Patent ID: 7581279
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. Device to connecting a wiper arm to a wiper blade featuring a head strip and a supporting element on which a connecting element for the wiper arm is attached, wherein the supporting element comprises a strip received within a longitudinal groove of the head strip, and wherein the connecting element includes at least two holding means that cooperate with counter holding means connected to the wiper arm to connect the wiper arm to the connecting element, one of the at least two holding means including a first aperture defined in the connecting element shaped to receive a pin of the wiper arm in mating engagement, the connecting element further including a lever releasably engagable with a second aperture defined in the wiper arm, the lever having a locked state in which the lever is engaged with the second aperture and prevents release of the at least two holding means from the counter holding means, the lever also having an unlocked state in which the lever is disengaged from the second aperture to permit release of the at least two holding means from the counter holding means, wherein the wiper blade has a curvature in a relaxed state of the wiper blade to present a concave shape directed generally away from the connecting element, and wherein a base part is attached between the connecting element and the supporting element, the base part firmly connected to the supporting element to prevent relative movement between the base part and the supporting element, and connected to the connecting element so that the base part can rotate, the base part directly connected to the supporting element.