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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederic Vacca, Behoust, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage, Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
267154 ; 267136 ; 1525030 ;
Abstract
A windshield wiper device generally comprises a shaft supported by a fixed element, such as the base of a housing of a geared motor, this shaft being rotatable around an axis by a reduction gear system and connecting rod assembly; an angle damping device is disposed between the fixed element and the shaft. According to the invention, the angle damping device comprises at least one elastic washer axially compressed along the axis of the shaft. The axial compression of the elastic washer is controlled by a cam having a variety of angular sectors for moving axially along the shaft.