Patent ID: 6594853
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B60S,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A wiper apparatus for a motor vehicle, comprising:a sleeve fixedly secured to a vehicle body panel having an exterior and interior side; a pivot shaft having a tip side and a base side, which is supported rotatably in the sleeve and which is connected to a drive source on its base side on the vehicle's interior side and holds a wiper arm on its tip side on the vehicle's exterior side, wherein the pivot shaft is depressible toward the vehicle's interior side with respect to the sleeve when a load exceeding a predetermined value works axially on the pivot shaft from the vehicle exterior side; a depression preventing member interposed between the pivot shaft and the sleeve which is deformed when receiving said load; and a deformation space secured between the pivot shaft and the sleeve for accommodating the deformation of substantially the entire depression preventing member.