Patent ID: 6703732
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B60S,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An electric motor for wiping a window of a motor vehicle, comprises:a gear housing; a cover for closing housing; a gearing situated in the gear housing and including a worm gear; a signal transmitter connected to the worm gear; and control electronics including a senor device for detecting a position of the gearing and for recording a signal of the transmitter, wherein: the sensor device determines a position of the worm gear without contacting the worm gear, an elements of the sensor device is situated at least one of: i) in the cover, or ii) between the worm gear and the cover; and the gearing further includes an armature shaft including a worm for driving the worm gear and including a conversion gearing that is situated on the worm gear and converts a rotation of the worm gear into a pendulum motion of a wiper shaft, the signal transmitter and the conversion gearing being situated on the same side of the worm gear.