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Wiper blade for cleaning vehicle panes and method for mounting said wiper blade

  • US 7,559,110 B1
  • Filed: 11/09/1999
  • Issued: 07/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Wiper blade for window panes in motor vehicles, comprising an elongated rubber-elastic wiping strip (20) which can contact the window pane (14) and is provided at both of its longitudinal sides (30) with open-edged longitudinal receiving grooves (32) which are arranged in a plane approximately parallel to the window pane and forming a longitudinal web (36) therebetween;

  • a carrying element formed by at least two strip-shaped elongated, resilient separate carrying rails (12) accommodated in the grooves (32), the inner edges of the carrying rails (12) which face one another contact the longitudinal web (36) of the wiping strip (20) and the two carrying rails (12) are secured in the grooves (32) transverse to their longitudinal extension;

    a connection device formed as a holder (16) which secures the carrying rails (12) in the grooves (32) and is provided with means for connection of a wiper arm, wherein the holder is provided with L-shaped claws (46) each having two legs with a first L-leg (48) traversing outer edges (52) of the carrying rails and a second L-leg (50) engaging under the respective carrying rail (12), and a distance (60) measured transverse to the longitudinal extension of the wiper blade (10) between inner edges of the first L-leg (48) which face one another at least in a region of the L-legs is less than a sum of a width (62) of the two carrying rails (12) plus a width (46) of the longitudinal web (36) of the wiping strip (20), whereby the wiping strip (20) provided with the carrying rails (12) is held by compression produced in the longitudinal web (36), wherein said carrying element has a lower side on which the wiping strip (20) is directly placed and an upper side on which said connection device is directly place, wherein the lower strip surfaces (19) of the two carrying rails (12) together enclose an angle (α

    ) that is less than 180°

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