Patent 7581278 was granted and assigned to Bosch (company) on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A windshield wiper device (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, is proposed, with at least one wiper bearing (14), which includes a bearing housing (24), [and] a wiper shaft (22), which is positioned in the bearing housing (24) and bears a wiper arm (28) on a first end (26). An element (42), which axially fixes the wiper shaft (22), is radially attachable to the wiper shaft (22).