Patent ID: 7707680

Claim:
Drive device for a windshield wiper having an output gearwheel ( 6 ), a gear cover ( 4 ) on which a plastic sleeve open toward the output gearwheel ( 6 ) is formed and a park position switch comprising first contacts which are mounted for rotation and are thus in sliding contact with second contacts fixed to the gear cover ( 4 ), wherein the first contacts are connected to the output gearwheel ( 6 ) via a driving disk, wherein the first contacts include contact lugs ( 13 , 14 ), wherein the second contacts include contact tracks ( 31 b , 53 a , 31 ), and wherein, the sleeve is embodied as a contact sleeve ( 8 ) for contacting the contact lugs, wherein the contact tracks ( 31 b , 53 a , 31 ) are provided on the contact sleeve ( 8 ) and at least one of the contact tracks ( 31 b , 53 a , 31 ) is disposed on the inner surface of the contact sleeve ( 8 ), the driving disk ( 9 ) includes a cylindrical member ( 10 ) mounted in the center and at least one of the contact lugs ( 13 , 14 ) is formed on the surface of the cylindrical member ( 10 ), and the cylindrical member ( 10 ) extends into the contact sleeve ( 8 ) such that the contact lugs ( 13 , 14 ) of the driving disk ( 9 ) which rotates together with the output gearwheel ( 6 ) slidingly engage with the contact tracks ( 31 b , 53 a , 31 ).