Patent ID: 7568258
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. Wiping strip for a motor vehicle windshield wiper, comprising: a heel for fixing to the arm of a windshield wiper, a wiping lip, a flexible joint part connecting the lip to the heel, the lip extending according to a median axial plane of the wiping strip, and the joint part comprising two flexible curved walls, substantially symmetrical in relation to one another with respect to this plane, and defining a recess between them and the heel, and an abutment protruding from the heel into the recess, symmetrical with respect to said plane, and intended to be contacted by the walls, and thus, to limit the bending deformation of the joint part, wherein said abutment has a T shaped profile including a flexible core extending substantially on said median axial plane and two abutment portions protruding laterally from a free end of the core to a respective free end thereof, toward the respective walls, each of said abutment portions having a first surface facing the heel and a second surface opposed to the heel, each abutment portion being free from contact with the curved walls in a non-deformed state of the wiper strip, said first and second surfaces being substantially parallel to each other from an end of each abutment portion connected to the core to the respective free end of each abutment portion, so that the abutment portions can flex with the walls when the walls come to be supported on the abutment by engagement therewith during deformation.