| US 7,610,649 B2 | ||
| Wiper device | ||
| Tomohiro Ohe, Shioya-gun (Japan); Mamoru Kagawa, Kawachi-gun (Japan); and Sadaki Takada, Kiryu (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan); and Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/237,070. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-290212 (JP), filed on Oct. 01, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0070201 A1, Apr. 06, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60S 1/24 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 15—250.31 [15/250.3; 403/282; 403/359.1; 403/359.2; 403/298] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A wiper device comprising:
a wiper motor;
a link member to which a driving force from the wiper motor is transmitted;
a pivot shaft which has serrated portions formed at both ends thereof, and is secured to the link member at one end thereof;
a lever portion which is secured to the other end of the pivot shaft;
a wiper arm which is connected to an end of the lever portion shifted from an axis of the pivot shaft;
a link securing hole portion which is formed in the link member to which the one serrated portion being secured;
a lever securing hole portion which is formed in the lever portion to which the other serrated portion is secured; and
a support shaft which is fixed at one end thereof to the one end of the lever portion so as to be shifted from the axis of
the pivot shaft, and is fixed to the wiper arm at another end thereof such that the support shaft forms a connection between
the wiper arm and the lever portion, wherein:
only one of the link securing hole portion and the lever securing hole portion has a serration bearing shape formed in a surface
thereof, said serration bearing shape matching a shape of the serrated portion of the end of the pivot shaft secured thereto;
numbers of teeth of the respective serrated portions at the ends of the pivot shaft are different from one another; and
the serrated portion having a greater number of teeth is secured to the link securing hole portion or the lever securing hole
portion not having the matching serration bearing shape formed therein.
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