Automobile windshield wiper blade

US8544136B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Godelieve Kraemer · Odenthal, DE
• Juergen Mayer · Gaggenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S2001/3836
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automobile windshield wiper blade has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible resilient support element, on the lower belt surface which faces the windshield and has an elastic rubber wiper strip extending along the windshield parallel to the longitudinal axis. A wind deflection strip on the upper belt surface has an incident surface facing the direction of driving wind. The deflection strip extends longitudinally, and has two sides that diverge from a common base point as seen in cross section, such that the incident surface is located at one exterior side and the wind deflection strip has a constant cross section along its entire length. The support element has outer edges, and the sides of the wind deflection strip have respective free ends that have respective claw-like extensions that grip the outer edges of the support element, wherein the wind deflection strip can be snapped or slid longitudinally onto the outer edges.