Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper system having a wiper motor, which via a motor crank, seated on a motor shaft, and two connecting rods drives a drive shaft of two windshields wipers, wherein a first connecting rod is pivotably connected directly to the motor crank while a second connecting rod is connected to the first connecting rod, in spaced-apart fashion from the crank joint, via a joint.

Abstract: A mounting plate is provided, having a receptacle for a wiper drive and having bearing points for wiper bearings as well as fastening points for installation in a vehicle, wherein the mounting plate comprises at least two components, including one half-shell-like bent sheet-metal part connected by injection molding to a plastic body that braces the bent sheet-metal part on the inside.

Abstract: A wiper arm (10), in particular for a wiper apparatus of a motor vehicle, having at least one joint part (12) and/or one fastening part (18) with a base (30) is proposed, from which at least one and preferably two lateral flanks (32) extend at an angle (A), in particular approximately plumb, wherein at least one lateral flank (32) has at least one locking cam (40) and extends outward approximately from the edge (38), remote from the base, of the lateral flank (32) and is embodied integrally with the lateral flank (32), wherein the locking cam (40) is disposed in concealed fashion in the side profile. A method for producing a wiper arm (10) of this kind is also disclosed.

Abstract: A wiper arm including a securing member and a hinge member coupled thereto via a hinged joint, and a cover cap affixed to the securing member and having a cover wall and side walls laterally contiguous thereto which cover the securing member. Adjacent to the cover cap toward the hinge member is a movable hinge cap which is coupled to the hinge member and covers the hinged joint, while it is guided on the securing member and the cover cap, respectively, in a manner that it is able to swivel and is movable in longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A windshield wiper having a wiper arm, which is made up of a mounting part and a hinge member including an integrated wiper rod having a u-shaped cross-section profile, and on which a wiper blade pivots via a retaining spring; the side walls of retaining spring being connected by an open hub for a hinge pin and which guide the wiper rod on the outside by their projecting inner walls. The u-shaped cross-section profile extends to the free end of the wiper rod, and, in the end region, in side flanges of the cross-section profile located across from one another, at least one crosspiece-pair is preformed, at least one of which being provided with a flap bent toward the inside, the retaining spring engaging by at least one longitudinally positioned plug between the strips of a crosspiece-pair and locking into place on the wiper rod.

Abstract: A method for the open-loop control of a wiper system (10), and a wiper system (10), in particular for a motor vehicle is proposed, having at least one drive device (16), at least one gear (14), which switches the motion of the drive device (16) to at least one wiper shaft (34) and has a gear ratio that depends on the position of the gear (14), and at least one open-loop control unit (24), which controls the torque that can be output by the drive device (16) by means of a driven shaft (26), characterized in that control unit (24) determines the torque that can be output by the drive device (16) at every instant, taking the gear ratio into account.

Abstract: The invention starts with a wiper arm (10) with a wiper blade (20) that is connected in an articulated manner, which includes a wiper strip support (22) and wiper strip (24) and is laterally guided vis-à-vis the wiper arm (10) by a device (28) with an elastic connecting blade (34), whereby a first end (30) of the connecting blade (34) is fixed on an articulated part (12) of the wiper arm (10). It is proposed that a second end (32) of the connecting blade (34) be fixed on the wiper blade (20) and the connecting blade (34) feature an area (40, 46, 48) that is flexible in a longitudinal direction (54).

Abstract: A windshield wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a wiper arm (10) that is drivable by a drive, the wiper arm (10) being foldable onto the windshield and able to be folded away from the windshield. The wiper arm is associated with a wiper blade, whereby the wiper arm (10) has a region (11) that faces toward the drive and a region (12) that faces toward the wiper blade. Both regions are connected to two torsion spring elements (13, 14). The torsion spring elements (13, 14) are provided with two opposite torsion angles. The torsion spring elements (13, 14) have a square cross section, whose width is greater than its thickness, so that the torsion spring elements (13, 14) are curved in a longitudinal direction toward the windshield or curved away from the windshield.

Abstract: The invention is based on a device for driving a wiper arm, having a lever mechanism (10) which has a drive lever (14), pivotable about a drive axis (12), and a drop arm (18) pivotable about an axis (16), wherein the drive lever (14) and the drop arm (18) are connected to one another via hinges (22, 24) by means of a coupling rod (20), which carries a fastening part (34) of the wiper arm. It is proposed that the fastening part (34) is separably fastened to the coupling rod (20) and can be adjusted relative to the coupling rod (20) about a displacement axis (38), extending in the longitudinal direction, in a displacement region (40).

Abstract: A wiper arm for a vehicle has an arm part, a mounting part, a hinge which hingedly connect the arm part with the mounting part, an abutment arranged so that a relative turning movement of the arm part and the mounting part via the hinge unit is limited by the abutment, the abutment including two spaced abutments and an abutment element which is bringable in operative contact with the two abutments during the turning movement of a respective one of the parts, the abutments being formed of one piece with one of the parts and the abutment element being formed of one piece with another of the parts.

