Patent ID: 9669803
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B60S

Claim:
1. A wiper blade, comprising: a wiper rubber; and a lever assembly holding the wiper rubber and being connected to a wiper arm, the lever assembly comprising a plurality of levers rotatably connected and a lever joint interposed between an inner surface of one of the adjacent levers among the plurality of levers and an outer surface of the other of the adjacent levers, the lever joint rotatably interconnecting the adjacent levers, wherein at least one of the plurality of levers has a partial spoiler extending in a longitudinal direction of the lever assembly, wherein the lever joint is fitted to the one of the adjacent levers through insertion in the longitudinal direction and is rotatably coupled to the other of the adjacent levers through pressing, wherein the one of the adjacent levers includes a pair of fitting protrusions extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the other of the adjacent levers includes a pair of fitting protrusions protruding in a width direction of the lever assembly, wherein the lever joint includes a pair of fitting grooves extending in the longitudinal direction, the fitting protrusions of the one of the adjacent levers being fitted to the fitting grooves respectively, and a pair of fitting holes, to which the fitting protrusions of the other of the adjacent levers are fitted respectively, wherein the pair of fitting protrusions of the one of the adjacent levers are fitted to the pair of the fitting grooves of the lever joint respectively through insertion in the longitudinal direction, wherein the lever joint is hinge-jointed to the other of the adjacent levers by the pair of fitting holes of the lever joint and the pair of fitting protrusions of the other of the adjacent levers, wherein the one of the adjacent levers includes a cutout formed in each of the pair of fitting protrusions of the one of the adjacent levers, and wherein the lever joint includes a latch located in each of the pair of fitting grooves and engaging the cutout.