Patents by Inventor Joachim Zimmer

Joachim Zimmer 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: 6421873
    Abstract: A wiper bracket (10) with a hollow profile (64, 72, 74) is provided for fastening a wiper motor, via a motor receptable (24), and at least one wiper bearing (12, 14) for fastening a windshield wiper to a vehicle body. A longitudinally elastically resilient region (60, 62) is disposed between the motor receptacle (24) and the wiper bearing (12, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6406089
    Abstract: The invention is based on a windshield wiper system having at least one wiper bearing that is secured to a body of a vehicle via at least one bracing region (20). It is proposed that the bearing housing (10) of the wiper bearing has three bracing regions (20, 22, 24), specifically a first bracing region (20), which includes a longitudinal axis (18) of the bearing housing (10) and is provided on an end that is oriented toward a wiper, and a second bracing region (22) and third bracing region (24), which are provided axially offset toward the other end relative to the first bracing region and are disposed approximately diametrically opposite one another with regard to the longitudinal axis (18) of the bearing housing (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6349447
    Abstract: The wiper blade (10) for a windshield has a wind scoop (20, 22, 24) elastically fastened to it. The wiper blade (10) includes a rubber wiping element (16), which is adapted to contact the windshield (12) with its wiper lip (18). The wind scoop (20, 22, 24) includes a rigid component and an elastic lip arranged close to the windshield (12) during an upward wiping motion. The elasticity and lever arm of the elastic lip are selected so that it moves closer to the windshield during a downward wiping motion and, when opposing forces due to wiper lip friction and wind exceed a predetermined limiting value, it contacts the windshield (12) during the downward wiping motion. The edge region of the elastic lip that contacts the windshield is provided with steps, zigzags and/or waves, so that friction forces between the elastic lip and windshield are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6349615
    Abstract: A lever, for example, for transferring force to another structural component of a mechanism, has a prefabricated connecting piece disposed on at least one of its ends. The lever is constructed as a hollow profile made of material that can be shaped without cutting. The hollow profile forms a receiving chamber on at least one end for the prefabricated connecting piece. The walls of the receiving chamber rest tightly against the circumference and the end faces of the connecting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Zimmer, Henk Becker
  • Publication number: 20020000782
    Abstract: An electric motor for operating a device for wiping a window of a motor vehicle has an electric motor part, and a control device for controlling/regulating a power of the electric motor part, the control device being formed so that it is programmable with a parameter a power limiting by limiting a torque to a nominal torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6332237
    Abstract: A wiper has a wiper arm including a fastening part and a pivot part with a wiper rod, the fastening part and the pivot part having side walls and being formed as partially overlapping components, and a hinge joint provided between the fastening part and the pivot part and including a pivot bolt which extends through an inner component and is welded to insides of the side walls of the outer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6306220
    Abstract: A wiper device for vehicle windows is proposed, which prevents a longer lasting or permanent deformation of an elastically deformable wiper lip (28) that is formed onto the wiper blade (16) since this wiper lip (28) is stored in different parking positions (P1, P2) in a parking location (P) of the wiper blade (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6287007
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper bearing with a bearing housing (10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 124), in which a drive shaft (24, 26, 28) is supported with a radial bearing (30, 32, 34) and is guided on the end face by way of a stop ring (36, 106) and a crank plate (38, 40), which are connected to the drive shaft (24, 26, 28) and directly or indirectly constitute axial bearings (42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60) with the bearing housing, wherein a seal (62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80) rests in a sealed fashion against the bearing housing (10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 124) and against a part (36, 106, 38, 40) connected to the drive shaft (24, 26, 28). The proposal is made that the seal (62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80) be disposed with a radial distance from the radial bearing (30, 32, 34) outside the axial bearing (42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60) and seal the bearing gaps of the axial and radial bearings (42, 44, 46, 54, 56, 58, 60; 30, 32, 34) in relation to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6286174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle arrangement (16) and to a windshield wiper arm (12) for receiving the nozzle arrangement (16). The nozzle arrangement has a delivery device (40) for a washer fluid that is connected to at least one first nozzle body (30) and can be disposed in the wiper arm (12) of the windshield wiper. It is proposed that the first nozzle body (30) is connected to a second nozzle body (32) in such a way that a first nozzle (32) of the first nozzle body (30) can be disposed in the vicinity of a hinge (22) for folding the wiper arm (12) out, and a second nozzle (36) of the second nozzle body (34) can be disposed in the vicinity of a connection means (28, 56) for connecting the wiper arm (12) to a wiper blade (14) in the wiper arm (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6115876
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a wiper installation, especially for windows of motor vehicles, with at least one wiper rubber which is held in contact with the substrate to be wiped by a clip, wherein the clip is connected with a drivable wiper arm, and a holding area between the wiper rubber and clip is formed as a hinge, wherein a hinge axis extends in the longitudinal direction of the wiper rubber. It is provided that at least one damping element (42) for damping a rotating movement of the wiper rubber (14) is associated with the hinge (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Zimmer
  • Patent number: 5390391
    Abstract: A device is proposed, which serves for wiping windows of motor vehicles. The wiping device comprises a wiping blade which is moved in an oscillating manner over the window, is applied to the latter with a contact force and the wiping element of which tips into a drag position on each change of direction. A quick and quiet turning of the wiping element from its one into its other operating position is achieved when the contact force is smaller in the region of the two oscillation reversal positions than in the wiping field section lying between these regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Zimmer, Ralf Pohlers, Andreas Geis, Jan Dietrich