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).
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Patent number: 11858472Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter unit which is provided for coupling, in particular releasably coupling, a wiper blade to a wiper arm, having a wind deflecting surface which is designed to deflect inflowing air and press the wiper blade against a vehicle pane, wherein the wind deflecting surface is bordered by a wind deflecting surface edge, and the wind deflecting surface edge has at least •a side which faces the wind and which extends largely in a wiper arm direction, •a side which faces away from the wind and which extends largely in the wiper arm direction, a right-hand side which is arranged between the side facing the wind and the side facing away from the wind and which is arranged on the wiper arm side of the adapter and is designed to couple the adapter unit to the wiper arm, •a rear left-hand side which adjoins the side facing away from the wind and is arranged on the adapter side opposite the wiper arm side, and •a front left-hand side which adjoins the side facing the wind and is arranged on thType: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Godelieve Kraemer, Marcello Bubba, Herve Bratec, Michael Kruse, Helmut Depondt, Stijn Truyens
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Patent number: 11524658Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device (10a; 10b) for a windshield wiper (12a; 12b), comprising at least one wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b), at least one wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b), and a heating unit (18a; 18b) for heating a wiper blade (20a; 20b) and/or a spray unit (22a; 22b) for spraying a wash fluid onto a vehicle windshield, wherein the spray unit (22a; 22b) and/or the heating unit (18a; 18b) is/are at least partly arranged in the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b). The wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b) and the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b) have coupling elements (24a, 26a; 24b, 26b) which are provided for laterally coupling the wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b) to the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b).Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Najdan Jocic, Andrija Terentic, Godelieve Kraemer, Harald Rapp, Hendrik Kraemer, Herve Bratec, Michael Kruse, Nikola Cirkovic, Sascha Geissler, Sven Wolfgarten, Tanja Bosnic
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Patent number: 11305738Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper arm spraying device (10a; 10b) for coupling to a wiper arm (12a; 12b), comprising at least one valve unit (14a; 14b) which is designed to supply a nozzle unit (16a; 16b) with wiper fluid. According to the invention, the valve unit (14a; 14b) is designed for integration into a wiper arm tube unit (18a; 18b).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Herve Bratec, Adam Ugron, Zsofia Horvath, Mate Hornyak
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Publication number: 20210347334Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter unit which is provided for coupling, in particular releasably coupling, a wiper blade to a wiper arm, having a wind deflecting surface which is designed to deflect inflowing air and press the wiper blade against a vehicle windshield. According to the invention, the wind deflecting surface has at least one first sub-surface and a second sub-surface, wherein the first sub-surface has a different orientation than the second sub-surface and/or the first sub-surface has a different geometry than the second sub-surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Michael Kruse, Godelieve Kraemer, Helmut Depondt, Herve Bratec, Marcello Bubba, Stijn Truyens
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Publication number: 20210309185Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter unit which is provided for coupling, in particular releasably coupling, a wiper blade to a wiper arm, having a wind deflecting surface which is designed to deflect inflowing air and press the wiper blade against a vehicle pane, wherein the wind deflecting surface is bordered by a wind deflecting surface edge, and the wind deflecting surface edge has at least ?a side which faces the wind and which extends largely in a wiper arm direction, ?a side which faces away from the wind and which extends largely in the wiper arm direction, ?a right-hand side which is arranged between the side facing the wind and the side facing away from the wind and which is arranged on the wiper arm side of the adapter and is designed to couple the adapter unit to the wiper arm, ?a rear left-hand side which adjoins the side facing away from the wind and is arranged on the adapter side opposite the wiper arm side, and ?a front left-hand side which adjoins the side facing the wind and is arranged on tType: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Godelieve KRAEMER, Marcello BUBBA, Herve BRATEC, Michael KRUSE, Helmut DEPONDT, Stijn TRUYENS
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Publication number: 20210001817Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper arm spraying device (10a; 10b) for coupling to a wiper arm (12a; 12b), comprising at least one valve unit (14a; 14b) which is designed to supply a nozzle unit (16a; 16b) with wiper fluid. According to the invention, the valve unit (14a; 14b) is designed for integration into a wiper arm tube unit (18a; 18b).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Herve Bratec, Adam Ugron, Zsofia Horvath, Mate Hornyak
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Publication number: 20200317161Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device (10a; 10b) for a windshield wiper (12a; 12b), comprising at least one wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b), at least one wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b), and a heating unit (18a; 18b) for heating a wiper blade (20a; 20b) and/or a spray unit (22a; 22b) for spraying a wash fluid onto a vehicle windshield, wherein the spray unit (22a; 22b) and/or the heating unit (18a; 18b) is/are at least partly arranged in the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b). The wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b) and the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b) have coupling elements (24a, 26a; 24b, 26b) which are provided for laterally coupling the wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b) to the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Najdan Jocic, Andrija Terentic, Godelieve Kraemer, Harald Rapp, Hendrik Kraemer, Herve Bratec, Michael Kruse, Nikola Cirkovic, Sascha Geissler, Sven Wolfgarten, Tanja Bosnic
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Patent number: 10077027Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Franz Zeiser, Florian Hauser, Frank Moser, Dominik De Rop, Hervé Bratec, Stijn Truyens, Peter Epacher
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Patent number: 9511746Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Johan Camps, Christian Wilms
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Patent number: 9452737Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Robert Vertongen
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Publication number: 20150096142Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Franz Zeiser, Florian Hauser, Frank Moser, Dominik De Rop, Hervé Bratec, Stijn Truyens, Peter Epacher
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Publication number: 20140230178Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Johan Camps, Christian Wilms
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Publication number: 20140000056Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hervé Bratec, Mohamed Aznag, Godelieve Kraemer, Sven Wolfgarten, Harald Rapp
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Publication number: 20130086767Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Robert Vertongen
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Publication number: 20130055520Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Lothar Urbanek, Nathalie Stroobants, Hervé Bratec, Guido Tuyls, Robert Vertongen, Johan Camps
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Patent number: 8359701Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade (12) with a wiper strip (14) which has a wiper lip (16) and a head strip (20) which is integrally formed on said wiper lip and, in a first longitudinal channel (26), has a supporting element in the form of a spring rail (18) with a flat cross section, and has a spoiler (22, 38, 46) on that side which faces away from the wiper lip (16). It is proposed that the spoiler (22, 38, 46) surrounds the head strip (20) on its longitudinal sides by means of guide rails (40).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Peter De Block, Jan Bonroy, Hans Braun, Hans Beelen, Bart Fatan, Eric Windmolders, Liesbet van Vinckenroye, Edwin Luypaerts, Robert Vertongen, Marcello Bubba, Herve Bratec
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Publication number: 20090089956Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade (12) with a wiper strip (14) which has a wiper lip (16) and a head strip (20) which is integrally formed on said wiper lip and, in a first longitudinal channel (26), has a supporting element in the form of a spring rail (18) with a flat cross section, and has a spoiler (22, 38, 46) on that side which faces away from the wiper lip (16). It is proposed that the spoiler (22, 38, 46)=surrounds the head strip (20) on its longitudinal sides by means of guide rails (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Peter De Block, Jan Bonroy, Hans Braun, Hans Beelen, Bart Fatan, Eric Windmolders, Liesbet van Vinckenroye, Edwin Luypaerts, Robert Vertongen, Marcello Bubba, Herve Bratec
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Patent number: D592121Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hervé Bratec, Christian Wilms
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Patent number: D593923Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hervé Bratec, Christian Wilms