Wiper blade

• US 8,595,888 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2009
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Op't Roodt, Inigo
• Primary Examiner(s): GRAHAM, GARY K
• Application Number:
  US12/935,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20110107542A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,758 Days
• Field of Search: 152/503.61, 152/504.3, 152/502.01, 152/503.2, 152/503.3, 152/503.51, 152/504.4
• US Class Current: 15/250.201
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/381 Spoilers mounted on the squeegee or on the vertebra
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3851 Mounting of connector to blade assembly
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3858 with protrusions cooperating with holes
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3863 Connectors having a spoiler
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3867 pin formed on the interior of side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3868 pin formed on the exterior of side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3881 in additional element, e.g. spoiler
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/3894 having a particular shape

Abstract

The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) having a wiper strip (50), the head strip (56) of which is held by a receiving profile (30, 62, 70), which is connected to a longitudinal channel (60) for a support element (12), wherein a connecting element (16) is provided in the center region of the wiper blade (10) for the articulated connection to a wiper arm. The invention provides that the connecting element (16) forms part of the longitudinal channel (60) along with a connecting plate (22) in that the connecting plate (22) forms the side facing the wiper strip (50) with the base (24) thereof, and encloses the support element (12, 92) with the side walls (26) thereof, while the connecting element (16) forms the side opposite the base (24) and overlaps the side walls (26) with side parts (44) thereof, wherein part of the receiving profile (30) is integrally formed on the base (24) of the connecting plate (22) toward the wiper strip (50).

Claims

1. Wiper blade having a wiper strip, a head strip of which is held by a receiving profile, which is connected to a longitudinal channel for a support element, wherein a connecting element is provided in a center region of the wiper blade for an articulated connection to a wiper arm, wherein the connecting element forms part of the longitudinal channel along with a connecting plate in that the connecting plate forms a side facing the wiper strip with a base thereof, and encloses the support element with side walls thereof, while said connecting element forms a side opposite the base and overlaps the side walls with side parts thereof, wherein part of the receiving profile is integrally formed on the base of said connecting plate toward the wiper strip, wherein the connecting plate has a centering pin, which engages in a centering hole of the support element, on the side of the base thereof which faces the connecting element.

2. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein the connecting element has detent lugs on the side parts thereof, with which it can be clipped onto the connecting plate.

3. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein the connecting element has inwardly pointing detent lugs, which project through recesses in the side walls of the connecting plate and catch on the support element, which overlap said side walls of said connecting plate from the outside.

4. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein the connecting element has a longitudinal web, on which a bearing axis is provided in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.

5. The wiper blade according to claim 1, furthering including a spoiler, and the connecting element has a connecting profile for spoiler parts on ends thereof and forms a step in the region of the side parts, said step resting against guide rails of the connecting plate which protrude opposite the side walls of said connecting plate.

6. The wiper blade according to claim 5, wherein the spoiler parts are attached in the longitudinal direction to the connecting profiles of the connecting element and partially project into said connecting profiles, said spoiler parts forming part of the longitudinal channel and part of the receiving profile and extend the corresponding sections of the connecting plate and the corresponding sections of said connecting element.

7. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein end caps are provided on ends thereof, said end caps having in extension of a longitudinal channel of spoiler parts in each case an end channel for the support element and in extension of a receiving profile of said spoiler parts receiving profiles for the head strip of the wiper strip.

8. The wiper blade according to claim 1, wherein the support element comprises only one spring rail, which has boreholes on the ends thereof, in which a detent lug of an end cap in each case engages.

9. Wiper blade having a wiper strip, a head strip of which is held by a receiving profile, which is connected to a longitudinal channel for a support element, wherein a connecting element is provided in a center region of the wiper blade for an articulated connection to a wiper arm, wherein the connecting element forms part of the longitudinal channel along with a connecting plate in that the connecting plate forms a side facing the wiper strip with a base thereof, and encloses the support element with side walls thereof, while said connecting element forms a side opposite the base and overlaps the side walls with side parts thereof, wherein part of the receiving profile is integrally formed on the base of said connecting plate toward the wiper strip, the wiper blade furthering including a spoiler, and the connecting element has a connecting profile for spoiler parts on ends thereof and forms a step in the region of the side parts, said step resting against guide rails of the connecting plate which protrude opposite the side walls of said connecting plate, wherein the spoiler parts are attached in the longitudinal direction to the connecting profiles of the connecting element and partially project into said connecting profiles, said spoiler parts forming part of the longitudinal channel and part of the receiving profile and extend the corresponding sections of the connecting plate and the corresponding sections of said connecting element.

10. Wiper blade having a wiper strip, a head strip of which is held by a receiving profile, which is connected to a longitudinal channel for a support element, wherein a connecting element is provided in a center region of the wiper blade for an articulated connection to a wiper arm, wherein the connecting element forms part of the longitudinal channel along with a connecting plate in that the connecting plate forms a side facing the wiper strip with a base thereof, and encloses the support element with a side walls thereof, while said connecting element forms a side opposite the base and overlaps the side walls with side parts thereof, wherein part of the receiving profile is integrally formed on the base of said connecting plate toward the wiper strip, the wiper blade furthering including a spoiler, and the connecting element has a connecting profile for spoiler parts on ends thereof and forms a step in the region of the side parts, said step resting against guide rails of the connecting plate which protrude opposite the side walls of said connecting plate.