Patents by Inventor Dirk Nys

Dirk Nys 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: 5509166
    Abstract: A wiper blade for motor vehicle windshields, comprises a support having an elongated U-shaped main bracket with two spaced ends, and further brackets pivotally connected with the ends and each having a claw pair at their end, an elongated, rubber elastic wiper strip adapted to abut against a windshield and having longitudinal sides engaged by the claw pairs, a spoiler adapted to extend toward the windshield and arranged on a side of the main bracket toward which traveling wind flows predominantly, the main bracket has two legs and a base wall connecting the legs with one another and provided with throughgoing openings, the throughgoing openings extending in one of the legs of the main bracket which faces away from the spoiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Wagner, Hubert Verelst, Dirk Nys
  • Patent number: 5493750
    Abstract: A wiper blade serves to wipe motor vehicle windows. The wiper blade has an elongated wiping strip contacting the window and a holder which grasps the longitudinal sides of the wiping strip by at least two claws arranged at clip-like frame parts and a securing member which is fixed in the vicinity of one end of the wiping strip crosses the claws with two arms extending roughly parallel to one another and engages behind the claws by securing means. A worn wiping strip may be removed and replaced in a simple manner in that the securing member has a base part which is U-shaped in cross section and can be slipped onto the end of the wiping strip so as to fit thereon accompanied by clamping, in that at least the arms of the securing member are made of a flexible plastic, and in that securing means having locking or catching means are provided at the free end portion of one arm, complementary locking means of the other arm being associated with the securing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lode Bollen, Walter Wagner, Dirk Nys, Jan Vanroy