loose, so that said first and second wiper arms are loosely mounted on said first and second wiper shafts, respectively;
- providing an auxiliary transport element adapted to engage selected components of said motor vehicle wiper system;
- orienting said first wiper arm in a first desired transport position corresponding generally to the operational position of said first wiper arm when installed on a motor vehicle and said second wiper arm in a second desired transport position generally opposite to the operational position of said second wiper arm when installed on a motor vehicle;
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- installing said auxiliary transport element in said motor vehicle wiper system to engage said selected components and fix the relative positions of said selected components.
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