Patent ID: 6978512

Claim:
A wiper blade ( 10 ) for windows of motor vehicles, having en elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip ( 14 ), which can be placed against the window ( 22 ) and is connected to an elongated, spring-elastic support element ( 12 ) so that their longitudinal axes are parallel, which support element ( 12 ) is directly connected to a device for connecting the wiper blade to a driven wirer arm ( 18 ), wherein the support element ( 12 ) has two band-like spring strips ( 28 , 30 ), which are situated in a plane that is disposed in front of the window, essentially parallel to the window, and whose, lower band surfaces ( 13 ) are oriented toward the window and whose adjacent, inner longitudinal edges ( 48 ), which are disposed spaced a distance ( 34 ) apart from each other, each protrude into a respective longitudinal groove ( 54 , 56 , or 106 ), which grooves are associated with each longitudinal edge and are each open toward a respective longitudinal side of the wiper strip ( 14 ), and these two spring strips ( 36 , 38 ) are connected to each other by at least two crosspieces ( 36 , 38 ) disposed spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, wherein each crosspiece ( 36 , 38 ) has a middle section ( 42 ) which extends spaced a distance ( 44 ) apart from the upper band surfaces ( 11 ) of the spring strips ( 28 , 30 ), producing bridge-like crosspieces ( 36 , 38 ) defining a bridgewidth, where the distance ( 34 ) between the two longitudinal strips ( 28 , 30 ) is less than the bridge width ( 46 ), wherein the crosspieces ( 36 , 38 ) are attached to the upper band surfaces ( 11 ) of the two spring strips ( 28 , 30 ), wherein the crosspieces ( 36 , 38 ) are welded to the two spring strips ( 28 , 30 ), so that the wiper strip from an end of the support element is insertable linearly between the longitudinal edges of the spring strips facing one another, and wherein each crosspiece ( 36 , 38 ) disposed at the end sections of the two spring strips ( 28 , 30 ) is provided with a covering cap ( 82 ) preferably made of plastic.