Patents by Inventor Xavier Boland
Xavier Boland 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).
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Patent number: 9327688Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising a wiperblade having at least one yoke which is attached to a carrier and an oscillating arm pivotally connected to the carrier about a pivot axis near one end with the interposition of a connecting device, the oscillating arm comprising two longitudinal arm sections connected to each other by means of a curved intermediate arm section, wherein the connecting device comprises a resilient leg comprises at least one upwardly extending protrusion and at least one downwardly extending protrusion, wherein the upwardly extending protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a first type, and wherein the downwardly extending protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a second type, the oscillating arms of the first and the second types mutually differing in the distance between their respective longitudinal arm sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20160101762Abstract: 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 at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, 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 thereof, with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said wiper blade comprises a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped, characterized in that a free end of said spoiler, facing towards an A-pillar of the windscreen to be wiped, is provided with a beveled surface, seen from the windscreen to be wiped.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20160090066Abstract: A method for manufacturing an elongated windshield wiper blade includes providing a tandem wiper blade (1) made in one piece of an elastomeric material, which is composed of two wiper blades (2, 3) integrally joined together, and subsequently cutting the tandem wiper blade (1) so as to separate the two wiper blades (2, 3) each having a wiping head (4) facing away from a windshield to be wiped and a wiping lip (5) to be placed in abutment with a windshield to be wiped. The two wiper blades (2, 3) forming the tandem wiper blade (1) are integrally joined together at the location of their wiping heads (4) facing towards each other, wherein the tandem wiper blade (1) is cut into the two separate wiper blades (2, 3) along their wiping heads (4) facing towards each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventor: XAVIER BOLAND
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Patent number: 9290157Abstract: 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 releaType: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 9199612Abstract: A windscreen wiper device, includes an elongated wiper blade of flexible material which includes one groove, in which groove a strip is disposed, wherein said windscreen wiper device includes a connecting device for connecting said wiper blade to an oscillating arm and wherein said wiper blade includes a spoiler, said connecting device includes connecting parts, wherein said spoiler is sandwiched between said connecting parts when said connecting parts are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150336541Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, includes a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin. The arm member has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near the pivot pin comprising two side walls. A part of the mounting head extends between the side walls and beyond the pivot pin. Protrusion/groove features are provided on the part and the side walls for limiting a pivot angle of the arm member. The protrusion/groove means comprise at least one groove and at least one protrusion cooperating with the groove, the protrusion is movable in the groove between a first position corresponding with a wiping position of the arm member and a second position corresponding with a mounting position of the arm member. The part is provided with opposite abutting surfaces for abutting against the side walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150217730Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type includes 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. The wiper blade includes one central groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The windscreen wiper device includes a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end. The wiper blade includes a wiping lip at a side of the central groove facing towards a windscreen to be wiped. The wiper blade is made in one piece of elastomeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 9096195Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade, which includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed and comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, the wiper blade comprises an elongated upper holding part and an elongated lower wiping part of a flexible material, wherein the holding part comprises downwardly extending side arms, seen in cross-section, for holding the wiper part from the outside in a lateral region thereof, wherein the at least one longitudinal groove having a open circumference is provided on the holding part at an upper side thereof facing away from the wiping part, and wherein the connecting device and the strip are provided with mutually cooperating protrusion/hole means for interconnecting the connecting device and the strip through a snapping connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150197216Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type, particularly for automobiles, includes 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. The wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed. A connecting device for an oscillating arm is connected to at least one longitudinal strip by at least one pin cooperating with a hole provided in the longitudinal strip. The pin; is movable from a first position, wherein the pin in a pre-mounted position is fixed to the connecting device, into a second position, wherein the pin in a mounted position as a single constructional element is interconnecting the connecting device and the longitudinal strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 9079569Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising a carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm is pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, with the special feature that the connecting device and the joint part are provided with mutually cooperating pivot means for pivotally connecting the joint part to the connecting device, the joint part having an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section at wherein the joint part comprises a recess in the base of the U-shaped cross-section for snappingly connecting the oscillating arm to the joint part.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 9079568Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising carrier element, as well as wiper blade, including at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, the windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the wiper blade comprises an elongated upper holding part and an elongated lower wiping part of a flexible material, wherein the holding part holds the longitudinal strip, wherein the wiping part comprises a wiping lip, and wherein the holding part and the wiping part are interconnected by means of a tilting web, with the special feature that a noise dampening profile is provided in slits formed between said holding part, the wiping part and the tilting web, wherein a width of the noise dampening profile extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade varies along the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150158462Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, has a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin, wherein the arm member has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near the pivot pin comprising two side walls, wherein a part of the mounting head extends between the side walls and beyond the pivot pin, wherein the part is provided with opposite abutting surfaces for abutting against the side walls of the arm member; structure is provided on the mounting head and the arm member for limiting a pivot angle of the arm member, in the form of at least one guiding groove on one of the abutting surfaces of the part of the mounting head, as well as at least one outwardly extending finger on the arm member cooperating with the guiding groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 9003597Abstract: 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 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 a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 8984707Abstract: 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 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 a respective connecting 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 a free end thereof, with the special feature that said connecting device comprises a water channel for transporting water therethrough from a first side of said connecting device facing away form said free end of said oscillating arm to a second side of said connecting device facing towards said free end of said oscillating arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150026910Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type includes 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 at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein free ends of the wiper blade are connected to a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, and wherein the wiper blade is provided with a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped, wherein at least one connecting piece comprises an internal transverse reinforcement rib, wherein the spoiler is removed along a portion of the length of the wiper blade; at a distance from a free end of the wiper blade facing the connecting piece so as to form a transverse slit, and wherein in mounted position the internal transverse reinforcement rib rests inside the slit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150026911Abstract: 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 releaType: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150026912Abstract: A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, includes a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin. The arm member has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near the pivot pin comprising two side walls. A part of the mounting head extends between the side walls and beyond the pivot pin. The part is provided with opposite surfaces each facing towards a respective side wall of the arm member. Each surface of the part of the mounting head is positioned spaced-apart from its respective side wall of the arm member, so as to allow paint to enter a space defined between each surface of the part of the mounting head and its respective side wall of the arm member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20150020338Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material having one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. Free ends of the wiper blade are connected to a respective connecting piece. The wiper blade is provided with a spoiler and at least one connecting piece having an internal reinforcement rib connecting lateral sides of the connecting piece. The spoiler is removed along a portion of the length of the wiper blade at a free end of the wiper blade facing the connecting piece. In the mounted position the internal transverse reinforcement rib; abuts the spoiler.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Patent number: 8881337Abstract: A windscreen wiper device, particularly for automobiles, includes 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 is of the flat blade type and includes at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The windscreen wiper device further includes a mounting head for transferring a reciprocal movement to the wiper blade, with the special feature of a connecting device for detachably connecting the wiper blade directly to the mounting head, wherein the connecting device is positioned near one end of the wiper blade.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.Inventor: Xavier Boland
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Publication number: 20140317877Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an extruded elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which wiper blade includes a central longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The groove extends in downward direction beneath the longitudinal strip for forming a longitudinal hollow channel defined by the longitudinal strip and a bottom of the groove. The height of the hollow channel at the location of a middle longitudinal plane of the wiper blade perpendicular to the windscreen to be wiped is defined by: 1/40 W?H?1/5 W, wherein W is a width of the longitudinal strip, and wherein H is a height of the hollow channel at the location of a middle longitudinal plane of the wiper blade perpendicular to the windscreen to be wiped.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventor: Xavier Boland