Patent ID: 6964079

Claim:
Wiper arm ( 10 ), which includes a fastening part ( 14 ) and an articulated part ( 16 ) with a wiper rod ( 18 ), of which at least one part ( 14 , 16 , 18 ) is fabricated of sheet metal by stamping and bending, and features at least one area with a plurality of sheet metal layers ( 26 , 28 ), characterized in that an external sheet metal plate ( 26 ) and an internal sheet metal plate ( 28 ) lying on top of one another are jointly bent around a bending edge ( 52 ), whereby the external sheet metal plate ( 26 ) features connecting toes ( 32 ) on its side edges ( 54 ) that run longitudinally to the bending edge ( 52 ), which engage in matching recesses ( 30 ) on the corresponding side edges ( 56 ) of the internal sheet metal plate ( 28 ), and, after bending under an initial tension, the internal sheet metal plate ( 28 ) is adjacent to the external sheet metal plate ( 26 ).