Windscreen wiper blade having a built-in washer liquid conduit

摘要

The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade of a motor vehicle, comprising an elongate flexible strip, wherein at least one end of the strip is covered by a cap with a built-in conduit provided with a nozzle offset on the side of the flexible strip relative to the longitudinal median plane of said flexible strip.

主权项

1. A windshield wiper blade assembly of an automotive vehicle, said windshield wiper blade assembly comprising:
an elongated flexible wiper blade; a frame in which the wiper blade is retained, the frame having a deflector side structured to deflect wind and an opposing back side; and an end cap having a length shorter than a length of the frame, the end cap removably disposed over and enclosing a longitudinal end portion of the frame, the cap having a first leg disposed over the deflector side of the longitudinal end portion of the frame and an elongated second leg disposed over the back side of the longitudinal end portion of the frame, the second leg having a lower part extending downward, substantially coplanar with the frame back side, beyond the back side of the longitudinal end portion of the frame such that a distal end of the second leg is adjacent a longitudinal end portion of a lip of the wiper blade, the second leg having a conduit integrated in the distal end thereof such that the conduit is disposed adjacent the longitudinal end portion of the lip of the wiper blade and a nozzle fluidly connected to the conduit, the nozzle offset on the frame back side of the longitudinal end portion of the lip of the wiper blade relative to a median longitudinal plane of wiper blade and structured and operable to dispense washer fluid into and along a concavity of the wiper blade.