Patent ID: 7690074

Claim:
A connecting device for a wiper blade on the wiper arm of a vehicle wiper system, said wiper blade being formed from a resilient supporting element with a wiper strip, the connecting device comprising: a holding device fastened to outer edges of the supporting element; a connecting bolt disposed on the holding device and extending transversely to a longitudinal extent of the wiper blade; an adapter bracket articulated on said connecting bolt; an end piece disposed on the wiper arm and matched to said adapter bracket for releasably connecting said end piece to said adapter bracket via a latching connection or locking means and fixedly connecting in an assembled state; said adapter bracket being configured to enable said connecting bolt, and the wiper blade, to execute a swinging movement relative to said adapter bracket, with the swinging movement being caused and defined by an arching of the windshield; said end piece engaging under said adapter bracket by way of two guide rails; retaining devices being provided on at least one of said adapter bracket and said holding device, and wherein stop means formed on said end piece are in engagement with said retaining devices in a working position of the windshield wiper on the vehicle window such that said end piece is nonreleasably connected to said adapter bracket in the working position; wherein a stop bracket is formed on at least one outer side of said adapter bracket and directed counter to said end piece, and a retaining bracket, which is integrally formed on at least one outer side of said holding device on a wiper-arm end thereof serve as said retaining devices, and wherein the respective said guide rail has end sides serving as a stop means for said retaining devices.