Patents by Inventor Hervé Bratec

Hervé Bratec 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: 10077027
    Abstract: A wiper device having a wiper blade adapter unit (10a-10i) which is provided for a releasable coupling of a wiper blade (12a-12i) to a wiper arm adapter unit (14a-14i) and which comprises at least one wiper blade adapter base member (16a-16i) which is able to be fixedly connected to the wiper blade (12a-12i). The wiper device comprises an adapter wind deflector unit (18a-18i) which is provided to deflect incident air and to press the wiper blade (12a-12i) against a vehicle windscreen (20a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Zeiser, Florian Hauser, Frank Moser, Dominik De Rop, Hervé Bratec, Stijn Truyens, Peter Epacher
  • Patent number: 9511746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) designed as a flat bar with a wiper strip (12) which is held by a spring-elastic strip support element (14) that is pre-curved in a concave manner with respect to a wiper lip (16) of the wiper strip (12). One or more spoiler parts (22, 23) are attached to the support element (14) face facing away from the wiper lip (16) by means of guiding profiles (30) which cover the support element (14) from the outer longitudinal faces and project to a certain extent with respect to the outflow side (26) of the spoiler part (22, 23) and which form a groove (31) with said outflow side. A connecting element (18, 64) is fixed in the central region of the wiper blade (10) for connecting a wiper arm in an articulated manner. According to the invention, the guiding profile (30) on the outflow side (26) has a guiding ridge (32, 34, 40) on the guiding profile longitudinal face pointing outwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Johan Camps, Christian Wilms
  • Patent number: 9452737
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper connecting unit with a basic body (12) for connecting a wiper blade adapter (14) to a wiper arm (16) of a wiper. It is proposed that the basic body (12) has a spoiler receiving region (20) arranged on one side (18) of the wiper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Robert Vertongen
  • Publication number: 20150096142
    Abstract: A wiper device having a wiper blade adapter unit (10a-10i) which is provided for a releasable coupling of a wiper blade (12a-12i) to a wiper arm adapter unit (14a-14i) and which comprises at least one wiper blade adapter base member (16a-16i) which is able to be fixedly connected to the wiper blade (12a-12i). The wiper device comprises an adapter wind deflector unit (18a-18i) which is provided to deflect incident air and to press the wiper blade (12a-12i) against a vehicle windscreen (20a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Franz Zeiser, Florian Hauser, Frank Moser, Dominik De Rop, Hervé Bratec, Stijn Truyens, Peter Epacher
  • Publication number: 20140230178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) designed as a flat bar with a wiper strip (12) which is held by a spring-elastic elastic strip support element (14) that is pre-curved in a concave manner with respect to a wiper lip (16) of the wiper strip (12). One or more spoiler parts (22, 23) are attached to the support element (14) face facing away from the wiper lip (16) by means of guiding profiles (30) which cover the support element (14) from the outer longitudinal faces and project to a certain extent with respect to the outflow side (26) of the spoiler part (22, 23) and which form a groove (31) with said outflow side. A connecting element (18, 64) is fixed in the central region of the wiper blade (10) for connecting a wiper arm in an articulated manner. According to the invention, the guiding profile (30) on the outflow side (26) has a guiding ridge (32, 34, 40) on the guiding profile longitudinal face pointing outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Johan Camps, Christian Wilms
  • Publication number: 20140000056
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper device, in particular a motor vehicle windshield wiper device, having a wiper blade adapter (10a-10f) and a wiper arm adapter (12a-12f) which can be mounted on the wiper blade adapter (10a-10f). According to the invention, the wiper blade adapter (10a-10f) has at least two side walls (14a-14f, 16a-16f), which delimit a receiving region (18a-18f) for the wiper arm adapter (12a-12f) in a wiping direction (20a-20f), and a rotational joint unit (22a-22f) of the wiper blade adapter (10a-10f) is arranged inside the receiving region (18a-18f), said unit bearing the wiper arm adapter (12a-12f) in a mounted state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hervé Bratec, Mohamed Aznag, Godelieve Kraemer, Sven Wolfgarten, Harald Rapp
  • Publication number: 20130086767
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper connecting unit with a basic body (12) for connecting a wiper blade adapter (14) to a wiper arm (16) of a wiper. It is proposed that the basic body (12) has a spoiler receiving region (20) arranged on one side (18) of the wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Robert Vertongen
  • Publication number: 20130055520
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade unit, in particular for a joint-free wiper blade (10a; 10b), having a liquid guiding body (12a; 12b) which has at least one liquid guiding bridge (14a; 14b) which, when in an operating state, is arranged on a side (18a; 18b) facing away from a wiper blade main flow side (16a; 16b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Lothar Urbanek, Nathalie Stroobants, Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Robert Vertongen, Johan Camps
  • Patent number: D592121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hervé Bratec, Christian Wilms
  • Patent number: D593923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hervé Bratec, Christian Wilms