Patent ID: 8196254

Claim:
Device ( 20 ) for the articulated connection of a wiper blade ( 12 ) to a wiper arm ( 10 ) of a windshield wiper, the device comprising a connecting element ( 38 ), which can be connected to a connecting piece ( 22 ) of the wiper blade ( 12 ) and which has a profile that is open towards the connecting piece ( 22 ), characterized in that a filler piece ( 44 ) is arranged in the connecting element ( 38 ) on a side facing the wiper arm ( 10 ), which filler piece tightly abuts inner walls of the connecting element ( 38 ), and characterized in that an adapter ( 30 ) is fixed against pivotal and translational movement relative to the connecting element via fastening means ( 34 , 40 ) in the profile of the connecting element ( 38 ) that is open towards the connecting piece ( 22 ), and the adapter can be pivoted on the connecting piece ( 22 ), and wherein the filler piece ( 44 ) is arranged following the adapter ( 30 ) and tightly abuts an adjacent face of the adapter ( 30 ).