Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – Directly cooperating gears
Patent
1975-05-22
1976-08-10
Gerin, Leonard H.
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
Directly cooperating gears
152503, 74462, F16H 112, F16H 5506, A47L 100, B60S 102
Patent
active
039734498
ABSTRACT:
A drive assembly usable with windshield wipers and the like is disclosed in this application and includes a motor having an output shaft including a helical pinion provided with no more than five teeth. The pinion is in meshing engagement with a helical gear for driving an output shaft connected to a linkage operative to drive a windshield wiper system. The preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed herein includes a pair of bearing assemblies for the motor output shaft, one located adjacent one end of the output shaft and the other located intermediate the ends of the shaft such that a portion of the shaft extends beyond the other bearing assembly. The motor is associated with the output shaft between the bearing assemblies and the helical pinion is located on the extending portion of the shaft.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3087078 (1963-04-01), Brown
patent: 3247736 (1966-04-01), Roth
patent: 3434366 (1969-03-01), Raso et al.
Gerin Leonard H.
Logan, Jr. John W.
Quaker City Gear Works, Inc.
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