Wiper blade

US7996953B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Peter Braun · Sulz am Neckar, DE
• Dirk Herinckx · Zoutleeuw, BE
• Inigo Op't Roodt · Hasselt, BE
• Hans Beelen · Herk-de-Stad, BE
• David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN · Winksele, BE
• Peter Saevels · Attenrode, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 18, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S2001/3822
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wiper blade (10) comprising a rubber elastic wiper strip (12) in which a resilient rail (18, 20) is inserted into a lateral longitudinal groove on each side of side of said wiper blade as a support element and laterally protrudes from the longitudinal groove, wherein the resilient rails (18, 20) support terminal caps (26, 60, 81) while being held together at their ends and being fixed relative to the wiper strip (12) in the longitudinal direction by a bridge (22), which is joined in a fixed manner to the resilient rails (18, 20) at the lateral parts of said bridge and forms a free space for a top strip (16) of the wiper strip (12) in the central area of the bridge. It is proposed that the terminal caps (26, 60, 81) have detachable fixing means (52) that engage in the top strip (16) of the wiper strip (12), wherein the axial movability of the resilient rails (18, 20) relative to the wiper strip (12) is limited by the terminal caps (26, 60, 81).