Patent ID: 6161248
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
Wiper blade (10) for windshields of motor vehicles, said blade adapted to be driven over the windshield in a driving direction, said blade having an elongated rubber-elastic wiping strip (14) which can be placed in contact against the windshield to be wiped and which is held substantially parallel to and along a longitudinal axis directly by an elongated, springing-elastic carrying element (12) as a first structural component part, said carrying element is elongated between first and second ends thereof and has an upper and lower side, a connection device (16) for complementing connection means (20) of a driven wiper arm (18) being arranged as a further structural component part at a center portion of the carrying element (12), wherein the connection device (16) has at least one stop surface (36) which cooperates with at least one counter-stop of the wiper arm (18), the two structural parts (12,16) which are connected with one another have two catch means arranged so that the connection device (16) is provided with first elastically deflectable catch means which cooperate with second complementing catch means of the carrying element (12) in such a way that the two structural component parts (12,16) are locked together, the first elastically deflectable catch means comprising at least one deflectable tongue defining a retaining shoulder and the second catch means comprising a cutout in said carrying element which defines a catch shoulder, characterized in that the springing elastic carrying element (12) has a lower surface in continuous contact all along its length between the first and second ends with a back surface of the elongated rubber-elastic wiping strip.