Patent ID: 7628560

Claim:
An elongated bearing element ( 30 ) for hinging a wiper blade ( 10 ) to a hook-shaped end ( 20 ) of a wiper rod ( 18 ) of a windshield wiper, comprising a hub ( 36 ) which is open over part of a circumference and formed for placing the bearing element ( 30 ) onto a supporting bolt ( 28 ) of the wiper blade ( 10 ), contacting faces ( 46 , 62 , 66 ) and detent means ( 76 , 78 ) for holding the bearing element ( 30 ) by the hook-shaped end, two side walls ( 32 , 34 ) that are connected by the hub ( 36 ), and a number of lateral struts ( 60 , 64 , 70 ) that are arranged a longitudinal direction ( 38 ) on both sides of the hub ( 36 ) and guidable laterally by legs ( 72 , 74 ) of the hook-shaped end ( 20 ), wherein a clearance ( 40 , 42 ) between the side walls ( 32 , 34 ) corresponds to a width of the legs ( 72 , 74 ), whereby a smaller wiper rod or a larger wiper rod each ( 18 ) with different widths is mountable by turning the element ( 30 ) substantially over 180° around the hub ( 36 ); the side walls ( 32 , 34 ), in a region for legs ( 72 , 74 ) of a hook-shaped end ( 20 ) of the smaller wiper rod ( 18 ) on one side of the hub ( 36 ), have a small clearance for lateral guidance of the smaller wiper rod ( 18 ), while the sidewalls ( 32 , 34 ) in a region for the legs ( 72 , 74 ) of the larger wiper rod ( 18 ) of a hook-shaped end ( 20 ) on another side of the hub ( 36 ) have a large clearance extending over more than a half of a length of the side walls ( 32 , 34 ) for lateral guidance of the larger wiper rod ( 18 ).