Patent ID: 6721989
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A slapping windshield wiper assembly for a motor vehicle, said windshield wiper assembly comprising:an elongated windshield wiper arm assembly including a wiper arm pivotally supported at one end on a base, said base includes a restraint to limit pivotal movement of the arm about said base, a wiper blade coupled to a free end of said wiper arm and adapted to contact a surface of a windshield of said motor vehicle, a wiper arm shaft mount which includes a pivot for pivotably supporting said mount on said vehicle, a wiper arm shaft oscillatably supported in said wiper arm shaft mount and coupled to said base, a lever attached to said wiper arm shaft mount, a spring providing force on said lever to bias said shaft mount about said shaft mount pivot to maintain pressure on the wiper arm assembly and keep the wiper blade against the windshield surface, a solenoid coupled to said lever, said solenoid adapted, upon actuation, to counteract said spring force and move said lever to thus rock said shaft mount about said shaft mount pivot, such acts to lift the wiper blade away from the windshield surface.