Abstract: Vehicle windshield wiper cowl assembly comprising a protective cowl panel adapted to be mounted on the bodywork of a vehicle at the lower end of the vehicle's windshield, the cowl panel having a shaft opening for the pivot shaft of a windshield wiper, the shaft opening having a circumferential border area with a front side and a back side, wherein the border area front side defines a circumferential bordering surface, and a hose connector having a back face and a front face, wherein the hose connector is set into the cowl panel's shaft opening so that the hose connector is bordered by the shaft opening's circumferential border area. The front face of the hose connector is flush with the circumferential bordering surface defined by the border area front side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper mechanism cf the kind having a shaft for driving a windscreen wiper arm which passes through an aperture in the vehicle body with the interposition of a guiding and sealing device, and an outer and inner annular sealing joint. According to the invention, the outer annular sealing joint is produced in one piece with the inner annular sealing joint, and said one-piece sealing joint is adapted to be inserted axially through the aperture prior to the axial clamping of the assembly by means of the clamping nut.