WINDSCREEN WIPER DEVICE

摘要

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 includes opposing longitudinal groove 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 a respective connection piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm is pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said joint part comprises at least one resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in said oscillating arm, and wherein said resilient tongue is rotatable along an hinge axis between an outward position retaining the wiper blade onto the oscillating arm and an inward position releasing the wiper blade form the oscillating arm, characterized in that said resilient tongue is forced in the outward position under the influence of a moment in case a force is exerted on the wiper blade in a direction away from the oscillating arm.

主权项

1. A windscreen wiper device comprising:
a longitudinally extending wiper element and a support structure supporting said wiper element; a joint part pivotally connected or connectable to said support structure for relative pivotal movement about a pivot axis transverse to said longitudinal direction of said wiper element; said joint part being generally U-shaped and having a top wall and two side walls and an open bottom, and said top wall including opposite longitudinal ends spaced on opposite sides of said pivot axis; said top wall of said joint part including at least one resilient latching tongue having an integral hinge which extends from a hinge axis adjacent one of said ends; said resilient latching tongue including a button which projects in a direction away from said open bottom and which has a leading edge on a side of said button opposite of said hinge axis; and wherein said leading edge of said button is disposed longitudinally between said hinge axis and said pivot axis and closer to said hinge axis than to said pivot axis.