Patent ID: 8973209
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A connecting apparatus ( 24 ) for hinging a joining element ( 100 , 102 , 104 , 142 , 152 , 162 , 166 ), which is rigidly connected to a wiper arm, by way of an adapter ( 62 ), which is held non-rotatably by the joining element ( 100 , 102 , 104 , 142 , 152 , 162 , 166 ), to a connecting element ( 26 ) fastened to a wiper blade ( 10 ), wherein between said connecting element ( 26 ) and the adapter ( 62 ) a joint ( 52 , 82 ) running transversely to a longitudinal direction of the wiper blade ( 10 ) is provided, and said adapter ( 62 ) forms a frame of two side walls ( 64 ), of a front end wall ( 66 ) and a rear end wall ( 70 ), the frame being partially covered toward the top in the region of the front end wall ( 66 ) by a cover wall ( 68 ) such that an opening ( 74 ) remains toward the rear end wall ( 70 ), the opening ( 74 ) being disposed rearward of the cover wall ( 68 ) and being defined as a cavity formed by the two side walls ( 64 ) and the rear end wall ( 70 ), characterized in that said adapter ( 62 ) has means ( 76 , 78 , 80 , 86 ) for mounting and fixing three different joining elements ( 100 , 102 , 104 ).