Patent ID: 8327500

Claim:
Wiper blade ( 10 ) having a rubber-elastic wiper strip ( 12 ), which is supported by at least one spring bar ( 14 , 16 ) as supporting element, and having at least one end cap ( 20 ), which is attached to at least one end of a longitudinal extent of the supporting element, characterized in that the end cap ( 20 ) comprises at least one first, energy-absorbing area ( 22 ) formed of a first material and one second, stabilizing area ( 24 ) formed of a second material harder than the first material, the second, stabilizing area including side walls ( 32 , 34 ) connected at a base ( 36 ) and each defining a groove ( 37 ) accommodating a spring bar ( 14 , 16 ), the first, energy-absorbing area ( 22 ) being outside a periphery of the second, stabilizing area ( 24 ).