Patent ID: 9718442
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60S,Y10T

Claim:
1. 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 is of the flat blade type and includes at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, and wherein said windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for detachably connecting said wiper blade to an oscillating arm near one end thereof around a pivot axis, wherein said connecting device has legs and is fixated to said flexible material of said wiper blade by plastic deformation of a localized portion of at least one of said legs of said connecting device in order to block any lateral movement between said longitudinal strip and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection and between said connecting device and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection, wherein said connecting device has an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section having said legs and a base, wherein said legs have inwardly and outwardly bent edges at their outer ends, wherein opposite sides of said wiper blade rest in respective slits formed by said inwardly bent edges and outwardly bent parts of said legs, and wherein said localized portion of said plastic deformation comprises a plurality of inwardly pinched portions on said inwardly bent and outwardly bent edges.