Patent ID: 7989995
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A windshield wiper drive ( 1 ) for vehicles, comprising an output shaft ( 4 ) supported relative to a drive housing ( 2 ), the output shaft penetrating a protective cap ( 15 ) which is supported relative to the drive housing ( 2 ) and which has an end that is remote from the drive housing ( 2 ) and that sealingly bears against the output shaft ( 4 ), characterized in that the protective cap ( 15 ) is radially supported between its support relative to the drive housing ( 2 ) and its sealed connection ( 25 ) relative to the output shaft ( 4 ) via a support bearing ( 20 ); and in that the support bearing ( 20 ) is formed by a supporting sleeve ( 21 ), the supporting sleeve ( 21 ) having an axially-extending sleeve portion with a sleeve outer surface and an annular collar ( 22 ) projecting radially beyond the sleeve portion and with a collar outer surface, the sleeve outer surface and the collar outer surface engaging an inner surface of the protective cap ( 15 ); characterized in that the protective cap (