Wiper apparatus including welded mounting bracket

A wiper apparatus, comprising:

• a wiper linkage including a pivot lever which is connected to a pivot shaft of a wiper arm for wiping a windshield glass of a vehicle, a pivot holder for supporting said pivot shaft, a link rod which is rotatably connected to said pivot lever, and a crank arm which is rotatably connected to said link rod;
• a wiper motor which rotates said crank arm and moves said link rod reciprocatively;
• an elongated supporting pipe which is fixed to said vehicle and supports said wiper linkage;
• holding means which holds said wiper motor to said supporting pipe;
• wherein said holding means includes a mounting member to which said wiper motor is mounted and a fixing member for fixing said mounting member to said supporting pipe, wherein said fixing member is disposed along the outer periphery of said supporting pipe and has a substantially C-shaped cross-section in a perpendicular direction to an axis of said supporting pipe and said fixing member includes a plurality of protruding portions which are elongated in a longitudinal direction of said supporting pipe on the inner periphery of said fixing member facing the supporting pipe, and further wherein each of said plurality of protruding portions provides a weld portion between said fixing member and said supporting pipe.