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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Yasuo Yotsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyle Happy, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Kathryn Templeton, Bingham Farms, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A support panel adjacent to the windshield opening has an upper surface and a lower surface with a first shaft opening. A wiper drive mechanism is supported to the vehicle body structure and extends along the lower surface of the support panel. The wiper drive mechanism includes a shaft housing and a wiper shaft pivotally supported within the shaft housing. A water diverting panel at least partially covers the wiper drive mechanism and is attached thereto and has a cylindrically shaped portion extending upward therefrom. The cylindrically shaped portion defines a second shaft opening with the shaft housing and wiper shaft extending upward through the second shaft opening and further extending upward through the first shaft opening. A filter member is mounted to the cylindrically shaped portion above the water diverting panel and below the support panel encircling the shaft housing.