Wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windscreen
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsPaul Wynen, Dirk Herinckx, Jurgen Roekens
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Abstract
A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows has a wiper strip (12) which is held by a support bracket system (10) and is encompassed by a protective profile (14, 58) to which a wiper element (16, 18, 20, 22) is fastened on the side oriented toward the window. The protective profile (14, 58) is comprised of an elastic material and has the capacity to be largely adapted to curvatures of the window by means of elastic deformation.
Claims3
A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows, having a wiper strip (12) which is held by a support bracket system (10) and Is encompassed by a protective profile (14, 58) to which a wiper element (16, 18, 20, 22) is fastened on a rounded side oriented toward the window, characterized in that the protective profile (14, 58) is comprised of polypropylene and can be largely adapted to curvatures of the window by means of elastic deformation, and wherein the wiper element has a shape selected from the group consisting of triangular, trapezoidal, and approximately square cross section, wherein on at least one end, the protective profile (58) is closed with a projection (62, 64) that is directed inward, lateral to a longitudinal direction, said projection (62, 64) being formed onto a side wall (60) of the protective profile (58), and wherein a gap (78) is formed between the projection (62, 64) and an opposite side wall (26).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.