Device for connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm of a windshield wiper in an articulated manner

US8196254B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Samir Mahfoudh · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Wolfgang Leutsch · Bühl, DE
• Hubert Verelst · Tienen, BE
• Erik Kinnaert · Tienen, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S2001/4054
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (20) for connecting a wiper blade (12) to a wiper arm (10) of a windshield wiper in an articulated manner, which comprises a joining element (38), which is joined in a fixed manner to the wiper arm (10), and a connecting element (22), which is joined in a fixed manner to a supporting element (16) of the wiper blade (12) and on which a plastic adapter (30) is pivotally mounted. The adapter (30) is fixed in the profile of the joining element (38), said profile being open toward the connecting element (22), by means of fastening means (34, 40). The invention provides that a filler piece (44) is placed in the joining element (38) on the side facing the wiper arm (10) following the adapter (30). Said filler piece rests tightly against the inside walls of the joining element (38) and against the adjacent face of the adapter (30).