Patent ID: 8181305

Claim:
Windshield wiper device, comprising at least one wiper shaft ( 10 ), characterized in that the wiper shaft ( 10 ) is inserted into a sleeve ( 11 ), the wiper shaft ( 10 ) and the sleeve ( 11 ) being displaceable along an axis relative to a molded tube ( 12 ) under the action of a force and lockable by a locking device ( 22 , 30 , 40 , 51 , 60 ), the locking device ( 22 , 30 , 40 , 51 , 60 ) having an indentation in the sleeve ( 11 ) in which a locking element ( 23 , 31 , 52 , 61 ) engages, and in that the locking element ( 23 , 31 , 52 , 61 ) is pressed with a spring element ( 24 , 41 , 50 , 62 ) into the indentation, the locking element and the spring element being separate from the molded tube, the molded tube defining a radial bore substantially perpendicular to the axis and at least partially receiving both the locking element and the spring element.