Patent ID: 6691366
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
A wiper system (10) having a wiper motor, which via a motor crank (12), seated on a motor shaft (30), and two connecting rods (14, 16) drives a drive shaft (22, 24) of two windshield wipers, wherein a first connecting rod (14) is pivotably connected directly to the motor crank (12) via a first joint, while a second connecting rod (16) is connected to the first connecting rod (14), in spaced-apart fashion from a crank joint (28), via a second joint (26), the first connecting rod (14) substantially has a U-shaped cross-sectional profile and is formed as a sheet-metal part (42, 58), which at least in the region of a bearing shell (46) and a hinge pin (50) is embodied with double walls, and a reinforcement part (44, 56) protruding into the open U-shaped profile is bent in the region of the hinge pin (50) toward the other sheet-metal part (42, 58) and is riveted to the latter.