Windshield wiper device for motor vehicles

A wiper device for windshields of motor vehicles, comprising driven wiper arms and wiper blades each connected to a respective wiper arm, each wiper blade including an elongated wiper element having a wiper lip applied onto a windshield to be wiped off and a back portion connected to said wiper lip, an elongated elastic rail made of elastic plastics, said back portion being received in said elastic rail and secured therein against a lengthwise displacement relative to said elastic rail, a wiper blade-carrying yoke system having at least two portions engaged with said elastic rail, said elastic rail being secured against a lengthwise displacement relative to the yoke system, and means for connecting said yoke system to the respective wiper arm, said yoke system including a yoke element formed with a pin, said elastic rail being formed with an insertion bore receiving said pin, said wiper element being formed with a recess, said pin passing through said insertion bore and extending into said recess, said wiper element further including a body portion connected to said lip, and a neck portion extended between said body portion and said back portion and formed to provide grooves between said back portion and said body portion, said elastic rail including two claw-shaped portions which surround said neck portion whereby said claw-shaped portions are engaged in said grooves, and a cross-piece connected with said claw-shaped portions, said bore being formed in said cross-piece and extended into said claw-shaped portions so that a recess is formed in each of said claw-shaped portion, said neck portion having two opposite lateral faces facing said claw-shaped portions and each formed with a projection engaged in the respective recess formed in each claw-shaped portion.