Patent ID: 8196252

Claim:
A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material having a wiping edge, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by respective pairs of connecting pieces, which windscreen wiper device includes a connecting device for attachment to an oscillating wiper arm, wherein each of said connecting pieces includes a connecting channel in which a part of said wiper blade that projects from said strips in a direction away from said wiping edge extends, wherein said connecting channel includes a base wall and at least one gripping tooth projecting into said connecting channel from said base wall and directly gripping said part of said wiper blade, and wherein each of said connecting pieces further includes a spoiler portion having a spoiler cavity configured to receive an end of a spoiler of said wiper device, and wherein said spoiler cavity is separated from said connecting channel by said base wall.