Patent ID: 8020246

Claim:
Wiper blade ( 10 ), which is constructed of a wiper strip ( 12 ) having a wiper lip ( 14 ), two spring rails ( 30 , 32 ) and a connecting device ( 22 ), wherein the spring rails ( 30 , 32 ) engage in lateral longitudinal grooves of the wiper strip ( 12 ) that are open towards the outside and are clasped by claw feet ( 28 , 68 , 76 , 108 ) of a sheet metal claw ( 24 , 64 , 72 , 106 ) of the connecting device ( 22 ) from an outer narrow side, characterized in that the claw feet ( 28 , 68 , 76 , 108 ) are bent around the narrow sides of the spring rails ( 30 , 32 ) during the assembly of the sheet metal claws ( 24 , 64 , 72 , 106 ), wherein an intermediate layer ( 48 , 84 ) of plastic is provided between the claw feet ( 28 , 68 , 76 , 108 ) and the spring rails ( 30 , 32 ), which layers are manufactured separately from the wiper strip ( 12 ) and are adapted to the claw feet ( 28 , 68 , 76 , 108 ) as well as have a high coefficient of friction on their surface towards the sheet metal claw ( 24 , 64 , 72 , 106 ) and towards the spring rails ( 30 , 32 ), and characterized in that each claw foot extends to a free end providing an inner longitudinal edge of the claw foot, the intermediate layer covering the inner longitudinal edge of each claw foot.