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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Baranowski, Markus Franzen, Maik Broda, Pascal Rebmann
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A wiper unit for an automobile windshield wiper system has at least one wiper arm connectable to a wiper drive of the windshield wiper system and at least one wiper blade supported by the wiper arm. In order to provide a lightweight wiper unit that can be produced cost-effectively and offers greater design freedom, at least one fiber-reinforced nonmetallic strip is arranged on the outside of the wiper arm and/or the wiper blade. That nonmetallic strip extends over at least half the length of the wiper arm or wiper blade, is connected to the wiper arm or the wiper blade in a substance-bonded manner, and is arranged at least in part on a side of the wiper arm or wiper blade which is arranged facing or facing away from an automobile windshield which is to be wiped.
A wiper unit for an automobile windshield wiper system comprising at least one wiper arm connectable to a wiper drive of the windshield wiper system and at least one wiper blade supported by the wiper arm, wherein (a) at least one fiber-reinforced nonmetallic strip is arranged on an outside of at least one of the wiper arm and the wiper blade, said nonmetallic strip extending over at least half a length of the at least one of the wiper arm and wiper blade, said at least one fiber-reinforced nonmetallic strip being connected to the at least one of the wiper arm and the wiper blade in a substance-bonded manner and (b) the wiper arm and the wiper blade are monolithically connected to one another.
A method for producing a wiper unit, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.