Patent ID: 7559109

Claim:
Wiper arm ( 10 ) for a windshield wiper device for wiping a windshield, the wiper arm comprising at least: one elongated fastening part ( 12 ) for fastening the wiper arm ( 10 ) to the windshield wiper device, one articulated part ( 16 ), which is connected in an articulated manner to the fastening part ( 12 ) so as to be moveable in a first plane, one spring element ( 34 ), which is arranged between the fastening part ( 12 ) and the articulated part ( 16 ) and is provided with a tension spring ( 32 ) that is stressed during a relative movement between the fastening part ( 12 ) and the articulated part ( 16 ), one fastening means ( 30 ) connecting the tension spring ( 32 ) to the fastening part ( 12 ), characterized in that the fastening means ( 30 ) has a U-shaped bend ( 36 ) in a second plane that is perpendicular to the first plane, further characterized in that the fastening part ( 12 ) has a lower, transverse surface with a width substantially perpendicular to the first plane the fastening part defining a transverse slot ( 28 ) extending from the lower, transverse surface and extending through the entire width of the fastening part ( 12 ), such that the transverse slot ( 28 ) is open at its ends on opposing side surfaces of the fastening part, the fastening part ( 12 ) having a length substantially perpendicular to the width and substantially in the first plane, the fastening part ( 12 ) defining a longitudinal slot in communication with the transverse slot ( 28 ), and in that the fastening means ( 30 ) has a connecting end opposite the bend ( 36 ), the connecting end being received in the transverse slot ( 28 ) to connect the fastening means ( 30 ) to the fastening part ( 12 ), a portion of the fastening means ( 30 ) being receivable in the longitudinal slot.