Patent ID: 8402594

Claim:
A yokeless windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove having an open circumference, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein ends of said longitudinal strip are connected to a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, said wiper blade comprises an elongated upper holding part and an elongated lower wiping part of a flexible material, wherein said holding part comprises downwardly extending side arms for holding said wiping part from the outside in a lateral region thereof, wherein said at least one longitudinal groove having an open circumference is provided on said holding part at an upper side thereof facing away from said wiping part, wherein said holding part is provided with an elongated reinforcement element having profiles spaced-apart longitudinally from one another therealong by intervening portions, said intervening portions differing in shape from said profiles to provide said reinforcement element with an enhanced bending flexibility in the longitudinal direction and an enhanced bending stiffness in the transverse direction, and wherein said holding part and said reinforcement element are mutually connected through co-extrusion.