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US 9,555,773 B2Granted
Electric power assisted drive, in particular a wiper drive
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorSiegfried Stefani
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Abstract
Electromotive auxiliary drive, particularly a wiper drive, with an electric motor and a downstream gear forming an output shaft of the auxiliary drive, presenting at least two gear stages arranged in series in a drive train between the electric motor and the output shaft, of which one first gear stage is designed in the manner of a worm gear consisting of a worm and of a gearwheel or worm wheel interacting with this worm.
Claims13
A wiper drive, comprising:
- a wiper motor assembly, the wiper motor assembly comprising:
- an electromotive auxiliary drive comprising:
- an electric motor;
- and
- a downstream gear stage comprising:
- an output shaft of the auxiliary drive, and
- at least two gear stages arranged in series in a drive train between the electric motor and the output shaft, of which a first gear stage comprises a worm and a worm wheel gear element interacting with the worm,
- wherein a first gear element of a second gear stage is placed concentrically on top of the worm wheel gear element of the first gear stage, and
- wherein the first gear element of the second gear stage contacts a partial gear mounted on the output shaft, wherein the partial gear is a gearwheel segment limited to an angle of less than 270°;
- and
- a wiper element comprising a wiper arm, wherein the output shaft drives the wiper arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.