Disclosed herein is a device for connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm in which diversity and convenience of the use may be secured by selectively connecting several types of wiper arms using one adapter and in which a structure may be simplified and coupling strength may be increased using fitting and sliding assembling structures.

A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.

A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type, particularly for automobiles, includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed. A connecting device for an oscillating arm is connected to at least one longitudinal strip by at least one pin cooperating with a hole provided in the longitudinal strip. The pin; is movable from a first position, wherein the pin in a pre-mounted position is fixed to the connecting device, into a second position, wherein the pin in a mounted position as a single constructional element is interconnecting the connecting device and the longitudinal strip.

An adapter with flexible tongues for wiper systems is disclosed. The adapter has retractable locking buttons, each fixed to the end of a flexible tongue, that are disposed facing each other so that their respective tongues move toward each other on insertion of said adapter in said end fitting, said tongues being disposed so as to cross over during insertion of said adapter in said end fitting.

The invention relates to a device (26, 26, 26) for a system (16) for connecting a blade (12) to a wiper arm (14), said device, known as the first device, being configured so as to be secured to said blade (12) or to said arm (14) and including means of articulation (35, 35, 35) configured so as to cooperate with complementary means of articulation (60) of another device (30) of the connecting system (16), known as the second device, in order to define at least one means of attachment and pivoting about an axis (Y) of rotation of said first device (26, 26, 26) in relation to said second device (30), said means of articulation (35, 35, 35) of said first device (26, 26, 26) comprising a ball-and-socket connection of at least partially spherical, ellipsoidal or ovoidal shape, said first device (26, 26, 26) being characterized in that it comprises only a single ball-and-socket connection of at least partially spherical, ellipsoidal or ovoidal shape.

A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.

The windscreen wiper device includes a longitudinally extending wiper element that is made of an elastomeric material. A carrier element, which includes at least one pre-curved longitudinal strip, operably supports the wiper element. The wiper device also includes a connector device with a first piece and with a second piece. A joint part is also provided, and the joint part is connectable with the second piece of the connector device and is configured for attachment with an oscillating wiper arm. The second piece includes a pair of prongs which extend through aligned openings in the first piece and the at least one longitudinal strip. Ends of the prongs are plastically deformed to lock the first and second pieces of the connector device with the at least one pre-curved longitudinal strip.

A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, with the special feature that the connecting device has a substantially H-shaped cross-section, wherein lower legs of the H-shaped cross-section are connected to the flexible material of the wiper blade on opposite sides thereof, and wherein upper legs of the H-shaped cross-section are adapted to receive the joint part.

The invention relates to a device for attaching a windshield wiper blade to a drive arm or a wiping system. The device comprises a connector attached to the blade and an adapter (9) for connecting the connector to the arm, said adapter (9) including holding means (20) for holding same in a nominal locking position on the arm. According to the invention, the connector and/or the adapter (9) comprise safety means (70) that allow the arm to be retained in the nominal locking position upon failure of the holding means (20), said safety means (70) being configured to allow the adapter (9) to be mounted on and/or removed from the arm during nominal operation. The invention also relates to such a connector and such an adapter, as well as to a wiping system comprising such an attachment device.

A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.