Patent ID: 8209813
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle windshield wiper system, comprising: a support base including a connecting member fixedly attached to a vehicle body, and extending across a width of the vehicle body, and a base member depending from an intermediate part of the connecting member; a wiper motor attached to the base member; a crank arm attached to an output shaft of the wiper motor the output shaft defining an axial center line; a pair of pivot assemblies mounted on either end portion of the connecting member and rotatably supporting corresponding pivot shafts connected to base ends of wiper arms; a link mechanism for transmitting a rotative movement of the crank arm to the pivot shafts; wherein the base member includes a front wall portion having an upper end connected to the connecting member and a horizontal wall portion extending rearward from a lower end of the front wall portion, and the wiper motor is attached to a lower surface of the horizontal wall portion, the front wall portion being formed with an opening thereof so as to avoid the front wall from interfering with the rotative movement of the crank arm; and wherein the support base and the wiper motor are received in a laterally extending recess defined under a lower edge of a window shield such that the axial center line intersects the window shield.