Patents by Inventor Jean-Michel Jarasson

Jean-Michel Jarasson 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).

  • Publication number: 20170072910
    Abstract: Longitudinal structural element (30a) for a windscreen wiper (10?), in particular of a motor vehicle, said structural element having a non-metallic main body, characterized in that said main body comprises at least one part (39) made of a thermally conductive material or covered with a non-metallic thermally conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Lionel Cros, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel
  • Patent number: 9566950
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for producing a vehicle windscreen wiper system, comprising an end piece (12) of a wiper holder, said wiper holder being intended to move a wiper (14), a connection interface (20) and an intermediate piece (30), said assembly being able to take up a working position in which said interface (20) is free with respect to said end piece (12) and a service position in which said interface (20) is retained in an oriented manner with respect to said end piece (12) by said intermediate piece (30). The invention also relates to a connecting device for a vehicle windscreen wiper system, comprising the assembly as above, a connector (40) intended to be fixed to said wiper (14) and an adapter (50) for attaching the connector (40) to said wiper holder. The invention also relates to a vehicle windscreen wiper system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Patent number: 9545898
    Abstract: A connector for a windscreen wiper of a motor vehicle, the connector being configured to allow the wiper to be articulated to an arm for driving the wiper in a rotational movement about an axis of rotation Y. The connector includes one or more projecting shapes which are configured to be guided in rotation by an adaptor for the wiper on the arm in various angularly distant regions about the axis of rotation Y, so as to allow the movement in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Denis Thebault, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20160368459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (42) for a windscreen wiper, which comprises at least one rib (40) and a lower lip (46) extending from the rib (40) and intended to come into contact with a surface (22) requiring wiping, characterised in that at least one part of the blade (42) comprises a metal heat-conducting material (48), and/or is covered with a metal heat-conducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Stephane Boursier
  • Patent number: 9487187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade assembly for the windows of a motor vehicle, comprising a longitudinal support (10) intended to receive a pressure application vertebra (20) and a wiper blade (30) and a wiper accessory (40) carrying a device (42a, 42b) for distributing and projecting a washer liquid wherein the accessory is intended to be assembled with the longitudinal support (10). According to the invention, the longitudinal support (10) comprises means for fixing said accessory (40) on said support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gerald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Patent number: 9242621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper system, particularly for a motor vehicle. The system comprises a wiper blade (4) hinged to a drive arm (1) via an adaptor (2) connected to the arm (1) and to a hydraulic connector (3), which in turn is connected to the blade (4) and comprises at least one inlet coupling (6) designed to be coupled to a cleaning and de-icing fluid feed (5). The system also comprises a rigid joining part (7, 8), one end of which is coupled to the inlet coupling (6), and the other end of which is intended to be coupled to the fluid feed (5). In this way, the connection between the fluid feed (5) and the connector is made secure and reliable. In addition, the joining part provides an offset which makes connecting and disconnecting easier for the user, particularly when the user wishes to change a worn blade, and enables the whole of the connection to be concealed more easily and then given a more attractive appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gerald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Publication number: 20150375715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for dispensing a windshield-cleaning liquid for windshield wiper blades of a motor vehicle, comprising: a hydraulic pipe (7, 8) having at least one liquid flow channel (7a, 7b, 8a, 8b); at least one hydraulic coupling (9, 10, 11, 15) for transporting of liquid to said pipe or discharging the liquid from said pipe, characterized in that the dispensing device also comprises at least one non-return valve (20) received in the flow channel (7a, 7b, 8a, 8b) or in a hydraulic coupling (9, 10, 11, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Izabel, Gérald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20150375718
    Abstract: A system for distributing washer fluid (1) for motor vehicle windscreen wipers (3, 5) including at least one fluid circulation pipe (19, 21), at least one heating element (25, 27) extending along said pipe, at least one hydraulic connection (9, 11) connected hydraulically to said pipe, characterized in that it includes a heat-conducting adapter (55, 57) in contact with said heating element (25, 27) and arranged at a suitable distance to transmit at least some of the heat from said adapter to said hydraulic connection (9, 11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel, Gérald Caillot
  • Publication number: 20150239435
    Abstract: A heating device includes an element forming a spline adapted to be mounted inside a longitudinal housing of a support element to form a spline, the housing being open upwardly via a longitudinal slot. A heating element is disposed on the element forming a spline and connected by electrically conductive means to an electrical connect disposed on an upper face of the spline. The heating element is disposed on a lower face of the element forming a spline and the electrically conductive means pass from the lower face to the upper face of the spline around one of the ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20150239434
