Motorcycle windshield wiper
OwnerJay D. Danielseninventor
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Abstract
A wiper for a motorcycle windshield is mounted by using the structural members that attach the windshield to the front wheel assembly, namely, generally horizontal windshield bars that sandwich the windshield between them. A threaded tube of an electric motor passes through concentric holes in the windshield bars and in the windshield. A nut threaded on a motor tube clamps the windshield bars and the windshield between the nut and the motor. A fastener passes through a motor tab and second concentric holes in the bars and windshield to resist the motor torque during operation. The windshield wiper can be factory installed. Alternately, its simplicity lends itself to retrofitting existing motorcycles.
Claims3
In a motorcycle having a front wheel assembly and being of a type in which a windshield having first and second faces is unsupported along top and side edges thereof,
- first and second elongated generally horizontal windshield bars each having a predetermined width and being in flat facing contact with the first and second windshield faces, respectively, and immovably sandwiching the windshield therebetween;
- means for attaching the first and second horizontal windshield bars to the front wheel assembly;
- a windshield wiper comprising an electric motor having a mounting surface in facing contact with the first horizontal windshield bar, a threaded tube that extends through first concentric holes in the first and second horizontal windshield bars and in the windshield, and an armature that protrudes from the threaded tube;
- a first nut threaded on the threaded tube and bearing against the second horizontal windshield bar such that tightening the first nut on the threaded tube draws the motor mounting surface against the first horizontal windshield bar and draws the nut against the second horizontal windshield bar and immovably clamps the windshield between the first and second horizontal windshield bars and immovably clamps the windshield and first and second horizontal windshield bars between the motor mounting surface and the first nut to thereby mount the motor to the motorcycle front wheel assembly;
- and a wiper arm and blade pressed onto the motor armature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.