Patent ID: 8186002

Claim:
Device ( 10 ) for pivoting connection of a wiper blade ( 14 ) to a wiper arm ( 12 ) of a windshield wiper, comprising a connecting element ( 52 , 84 , 100 ) fixed to the wiper arm ( 12 ) and a connecting piece ( 24 ) fixed to a support element ( 20 ) on the wiper blade ( 14 ), which supports a bearing element ( 32 ), forming a pivoting bearing with a bearing element ( 34 ) on an adapter ( 38 , 80 ) made of plastic, whereby the adapter ( 38 , 80 ) is fixed in the profile of the connecting element ( 52 , 84 , 100 ), that is open in a direction of the connecting piece ( 24 ), by clip elements ( 40 , 78 , 82 ) and retainer elements ( 62 , 64 , 86 , 90 , 104 ), characterized in that the connecting element ( 52 , 84 , 100 ) is an essentially rectangular hollow body, open on the side facing the connecting piece ( 24 ) with a fixing element ( 60 ) molded on a longitudinal side thereof, which covers the longitudinal side and is fixed to the end of the wiper arm ( 12 ) and substantially open on an opposite longitudinal side except for a presence of the retainer elements, and that at least front walls ( 54 , 56 ) and a cover wall ( 58 ) of the connecting element ( 52 , 84 , 100 ) are essentially sealed.