Patent ID: 8959703
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A wiper blade for wiping a windshield glass of a vehicle, the wiper blade comprising: a blade rubber having a lip portion that wipes a surface of the windshield glass, a head portion in which a pair of mounting grooves are formed and that is linked to the lip portion via a neck portion, and a pair of holding grooves that are provided between the lip portion and the head portion and each of which is provided a stopper portion, the head portion having a left side portion and a right side portion; a pair of blade spring members that have elasticity and are respectively mounted in the mounting grooves of the blade rubber; and a rubber holder that has a pair of side wall portions which at least covers the pair of the blade spring members and a top wall portion linked mutually to the side wall portions, and holds the blade rubber by a pair of holding portions that is provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the rubber holder and have a pair of holding claws provided respectively in the side wall portions and disposed in the holding grooves, wherein an axial length of the rubber holder is formed so as to be shorter than that of the blade rubber, both side portions in a wiping direction of the head portion are covered with the pair of side wall portions and the top wall portion in the longitudinal direction when the entire lip portion in the longitudinal direction contacts the windshield glass, the pair of holding claws of one of the holding portions are disposed in the pair of stopper portions, respectively, and the pair of holding claws of the other of the holding portions are movably disposed in the longitudinal direction in the holding grooves, and the blade rubber is elastically deformable between the pair of the holding portions in a direction perpendicular to the windshield glass, wherein the blade rubber is configured to deform into an M shape as the wiper blade is set to the windshield glass.