Patent ID: 8448290

Claim:
A device ( 10 ) for a jointed connection of a wiper blade ( 12 ) to a wiper arm ( 18 ), wherein a joining element ( 20 ) which is to be connected to the wiper blade ( 12 ) has a joint part ( 32 ) which forms a joint with a joint part ( 40 ) on a connecting element ( 38 ) to be connected to the wiper arm ( 18 ), and one of the joint parts ( 40 ) is a hub ( 40 ) which is open in a longitudinal direction of the joining element ( 20 ) and, in a fitted state, is supported with respect to the connecting element ( 38 ) in a direction opposed to the hub opening ( 42 ), and wherein side walls ( 30 , 56 ) of the joining element ( 20 ) and of the connecting element ( 38 ) overlap, characterized in that the side walls ( 56 ) of the connecting element ( 38 ) have cutouts ( 44 ) which are open toward a wiper strip ( 14 ) and into which projections ( 34 ) on the joining element ( 20 ) enter in an operating position of the wiper blade ( 12 ) such that the joining and connecting elements ( 20 , 38 ) are locked against each other in the longitudinal direction, and characterized in that the joining element ( 20 ) is designed as a sheet-metal claw and the projections are formed by tabs ( 34 ) which are cut free from the side walls ( 30 ) of the joining element ( 20 ) and are bent toward the connecting element ( 38 ) at an acute angle with respect to the side wall ( 30 ) and enter into the cutouts ( 44 ) therein.