US 11,794,698 B2
Windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type
Xavier Boland, Arlon (BE)
Assigned to TRICO BELGIUM S.A, Aubange (BE)
Appl. No. 17/632,489
Filed by TRICO BELGIUM S.A., Aubange (BE)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/071094
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023373, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281417 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60S 1/38 (2006.01); B60S 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/3855 (2013.01) [B60S 1/3863 (2013.01); B60S 1/4087 (2013.01); B60S 2001/409 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A windscreen wiper device of a flat blade type comprising:
an elastic, elongated carrier element; and
an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped;
wherein:
said elongated wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal slit in which at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed,
said windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for a rod-like extension of an oscillating arm, and said rod-like extension can be pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near a free end thereof,
said connecting device comprises a first part and a second part, and said rod-like extension of said oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to said first part about said pivot axis with the interposition of said second part,
said first part is connected to said elongated wiper blade and said second part is detachably snapped onto said first part,
said second part comprises a channel arranged to receive said free end of said rod-like extension,
said second part has a U-shaped cross-section having an inclined base and two legs extending downwardly from said base, and
said second part comprises reinforcement means to arrange that bending locations of said legs, upon snapping said second part onto said first part, lie in the same horizontal plane.