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Wiper blade with a supporting element

  • US 8,745,813 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2007
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Wiper blade (10) with a supporting element (12) which has two interconnected spring rails (30), and with a wiper strip (14) including a top strip (20) and longitudinal grooves (34) into which the spring rails (30) are inserted in a manner allowing the wiper strip to be exchanged, characterized in that the spring rails (30) extend along a portion of the longitudinal grooves (34) and terminate prior to an end of the longitudinal grooves (34) to define an end surface of the spring rails (30), characterized in that one end of the wiper strip (14) is connected fixedly to a separable thickened portion (74, 98, 100, 108, 110, 112, 114) by means of which the wiper strip (14) can be fixed relative to the supporting element (12), characterized in that the thickened portion (74, 98, 100, 114) extends into the longitudinal grooves (34) and an end surface of the thickened portion in the grooves is disposed opposite the one end of the wiper strip (14), characterized in that a bridge (78) connects the spring rails (30), and characterized in that the bridge (78) abuts against the end surface of the thickened portion (74, 98, 100, 114) and the end surface of the spring rails (30) abuts against the end surface of the thickened portion (74, 98, 100, 114) in the grooves (34) to retain the spring rails (30) on the wiper strip (14).

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