Patent ID: 6611988
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows and glass, having an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (16) that can be pressed against the window and glass (24) and that is disposed, parallel to a longitudinal axis, on one band face (14) of a band-shaped-elongated, spring-elastic support element (12), and a coupling part (20) connected to a center portion of the support element is seated on another band face (18) of the support element and has one hinge half, whose hinge axis (52) is oriented transversely to a length of the wiper blade (10), wherein both this hinge half and coupling means of the wiper blade are formed by a bearing recess (36) in the coupling part (20), and the coupling part (20) is considerably shallower over a longitudinal portion than a longitudinal region of the bearing recess (36), and wherein the longitudinal portion (50) is formed by a width of a transverse groove (54).