Patents by Inventor Franck Cathala

Franck Cathala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9499130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade for a vehicle, particularly an automobile, comprising a scraper blade (1), a body (2) to which said scraper blade (1) is attached, and a spoiler (3) extending from said body and having an aerodynamic profile between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the boundary of the wiper blade between the body (2) and the spoiler (3) being defined by a horizontal surface extending through the leading edge of said profile, characterized in that said spoiler extends horizontally in the downstream direction beyond an optionally abstract portion defined so as to constitute the mirror image, relative to a vertical plane extending through a lower end of the scraper blade (1), of the portion of the body that is located upstream of said same vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Billot, Franck Cathala, Grégory Villemin
  • Publication number: 20160167623
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade for a vehicle, particularly an automobile, comprising a scraper blade (1), a body (2) to which said scraper blade (1) is attached, and a spoiler (3) extending from said body and having an aerodynamic profile between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the boundary of the wiper blade between the body (2) and the spoiler (3) being defined by a horizontal surface extending through the leading edge of said profile, characterized in that said spoiler extends horizontally in the downstream direction beyond an optionally abstract portion defined so as to constitute the mirror image, relative to a vertical plane extending through a lower end of the scraper blade (1), of the portion of the body that is located upstream of said same vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Billot, Franck Cathala, Grégory Villemin
  • Publication number: 20140143974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade for a vehicle, particularly an automobile, comprising a scraper blade (1), a body (2) to which said scraper blade (1) is attached, and a spoiler (3) extending from said body and having an aerodynamic profile between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the boundary of the wiper blade between the body (2) and the spoiler (3) being defined by a horizontal surface extending through the leading edge of said profile, characterized in that said spoiler extends horizontally in the downstream direction beyond an optionally abstract portion defined so as to constitute the mirror image, relative to a vertical plane extending through a lower end of the scraper blade (1), of the portion of the body that is located upstream of said same vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d' Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Billot, Franck Cathala, Grégory Villemin
  • Publication number: 20120192375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for supplying a cleaning liquid for an automobile, characterized in that it includes a liquid distribution member (2) including at least one liquid inlet and at least two liquid outlets, a check valve capable of preventing a liquid flow from each liquid outlet towards each liquid inlet, wherein the device (1) for supplying a cleaning liquid further includes heating means (4) thermally coupled with the liquid distribution member (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Valeo Systémes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Franck Cathala, Denis Thebault
  • Publication number: 20090025173
    Abstract: A rotation control mechanism including a primary shaft driven in an alternating axially rotating manner, a drive carrier fixed to the primary shaft, a secondary shaft mounted in an axially rotatable manner in relation to the drive carrier, a fixed cam provided with a specific profiled element, and a control element which is fixed to the secondary shaft and cooperates in a sliding manner with the cam profiled element during the displacement of the drive carrier in relation to the fixed cam, where the sliding of the control element along the cam profiled element control the axial pivoting of the secondary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Marcel Trebouet, Franck Cathala
  • Publication number: 20080141482
    Abstract: A pantograph-type windscreen wiper is disclosed, wherein the angular movement of the pantograph makes it possible to modify a wiper blade orientation on the plane of the pantograph rods and also to modify the blade attack angle, i.e. the angle between the blade and the normal to the windscreen surface. The wiper improves wiping performance, in particular on the lateral areas of a panoramic windscreen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Valeo Systems d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Eustache, Franck Cathala
  • Patent number: 7237820
    Abstract: A module for equipping a motor vehicle rear opening panel includes a support plate on which are directly mounted accessories, in particular, a drive motor for a wiper device. The support plate forms a plate for closing the drive motor of the wiper device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Franck Cathala, Jean-Pierre Eustache, Laurent Simon, Marcel Trebouet
  • Publication number: 20070132610
    Abstract: The invention provides an arrangement for mounting and fixing a rearview camera (10) on a body shell structure element of a motor vehicle, said camera (10) being arranged at the back of the vehicle with the optical axis (C) thereof globally oriented longitudinally towards the rear. Said invention is characterised in that the camera is arranged inside a hermetically-sealed housing (12), comprising a view window which is located in the optical axis (C) of the camera (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Stevan Guernalec, Marcel Trebouet, Franck Cathala
  • Patent number: 6994395
    Abstract: A motor vehicle equipment module includes a lock formed of a bolt received in a housing designed to be mounted on a support part and a striker designed to be mounted on a mobile part along a globally axial direction relative to the support part between an open position and a closed position wherein the bolt cooperates with the striker. When the module is delivered to be installed on the vehicle, the striker and the bolt are linked together by an intermediate plate for temporarily indexing the position of the bolt relative to the position of the striker and to facilitate mounting and fixing of the module on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Franck Cathala
  • Publication number: 20040130177
    Abstract: The invention concerns a motor vehicle equipment module (30) comprising a lock (32) consisting of a bolt received of a bolt received in a housing (36) designed to be mounted on a support part (12) and a strike (38) designed to be mounted on a part mobile along a globally axial direction relative to the support part (12), between an open position and a closed position wherein the bolt co-operates with the striker (38), and when the mobile is delivered to be installed on the vehicle, the striker (38) and the bolt are linked together by an intermediate plate (60) for temporarily indexing the position of the bolt relative to the position of the striker (38) so as to facilitate mounting and fixing of the module (30) on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Franck Cathala
  • Publication number: 20030146645
    Abstract: A module for equipping a motor vehicle rear opening panel includes a support plate on which are directly mounted accessories, in particular, a drive motor for a wiper device. The support plate forms a plate for closing the drive motor of the wiper device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Franck Cathala, Jean-Pierre Eustache, Laurent Simon, Marcel Trebouet
  • Patent number: D578461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Franck Cathala, Denis Grandjean