Wiper apparatus with covering member

• US 7,552,502 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kagawa, Mamoru, Tottori, Masaomi, Ohe, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham; Gary K
• Application Number:
  US11/096,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20050217056A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,551 Days
• Field of Search: 152/502.1, 152/503.51, 152/503, 152/501.6, 152/502.9, 152/502.7, 152/503.1, 296/96.15, 296/96.17, 296/192
• US Class Current: 15/250.351
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0402 completely or partially concealed in a cavity
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/245 with particular rod arrangements between the motor driven axle and the wiper arm axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3409 the wiper arms consisting of two or more articulated elements
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3436 Mounting heads
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3479 Means to cover the wiper parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3497 Additional means for guiding the blade other than the arm or blade joint

Abstract

A wiper apparatus has an operation lever of which one end portion is rotatably equipped, a wiper arm is attached to another end portion of the operation lever, and a covering member which covers a base portion side of the wiper arm and the operation lever, in which an operation hole is formed in a vertical wall of the covering member to allow a base portion of the wiper arm to penetrate through.

Claims

1. A wiper apparatus comprising:

an operation lever of which one end portion is rotatably equipped;

a wiper arm attached to another end portion of the operation lever; and

a stationary covering member covering a base portion side of the wiper arm and the operation lever;

wherein an operation hole is formed in a vertical wall of the covering member to allow a base portion of the wiper arm to penetrate through,

wherein the stationary covering member is fixed at a vehicle body, and

wherein a penetrating portion of the wiper arm, which penetrates the operation hole, is arc-shaped with a radius of curvature centered at the pivot axis of a rotary shaft of the operation lever.

2. A wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a cover part is provided at an outer periphery of the penetrating portion.

3. A wiper apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vertical wall is removably attached to the covering member.

4. A wiper apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the covering member is a cowl top garnish, and the vertical wall is attached to the cowl top garnish engaging the cowl top garnish.

5. A wiper apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the vertical wall is divided into an upper part and a lower part at a portion to which the operation hole is provided.

6. A wiper apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the vertical wall is allowed a predetermined quantity of displacement toward a horizontal direction along an elongation direction.