Patent ID: 6185805
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a windshield wiper, comprising:providing a backing strip blank;flattening the backing strip blank at a distance from its end over a portion of its length;carrying out a material removing operation for forming a retaining structure in the flattened portion of the backing strip blank to form the backing strip;inserting the backing strip in a longitudinally extending recess of a wiping element; andinserting the wiping element in a frame having at least one claw, wherein:flattening the backing strip blank comprises a flattened portion at a distance from its end over a portion of its length and over an entire width of at least a part of the portion of the length, the flattened portion including the retaining structure serving to retain the backing strip; andthe retaining structure cooperates with the wiping element and the claw so as to retain the backing strip on the wiping element.