Windscreen wiper for a motor vehicle, with mounting head therefor and protective cap for the mounting head.

摘要

The invention provides a motor vehicle windscreen wiper of the type including a drive (mounting) head (18) which comprises a front part onto which there is articulated a windscreen wiper arm which carries a windscreen wiper blade and a rear part including means (32) for fastening the drive head onto the end of a shaft for driving the windscreen wiper in rotation, and including a removable cap (26) for protecting the fastening means which includes a lateral wall (62) which at least partially surrounds the lateral face of the rear part of the drive head (18) and an upper wall (64) which at least partially covers over the upper face (36) of the drive head (18) and the means for fastening this rear part onto the driveshaft and which includes means for keeping the cap (26) of the drive head (18) in position, characterised in that the means for holding the cap include a rib (70) formed on the interior face (66) of the upper wall (64) of the cap (26) and which is received clamped between the opposite faces of a complementary slit formed in the drive head. <IMAGE>