Patent ID: 7143463

Claim:
A device for detachably and articulately connecting a windshield wiper blade to a wiper arm having a driven end and a free end, the wiper blade having a longitudinal axis, having a band-like, elongated, elastic supporting element with upper and lower surfaces, and having a wiper strip on the lower surface of the support element, the device having an articulation axis and comprising a first coupling half adapted to be mounted on the free end of the wiper arm, and the device also comprising a second coupling half adapted to be mounted on the upper surface of the supporting element, the second coupling half having a pivot pin adapted to be aligned transverse to the longitudinal axis of the wiper blade for connection to the first coupling half, the pivot pin having a longitudinal axis that forms the articulation axis of the device, and the pivot pin being received in a pin receptacle on the first coupling half, the second coupling half including a unitary, bent sheet metal part, on which the pivot pin is formed, characterized in that the sheet metal part includes base strips adapted to be connected to the supporting element of the wiper blade, the base strips being aligned parallel to one another and at a distance from one another, and the base strips being connected to one another by a bow-like bridge that includes the pivot pin, wherein the pivot pin includes two partial pins that are aligned with each other and that project laterally beyond the bow-like bridge; and wherein at least one partial section of the sheet metal part is rolled like a sleeve and reshaped as the pivot pin.