Wiper apparatus

A wiper apparatus for driving and swinging a wiper arm by an electric motor and wiping off substances attached on a windshield, the wiper apparatus comprising:

• a motor part that forms the electric motor and is provided with a rotation shaft;
• a gear part that forms the electric motor and is provided with a speed-reducing mechanism that reduces a rotation speed of the rotation shaft;
• a pivot shaft to which drive force from an output shaft provided to the speed-reducing mechanism is transmitted, and to which an end part of the wiper arm is fixed;
• a pivot holder that is fixed to a fixation object to which the wiper apparatus is fixed, and that swingably retains the pivot shaft;
• a frame member that has one end coupled to the pivot holder;
• a first frame fixing part that is provided to a gear case forming the gear part, and that is fixed to the frame member via a fastening member;
• and
• an attachment bracket provided with a second frame fixing part and a bracket fixing part, wherein the second frame fixing part is fixed to a substantially central portion of the frame member via the fastening member together with the first frame fixing part, and the bracket fixing part is fixed to the fixation object.