Wiper blade for windows of motor vehicles

• US 6,874,195 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2001
• Issued: 04/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Schmidt, Thomas, Leutsch, Wolfgang, Merkel, Wilfried, Kotlarski, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Gary K.
• Application Number:
  US09/860,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20020000018A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,418 Days
• Field of Search: 152/502.01, 152/504.8, 152/504.51, 152/504.52, 152/504.3, 152/504.4, 152/503.61
• US Class Current: 15/250.201
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3806 Means, or measures taken, for influencing the aerodynamic quality of the wiper blades
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3808 Spoiler integral with the squeegee
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3879 placed in side grooves in the squeegee
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/3836 characterised by cross-sectional shape

Abstract

A wiper blade for wiping windows of motor vehicles has an elongated rubber-elastic wiper strip placeable on a window to be wiped and arranged substantially longitudinally axially parallel on a surface of a strip-shaped, spring-elastic support element which is connected with a wiper arm which is spring loaded toward the window and driven transversely to a longitudinal extension of the wiper blade, and a leading-edge face extending longitudinally of the wiper blade and substantially parallel to the window and facing into a wind so as to form an acute angle with the window.

Claims

1. A wiper blade for windows of motor vehicles, comprising an elongated, strip-shaped, spring-elastic, curved support element having two legs which have a longitudinal extension following a curvature, convex upper sides defining a plane which follows the curvature, and concave lower sides;

an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip located substantially longitudinally axially parallel directly on said concave lower sides of said legs;

a connection device provided for connection of the wiper blade with a wiper arm and arranged directly on said convex upper side of said legs; and

a leading-edge face formed on a projection being of unitary construction with the wiper strip, which is arranged on said convex upper sides of said legs and which encloses en acute angle with a plane defined by said convex upper aides of said legs of said support element so as to generate a force component which counters a liftoff tendency of the wiper blade and keeps a contact pressure of the wiper blade on a vehicle window, wherein the wiper strip has a base body, wherein a wiper lip is formed on the base body by means of a tilting rib and wherein two, opposed side longitudinal grooves that are open at their periphery are provided in the base body, wherein the legs of the support element are introduced into the longitudinal grooves and wherein a narrow connecting rib remains between the two opposed longitudinal grooves, wherein said projection is composed of a material which is different and softer than that of said sweeper strip.

2. A wiper blade as defined in claim 1, wherein said wiper blade with said projection cross said support element in a plane located on said plane which is defined by said convex upper surface.

3. A wiper blade as defined in claim 1, wherein said projection is extruded onto a sweeper strip of said wiper strip.

4. A wiper blade as defined in claim 1, wherein said leading-edge face, seen in cross section, has a hollow curvature facing into a wind.

5. A wiper blade as defined in claim 1, wherein said support element is composed of a plurality of parts.

6. A wiper blade as defined in claim 1, wherein said support element is hairpin-shaped and has two pin-shaped legs which are parallel to one another and joined integrally together by a cross bar.

7. A wiper blade as defined in claim 6, wherein said pin-shaped legs have other ends which are remote from said cross bar and joined together by a retaining element.

8. A wiper blade as defined in claim 1, wherein said leading-edge face is curved.