Abstract: The retaining spring (10) is used to produce an articulated connection of a wiper blade (11) to a wiper arm (12) of a vehicle; the retaining spring (10) has a first connecting means (13) for producing a first connection to a retaining element (14) of the wiper blade (11) and a second connecting means (15) for producing a second connection to a carrier element (16) of the wiper arm (12). It is provided that the articulated connection can be produced by means of the first and the second connecting means (13, 15), in the operating position of the retaining spring (10), in a mounting direction (26) that is essentially perpendicular to an operating plane of the wiper blade (11).

Abstract: A windshield wiper for motor vehicle, having a drivably supported wiper arm that carries a wiper blade, wherein the wiper arm at least partly surrounds the wiper blade and is formed by a substantially U-shaped profiled part, characterized in that one leg pointing substantially in a travel direction of the vehicle forms an integrated spoiler, and at least one air outflow opening is disposed in an area of further legs, the one leg has a spoiler lip pointing in a direction of the window to be wiped, and the spoiler lip comprises an elastic material.

Abstract: A wiper blade is proposed with which to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.

Abstract: An electric motor for operating a device for wiping a window of a motor vehicle has an electric motor part, and a control device for controlling/regulating a power of the electric motor part, the control device being formed so that it is programmable with a parameter a power limiting by limiting a torque to a nominal torque.

Abstract: A wiper arm (10) and a method for producing a wiper arm (18) are proposed, in which the wiper arm (18) comprises a U-shaped profile section (24) and a bottom (34), which is secured at some points to the profile section (24).

Abstract: A wiper blade is proposed which is used to clean windows, especially of motor vehicles. The wiper blade is displaceable transversely to its length, preferably about a pendulum axis, and can be pressed with an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (46) against the window (54) to be wiped; the wiper strip is disposed on the lower band face (49), oriented toward the window, of a bandlike-elongated, spring-elastic support element (42). Chattering that occurs during wiping operation and causes an unsatisfactory outcome of wiping as well as considerable noise, is avoided if the region of the upper band face (43), remote from the window, of the support element (42), the wiper blade is provided with a mass body, which is disposed movably, at least in the displacement direction (74) of the wiper blade.

Abstract: [The present invention is based on a] A windshield wiper having a wiper arm, which is made up of a mounting part and a hinge member including an integrated wiper rod [(26)] having a u-shaped cross-section profile, and on which a wiper blade [(12)] pivots via a retaining spring[(22)]; the side walls [(76, 78)] of retaining spring [(22)] being connected by an open hub [(66)] for a hinge pin [(20)] and which guide the wiper rod [(10)] on the outside by their projecting inner walls.

Abstract: A windshield wiper drive mechanism, having a drive mechanism, a drive lever (16) whose first end is connected to the drive mechanism so that it can be pivoted about a drive axis (A), a coupling lever (28) whose first end is connected to the second end of the drive lever by a coupling joint (18) with a defined rotational axis (K) and whose second end is connected to a windshield wiper blade (12), and a power takeoff lever (30), which is connected to the coupling lever, is to be improved such that the positioning angle of the windshield wiper blade relative to the window at the turning points is to be controlled. To that end, it is provided that the rotational axis (K) of the coupling joint and the drive axis (A) of the drive lever are not parallel to one another.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a component (10) to a drive shaft (14, 52) of a wiper system (62), in which the drive shaft (14, 52) has at least one cross-sectional region (16) deviating from circular symmetry, has a pressure piece (18, 102), which is placed between the drive shaft (14, 52). The component (10), even before assembly has an opening (20) shaped to suit the cross-sectional region (16, 54) deviating from circular symmetry, and has an outer cone (22, 100), with which it is pressed, via a separable fastening element (24) on the drive shaft (14, 52), into a suitably shaped inner cone (26) of the component (10) and fixed jointly with the component (10) in the longitudinal direction of the shaft (28, 30). The cross-sectional region (16, 54), deviating from the circular symmetry, of the drive shaft (14, 52), at least in a region in the mounting direction (28), has an increasing diameter (32). The pressure piece (18, 102) is fixed nonpositively, without play, on the cross-sectional region (16, 54).

Abstract: The wiper bearing (10) includes a bearing shaft (11), which is received in a bearing housing (12) and is connected to a bearing element (15) and a wiper arm (17) in such a way that a torque can be transmitted from the bearing element (15) to the wiper arm (17). The bearing shaft (11) has an axial stop means (18) with a stop face (20). It is provided that the stop face (20) is operatively connected to a contact face (19) of the bearing housing (12), and the contact face (19) and/or the stop face (20) is surface-structured.