Abstract: A device for the vertically displacable positioning of an upper belt articulation or belt deflection point in a two-door motor vehicle without a middle column includes a carrier which at its top end receives a belt articulation or belt deflection fitting. The carrier can be transferred from a position of rest concealed in a side wall to at least one upper position of use projecting beyond the side-wall trim. In order to obtain the best possible belt-band run of an oblique shoulder-belt portion, an advancing movement towards the center of the vehicle is impart to the carrier when it has reached its position of use, so that the belt articulation or belt deflection fitting moves a predetermined amount towards an associated seated occupant.

Abstract: A windshield wiper arrangement for motor vehicles which includes a telescopically constructed wiper arm having an effective length which can be altered during a wiping motion by a crank drive which acts upon the wiper arm and serves to create a particularly good wiping field. In order to enable a particularly compact and reliable construction, the drive for the windshield wiper arrangement is accommodated in a lower part of the wiper arm which is constructed as a housing. The drive includes a toothed gearing driven by a wiper drive unit, with the toothed gearing serving to drive the crank drive. The housing is constructed in such a manner that the windshield wiper arm and crank drive have a common axis of rotation.