    Abstract: A heating windscreen wiper includes a support element for a wiper blade, at least one spine-forming elongate element, and at least one heating element positioned on a face of the spine-forming elongate element. The windscreen wiper also includes a spacing means arranged to avoid physical contact between the heating element and the support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20150175134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade assembly for the windows of a motor vehicle, comprising a longitudinal support (10) intended to receive a pressure application vertebra (20) and a wiper blade (30) and a wiper accessory (40) carrying a device (42a, 42b) for distributing and projecting a washer liquid wherein the accessory is intended to be assembled with the longitudinal support (10). According to the invention, the longitudinal support (10) comprises means for fixing said accessory (40) on said support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Publication number: 20150175135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade assembly for the windows of a motor vehicle, comprising a longitudinal support (10) intended to receive a pressure application vertebra (20) and a wiper blade (30) and a wiper accessory (40) carrying a device (42a, 42b) for distributing and projecting a washer liquid wherein the accessory is intended to be assembled with the longitudinal support (10). According to the invention, the longitudinal support (10) comprises means for fixing said accessory (40) on said support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Publication number: 20150175131
    Abstract: Electrical, hydraulic and mechanical connectors for a windscreen wiper of a vehicle are disclosed. The electrical connector includes a body bearing electrical plugs and detachable fixing means which are configured to cooperate with the mechanical connector. The hydraulic connector does not comprise such means and is fixed to the mechanical connector solely by the interlocking of its small tubes in the mechanical connector. The mechanical connector comprises two substantially parallel tabs having at their free ends notches for the fixing means of the electrical connector to be resiliently clipped thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Guillaume Barret, Xavier Bousset, Denis Thebault
  • Publication number: 20150175133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade assembly for the windows of a motor vehicle, comprising a longitudinal support (10) intended to receive a pressure application vertebra (20) and a wiper blade (30) and a wiper accessory (40) carrying a device (42a, 42b) for distributing and projecting a washer liquid wherein the accessory is intended to be assembled with the longitudinal support (10). According to the invention, the longitudinal support (10) comprises means for fixing said accessory (40) on said support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Publication number: 20150175130
    Abstract: An electrical connection device for a heating device of a wiper blade member of a motor vehicle wiper system is disclosed. The connection device connects, when the blade member is assembled on an arm head of the wiper system, an electrical power source from the arm head of the wiper system to the heating device. The connection device includes a body configured to be fitted to a mechanical connector of the blade member, and an electrical connection element which allows an electrical connection to be established between the connection device and the heating device through the body. The body is capable of being positioned in the mechanical connector in a direction substantially parallel with the blade member, when the electrical connection device is mounted on the blade member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Philippe Carraro
  • Publication number: 20150166019
    Abstract: A heating conductive wire-like element is disclosed, having a heating conductive strand arranged in a helix around a central fibre, of which the pitch between strands in at least a first zone of the wire-like element is of a first value for producing a first linear heating power, and of which the pitch between strands in at least one second zone of the wire-like element is of a second value smaller than the first value in order to produce a second linear heating power higher than the first linear heating power. A washer fluid heating and carrying pipe including at least one fluid circulation canal situated near a heating conductive wire made from the aforementioned wire-like element is also disclosed. A wiper device for a glazed surface of a vehicle incorporating at least one such pipe, and a method of manufacturing a pipe is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Publication number: 20150139631
    Abstract: A hydraulic interface configured to be installed between a windscreen washer liquid feed tube and a connector of a device for wiping a window of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The interface includes a body that defines at least one passage channel for the windscreen washer liquid, and at least one electric heating conductor that is disposed so as to heat said windscreen washer liquid, said body being configured to secure said conductor to said body by fitting together different parts of said body and/or by fitting to shapes made in one piece with said body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20150136750
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper heating element for motor vehicle is disclosed. The heating element includes a circuit having a heating electrical conductor and a support of that circuit. The circuit includes a first loop, the ends of which are connected to electrical power supply terminals, and at least one second loop, the ends of which are connected to said terminals and the length and/or the section of the conductor of this loop is different from that or those of the conductor of the first loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20150135462
    Abstract: A vehicle window wiper system including at least one windscreen wiper driven in movement by an arm that is articulated to the wiper by at least one connector/adapter assembly, is disclosed. The wiper system is provided with a heating device. The heating system includes at least one heating indicator indicating that at least one element of said wiper system is at a temperature higher than a predefined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20150107044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device (14, 45, 52, 56, 66) between a windscreen wiper blade holder (2) and a windscreen wiper blade (13), said blade (13) consisting of a top part (15) that is capable of cooperating with said blade holder (2) and a bottom part (16) in direct contact with the windscreen or window to be wiped, said device (14, 45, 52, 56, 66) having a shape that complements said top part (15) of said blade (13), characterised in that it is capable of being solidly attached to linking means (29), said linking means (29) connecting one of the ends of said blade holder (2) to one of the ends of said blade (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Frederic Boussicot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Gérald Caillot