Description / Abstract:
This SAE Recommended Practice establishes for left-hand steer
on-road trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with GVW
of 4500 kg (10 000 lb) or greater:
a. Minimum performance requirements for windshield wiping
systems.
b. Uniform test procedures that include those tests that can be
conducted on uniform test equipment by commercially available
laboratory facilities.
c. Uniform terminology of windshield wiper system
characteristics and phenomena consistent with those found in guides
for the use of engineering layout studies to evaluate system
performance.
d. Guides for the design and location of components of the
systems for function, servicing of the system, etc.
The test procedures and minimum performance requirements,
outlined in this document, are based on currently available
engineering data.
It is the intent that all portions of the document will be
periodically reviewed and revised as additional data regarding
windshield wiping system performance are developed.