Robert Boschgmbh

Thomas Steimel

Juergen Rapp

Heiko Volz

The invention relates to a windscreen wiper device (), in particular for a motor vehicle, screwed to a chassis (). Conventional windscreen wiper devices do not yield on an impact with a pedestrian and hence represent a significant injury risk for pedestrians. According to the invention, the risk of injury may be reduced whereby the housing openings (), provided for housing screws () in the chassis () comprise a slot () at the edge of the housing opening ().

Windscreen wiper device

The invention relates to a windshield wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, with a molded tube () that is connected to the bodywork () and/or a mounting plate that is connected to the bodywork (), which is particularly a mounting plate for a wiper motor. The windshield wiper device is located in a region, which is often an impact zone in a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian. As a result, the components of the windshield wiper device often represent a high risk of injury to pedestrians. The objective of the invention is to improve the windshield wiper device so that the risk of injury to pedestrians is reduced during a collision with the vehicle. In the case of the windshield wiper device in accordance with the invention, the molded tube () and/or the mounting plate are detachably fastened to the bodywork () in accordance with the invention in such a way that the molded tube () and/or the mounting plate can be detached from the bodywork () during a collision with the windshield wiper device.

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Buehl, Germany

Thomas Steimel