Wiper blade
AssigneeMitsuba Corporation
InventorKAZUHISA TAMURA
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Abstract
The present invention has a main holder 40 that is coupled to a wiper arm, a vertebra 22 that is held by the main holder 40 and curves with a prescribed curvature, and a blade rubber 30 that is held by the vertebra 22 and makes contact with a front glass 11, wherein the main holder 40 comprises a first claw part 46 and a second claw part 47 that hold the vertebra 22 with a gap in the lengthwise direction thereof, and a supporting protrusion 49 that is provided between the first claw part 46 and the second claw part 47, and protrudes toward the vertebra 22, and the vertebra 22 comprises an elongated hole 22a in which the supporting protrusion 49 is engaged.
Claims5
A wiper blade connected to an arm swung by a driving source and wiping a wiped surface. the wiper blade comprising:
- a connecting member, connected to the arm;
- a vertebra, held by the connecting member and curved with a prescribed curvature;
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- a blade rubber, held by the vertebra and in contact with the wiped surface,
- the connecting member comprising:
- a first holding part and a second holding part, holding the vertebra with an interval in a lengthwise direction of the vertebra;
- and a protruding part, provided between the first holding part and the second holding part and protruding toward the vertebra, and
- the vertebra comprising an engagement hole to which the protruding part is engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.