Patent ID: 6625841
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A retaining spring for producing an articulated connection of a wiper blade to a wiper arm of a vehicle, in which the retaining spring has a first connecting means formed as a first seat for making a first connection to a retaining element of the wiper blade arid a second connecting means formed as a second seat for making a second connection to a carrier element of the wiper arm, wherein the articulated connection can be produced by means of the first and the second connecting means (13, 15), in an operating position of the retaining spring (10), by a relative displacement, between the wiper blade and the spring and between the wiper arm and the spring in a mounting direction (26) that is essentially perpendicular to an operating plane of the wiper blade (11), wherein the second seat (15) is embodied as a receptacle unit for the carrier element (16), and wherein the receptacle unit is embodied as two receptacles (17), which are essentially U-shaped in longitudinal section and between which the first seat (13) is disposed.