Patent ID: 7305734

Claim:
A flat-blade type windscreen wiper device ( 1 ) comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade ( 2 ) of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device ( 7 ) for an oscillating arm ( 8 ), wherein said oscillating arm ( 8 ) is pivotally connected to said connecting device ( 7 ) about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part ( 12 ), wherein said connecting device ( 7 ) is positioned at least substantially within said joint part ( 12 ), wherein said joint part ( 12 ) is attached to said connecting device ( 7 ) by pivotally engaging protrusions ( 10 ) of said connecting device ( 7 ) at the location of said pivot axis in recesses ( 11 ) provided in said joint part ( 12 ), wherein said joint part ( 12 ) has an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of its attachment to said connecting device ( 7 ), and wherein said joint part ( 12 ) in each leg of said U-shaped cross-section is provided with a recess ( 11 ) provided coaxially with said pivot axis, wherein the protrusions ( 10 ) extend outwards on either side of said connecting device ( 7 ) and wherein the protrusions ( 10 ) are at least substantially cylindrical, said joint part ( 12 ) is made of plastic, wherein said joint part ( 12 ) comprises at least one resilient tongue ( 13 ) engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole ( 14 ) provided in said oscillating arm ( 8 ), wherein the oscillating arm ( 8 ) has an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of its connection to said joint part ( 12 ), and wherein said hole ( 14 ) is provided in a base ( 16 ) of said U-shaped cross-section of said arm ( 8 ), and wherein each leg ( 15 ) of said U-shaped cross-section of said arm ( 8 ) comprises a respective clamping member ( 17 ) which engages around longitudinal sides of said joint part ( 12 ) that face away from each other such that said clamping members ( 17 ) together with said substantially U-shaped cross-section are formed as inwardly bended edges ( 17 ) integral with said legs ( 15 ).