Patent ID: 9399446
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: B60S

Claim Text:
1. A wiper blade ( 10 ) with a wiper strip ( 12 ), into lateral longitudinal grooves ( 20 ) of which two spring rails ( 24 ) are inserted as a resiliently elastic supporting element, wherein ends of the spring rails ( 24 ) are connected to each other by a bridge ( 32 , 54 , 62 , 76 ), the bridge including a substantially flat and external central part ( 34 , 64 , 78 ) that spans a back strip ( 22 ) of the wiper strip ( 12 ) and includes side parts ( 36 , 66 , 80 ) offset from the central part ( 34 , 64 , 78 ) and being supported on upper sides of the spring rails ( 24 ), the back strip ( 22 ) upwardly bounding the longitudinal grooves ( 20 ), characterized in that the side parts ( 80 ) of the bridge ( 62 ) extend parallel to the spring rails ( 24 ) and, on longitudinal sides thereof, have claws ( 82 ) which engage around outer longitudinal sides of the spring rails ( 24 ), and, in a region of the claws ( 82 ), bumps ( 84 ) which engage in bores ( 30 ) in the spring rails ( 24 ) are provided on those sides of the side parts ( 80 ) and/or of the claws ( 82 ) which face the spring rails ( 24 ), and characterized in that outer longitudinal sides of the spring rails ( 24 ) have, on that side of the bridge ( 32 , 54 , 62 , 76 ) which is located toward the center of the wiper blade ( 10 ), cutouts ( 26 ) to which end caps ( 50 ) latch in a fitted state.