Patents by Inventor Jurgen Roekens

Jurgen Roekens 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: 20040010881
    Abstract: A spoiler for a windshield wiper blade, having at least one retaining tab (16) and at least one detent element, disposed on the retaining tab, that is intended to snap onto a support bracket (10) of the windshield wiper blade, and that has two detent tabs (28), is to be further developed in such a way that reliable positioning on the support bracket is possible. To that end, it is provided that the detent element (18) has two contact parts (22), which are disposed spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the spoiler (14), and that the two detent tabs (28) are disposed between the contact parts (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Jurgen Roekens
  • Patent number: 6675435
    Abstract: A windshield wiper for motor vehicles, having a support bracket (1) for connection to a wiper arm secured to a motor vehicle, wherein the support bracket (1) has an essentially U-shaped cross section and at least one support bracket detent recess (7); at least one lower bracket (2) for connection to a rubber wiper blade, wherein the lower bracket (2) has an essentially U-shaped cross section, has at least one lower bracket detent recess (11), and is at least partly embraced by the support bracket (1); and a joint (3) for pivotably connecting the at least one lower bracket (2) to the support bracket (1), wherein the joint (3) has a joint base body (12) at least partly embraced by the lower bracket (2), at least one lower bracket detent body (13), connected to the joint base body (12), for locking onto the at least one lower bracket detent recess (11), and at least one support bracket detent body (16), provided on the at least one lower bracket detent body (13), for locking onto the at least one support bracket
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Robetr Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Herinckx, Jurgen Roekens
  • Patent number: 6658690
    Abstract: A connecting piece for connecting a wiper arm to a wiper blade is proposed, which includes yielding regions, so that wiper arms of the most various sizes can be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Juergen Westermann, Jurgen Roekens, Dirk Herinckx
  • Publication number: 20030222093
    Abstract: A vending machine for dispensing a first number of products and a second number of products. The vending machine may include a product compartment. The product compartment may include a first column with the first products and a second column with the second products. A dispensing path may be positioned about the product compartment so as to dispense the first products without heating. A heating device may be positioned adjacent to the product compartment for heating the second products. A positioning device may be positioned about the second column to maneuver the second products to the heating device and the dispensing path so as to dispense the second products as heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Willy Van Esch, Bart Carpentier
  • Patent number: 6647583
    Abstract: A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicle windows has a wiper strip (12) which is held by a support bracket system (10) and is encompassed by a protective profile (14, 58) to which a wiper element (16, 18, 20, 22) is fastened on the side oriented toward the window. The protective profile (14, 58) is comprised of an elastic material and has the capacity to be largely adapted to curvatures of the window by means of elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Wynen, Dirk Herinckx, Jurgen Roekens
  • Publication number: 20020133896
    Abstract: A windshield wiper for motor vehicles, having a support bracket (1) for connection to a wiper arm secured to a motor vehicle, wherein the support bracket (1) has an essentially U-shaped cross section and at least one support bracket detent recess (10); at least one lower bracket (2) for connection to a rubber wiper blade, and the lower bracket (2) has an essentially U-shaped cross section and at least one lower bracket detent recess (15) and is at least partly embraced by the support bracket (1); and a joint (3) for pivotably connecting the at least one lower bracket (2) to the support bracket (1), and the joint (3) has at least one lower bracket detent body (24), for locking onto the at least one lower bracket detent recess (15), and at least one support bracket detent body (22) for locking onto the at least one support bracket detent recess (10), which support bracket detent body (22) is provided in a pocket (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Dirk Herinckx, Jurgen Roekens
  • Publication number: 20020133895
    Abstract: A windshield wiper for motor vehicles, having a support bracket (1) for connection to a wiper arm secured to a motor vehicle, wherein the support bracket (1) has an essentially U-shaped cross section and at least one support bracket detent recess (7); at least one lower bracket (2) for connection to a rubber wiper blade, wherein the lower bracket (2) has an essentially U-shaped cross section, has at least one lower bracket detent recess (11), and is at least partly embraced by the support bracket (1); and a joint (3) for pivotably connecting the at least one lower bracket (2) to the support bracket (1), wherein the joint (3) has a joint base body (12) at least partly embraced by the lower bracket (2), at least one lower bracket detent body (13), connected to the joint base body (12), for locking onto the at least one lower bracket detent recess (11), and at least one support bracket detent body (16), provided on the at least one lower bracket detent body (13), for locking onto the at least one support bracket
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Dirk Herinckx, Jurgen Roekens
  • Patent number: 6263538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connecting element (1) for connecting a windshield wiper blade (21) to wiper arm hooks (23, 23.1, 28) of different wiper arm hook widths (B, b) and wiper arm hook depths (W, w), which includes a number of different at least partial contact faces (11, 16, 17, 19, 13, 21, 29) for wiper arm hooks (23, 23.1, 28) with different dimensions, having two housing side walls (2, 3) and a center piece (4) disposed between them, wherein these partial contact faces (11, 16, 17, 19, 13, 21, 29) are disposed on a housing side wall (2, 3) in order to compensate for different wiper arm hook widths (B, b) and are disposed on the center piece (4) in order to compensate for different wiper arm hook depths (W, w), and the partial contact faces (11, 16, 17, 19, 13, 21, 29) permit a reception of at least two different wiper arm hooks (23, 23.1, 28) along mounting axes (15, 20) that are disposed at angles to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Juergen Westermann, Juergen Mayer, Peter Wijnants, Jurgens Roekens