Patent ID: 8156604

Claim:
Windshield wiper device ( 10 ) comprising at least one wiper bearing ( 14 ) having an end surface and an outer surface and supporting at least one wiper shaft ( 16 ), which has at least one undercut ( 48 ) in which a securing device ( 40 ) for axially fixing the wiper shaft ( 16 ) in the wiper bearing ( 14 ) is arranged, which securing device is displaced by the effects of a defined axial force component (F) on the wiper shaft ( 16 ), whereby the wiper shaft ( 16 ) is displaced in relationship to the wiper bearing ( 14 ), characterized in that the securing device ( 40 ) comprises a bushing section ( 42 ) supporting the wiper shaft ( 16 ) and with an indentation ( 50 ), which engages in the undercut ( 48 ) of the wiper shaft ( 16 ), a flange section ( 44 ) attached to the bushing section ( 42 ) and engaging the end surface of the wiper bearing ( 14 ), and a bushing-shaped closure section ( 46 ) attached to the flange section ( 44 ) and surrounding a portion of the outer surface of the wiper bearing ( 14 ).