Patent ID: 8181307

Claim:
An elongated wiper blade ( 10 ) defining a longitudinal axis with a wiper strip ( 32 ) and a support element ( 30 ), at the ends of which end caps ( 12 ) are guided, said end caps, at their end sides ( 28 ) facing the ends of the wiper blade ( 10 ), extending over the support element ( 30 ) as far as a wiper lip ( 34 ), wherein at least one end cap ( 12 ) has a lid ( 14 ) which is connected to the end cap ( 12 ) for pivoting movement about an articulation axis ( 18 ) extending transversely with respect to the wiper blade ( 10 ) and has a gudgeon ( 22 ) on its side facing a head strip ( 38 ) of the wiper blade, which gudgeon penetrates the head strip ( 38 ) when the lid ( 14 ) is in a closed state, characterized in that a tip of the gudgeon ( 22 ) is protected by parts of at least one of the end cap ( 12 ) and the lid ( 14 ) against contact both in an opened state of the lid ( 14 ) and in the closed state, the end cap having an internal wall defining a surface extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, an opening being defined through the wall, at least the tip of the gudgeon extending through the surface to within the opening in the opened state, the end cap having skirts ( 44 ), in the closed state, the skirts laterally overlapping the gudgeon.