Patent ID: 7341396

Claim:
An automotive windshield wiper connection device comprising: two side plates parallel to each other and each provided in the center of a bottom thereof with a pin hole and a locking slot; a connection portion connecting said two side plates and provided at one end with an insertion-type elastic piece and at another end with a hook-type elastic piece, said insertion-type elastic piece being provided with an insertion hole, a retaining hole being located over said insertion hole, one of said side plates being provided with a first elastic pad located at one side of said retaining hole, and said one of said side plates being provided with a second elastic pad located over a place between said pin hole and said locking slot, said elastic pads extending above said connection portion in an un-flexed condition, said connection portion being provided with a cover fixing slot located in proximity of said hook-type elastic piece, said side plates each being provided with a protrusion and a recess located at an outer end thereof; and a cover having a cover pin by which said cover is pivotally engaged to said cover fixing slot, said cover being provided with a strength retaining point and a retaining point corresponding respectively to said protrusion and said recess of said connection portion; whereby when a hook type windshield wiper arm is attached to the connection device the hook-type elastic piece is deflected toward the connection piece by a curved portion of the wiper arm, and each of the first and second elastic pads are deflected toward the connection piece by a flat portion of the wiper arm.