Windscreen wiper device
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Corporation
InventorTHOMAS FRISCIONI
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Abstract
A windscreen wiper device (1) of the flat blade type includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade (2) of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The wiper blade (2) includes at least one groove (3), in which groove (3) a longitudinal strip (4) of the carrier element is disposed. The free ends of the wiper blade (2) are connected to a respective end cap (8). A connecting device (5) for an oscillating wiper arm (6) is provided as well as a spoiler (7) at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped. At least one end cap (8) includes a top surface (9) abutting a top surface (10) of the spoiler (7), and the top surface (9) of the end cap (8) and the top surface of the spoiler (7) extend in the same plane.
Claims8
A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein free ends of said wiper blade are connected to a respective end cap, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, and wherein said wiper blade is provided with a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped, wherein at least one of said end caps comprises a top surface abutting a top surface of said spoiler, wherein said top surface of said at least one of said end caps and said top surface of said spoiler extend in the same plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.