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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Klaus-Juergen Westermann, Karlsbad, DE;
Eric Pollaris, Meeuwen-Gruitrook, BE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The windshield wiper includes a wiper blade (,), a holding clip (,) for holding the wiper blade (,) and an intermediate piece (,) for pivotally connecting the holding clip (,) together with the wiper blade (,) with different-sized wiper arms (,). The intermediate piece (,) is provided with a receiving area (,) for each different wiper arm. The receiving area (,) has different-sized receiving portions for the different wiper arms. The intermediate piece (,) includes two housing halves (,) connected in one piece with each other by an elastic member (,). This elastic member (,) consists of a tubular spring (,) extending around the intermediate piece and connecting the two housing halves, so that the two housing halves may be squeezed together or move apart.