Windshield wiper drive
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorGerd Kuehbauch
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Abstract
In the case of a windshield wiper drive having a swivelably mounted drive shaft, a drive rocker arm that is immovably attached thereto, a connecting lever which is attached to the drive rocker arm via a first joint, a support rocker arm which is connected to the connecting lever via a second joint and mounted via a joint, and a windshield wiper arm which is connected to the connecting lever, an object is to prevent distortion in the drive, while keeping production expenditures to a minimum. To accomplish this, one of the two joints of the connecting lever is swivelable in a plane that is defined by the axis of rotation of the accompanying rocker arm and by the corresponding joint, and the other joint is fixed in a plane that is defined by the axis of rotation of the accompanying rocker arm and by the joint.
Claims6
A windshield wiper drive comprising:
- a swivelably mounted drive shaft;
- a drive rocker arm immovably attached to the drive shaft;
- a connecting lever;
- a first joint connecting the connecting lever to the drive rocker arm;
- a support rocker arm;
- a second joint connecting the support rocker arm to the connecting lever;
- a blind joint mounting the support rocker arm;
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- a windshield wiper arm connected to the connecting lever,
- wherein one of the first and second joints is adapted to be swiveled in a plane defined by an axis of rotation of a respective one of the drive rocker arm and the support rocker arm and by the one of the first and second joints, and
- wherein another of the first and second joints is fixed in a plane defined by an axis of rotation of a respective another of the drive rocker arm and the support rocker arm and by the another of the first and second joints.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.