Wiper blade
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsPeter-Josef Bauer, Christian Wilms, Hubert Verelst, Joris Grammens, Tom Vangeel
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Abstract
The invention starts from a wiper blade (20) of a windshield wiper with a wiper strip support (22) and wiper strip (24), which feature end caps (28) on their ends, whose inner cross-sectional profile is adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the wiper strip support (22). It is proposed that a guide rib (42, 48, 50) running transverse to the longitudinal direction (58) of the wiper blade (20) and having a guide surface (44, 54) be formed laterally on at least one of the end caps (28).
Claims20
Wiper blade (20) of a windshield wiper having a longitudinal direction, the wiper blade (20) comprising:
- a wiper strip support (22) having an end;
- a wiper strip (24) having an end;
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- at least one end cap (28) on the end of the wiper support (22) and the end of the wiper strip (24), the end cap (28) having an inner cross-sectional profile adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the wiper strip support (22), the end cap (28) having a lateral surface and a guide rib (42, 48, 50) projecting laterally from the lateral surface and running transverse to the longitudinal direction (52) of the wiper blade (20), the guide rib (42, 48, 50) and having a guide surface (44, 54) formed laterally on the guide rib (42, 48, 50).
Wiper assembly comprising:
- a wiper arm (10) including a part (12) having a wall (34) with an inner surface;
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- a wiper blade (20) having a longitudinal direction, the wiper blade (20) including
- a wiper strip support (22) having an end,
- a wiper strip (24) having an end, and
- at least one end cap (28) on the end of the wiper support (22) and the end of the wiper strip (24), the end cap (28) having an inner cross-sectional profile adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the wiper strip support (22), the end cap (28) having a lateral surface and a guide rib (42, 48, 50) projecting laterally from the lateral surface and running transverse to the longitudinal direction (52) of the wiper blade (20), the guide rib having a lateral guide surface (44, 54) formed laterally on the guide rib, the lateral guide surface (44, 54) being engageable with the inner surface of the wall (34) of the part (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.