Patent ID: 8104135
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A wiper apparatus for wiping a wiping surface of a vehicle, comprising: a pivot holder that is adapted to be installed to a body of the vehicle; a pivot shaft that is supported by the pivot holder and is pivotable about a pivot axis thereof; a swing member that is fixed to the pivot shaft to drive the pivot shaft about the pivot axis; a wiper arm that is connected to a distal end portion of the pivot shaft, which is located on one axial side of the pivot holder and is opposite from the swing member in an axial direction of the pivot shaft, wherein the wiper arm is pivoted together with the pivot shaft about the pivot axis of the pivot shaft when the pivot shaft is driven by the swing member, and the wiper arm is pivotable about a pivot axis thereof, which is angled relative to the pivot axis of the pivot shaft, toward or away from the wiping surface; and at least one urging member that is placed at an outside of the wiper arm and has: