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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1987
Takeshi Yamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Takeshi Konishi, Hiroshima, JP;
Iseo Hamasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Hisao Fukutomi, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A rear windowpane wiper stowage system for an automobile comprises a rear windowpane, a rear spoiler secured to an automobile rear body structure in the vicinity of the rear windowpane, a rear wiper assembly having a wiper blade supported for movement back and forth across the windowpane and normally retained at a home position when the rear wiper assembly is not in use, a lid member hingedly mounted on the rear spoiler for movement between opened and closed positions for opening and closing the hatch, respectively, and a drive mechanism for driving the lid member from the closed position towards the opened position and also from the opened position towards the closed position when the rear wiper assembly is used and not used, respectively. The rear spoiler has a hollow defined in at least a portion thereof and also has a hatch defined therein in communication with the hollow in the vicinity of the rear windowpane. The wiper blade held at the home position when the wiper assembly is not in use is completely accommodated within the hollow in the rear spoiler, but is exposed to the outside through the hatch for sweeping the rear windowpane back and forth across the rear windowpane when the wiper assembly is in use.