Patents by Inventor Marc-Oliver Karle

Marc-Oliver Karle 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: 8156604
    Abstract: A windshield wiper device (10), particularly for a motor vehicle, is proposed. This windshield wiper device comprises a wiper bearing (14) supporting a wiper shaft (16), which has an undercut (48) in which a securing device (40) for axially fixing the wiper shaft (16) in the wiper bearing (14) is arranged. The securing device (40) can be displaced by the effects of a defined axial force component (F) on the wiper shaft (16), whereby the wiper shaft (16) can be displaced in relationship to the wiper bearing (14). According to the invention, the securing device (40) comprises a bushing section (42) with an indentation (50), which engages in the undercut (48) of the wiper shaft (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Kraus, Joachim Zimmer, Juergen Rapp, Hans Wickermann, Claus Fleischer, Marc-Oliver Karle, Christian Reiser, Heiko Volz, Martin Joerger, Swen Koehn
  • Publication number: 20090049637
    Abstract: A windshield wiper device (10), particularly for a motor vehicle, is proposed. This windshield wiper device comprises a wiper bearing (14) supporting a wiper shaft (16), which has an undercut (48) in which a securing device (40) for axially fixing the wiper shaft (16) in the wiper bearing (14) is arranged. The securing device (40) can be displaced by the effects of a defined axial force component (F) on the wiper shaft (16), whereby the wiper shaft (16) can be displaced in relationship to the wiper bearing (14). According to the invention, the securing device (40) comprises a bushing section (42) with an indentation (50), which engages in the undercut (48) of the wiper shaft (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Achim Kraus, Joachim Zimmer, Juergen Rapp, Hans Wickermann, Claus Fleischer, Marc-Oliver Karle, Christian Reiser, Heiko Volz, Martin Joerger, Swen Koehn
  • Patent number: 6899370
    Abstract: The invention starts with a fastening of a wiper system (10) to a vehicle body (20) by means of a rubber elastic fastening element (22), which sits on the circumference in a receptacle opening (26) of the wiper system (10) or the vehicle body (20) and sits with a passage opening (28) on a pin (32) of the respective other part, whereby the connection between the wiper system (10) and the vehicle body (20) is detachable via a defined axial force (30) in the direction of the interior of the vehicle body (20). It is proposed that a defined frictional force between the inner and/or outer circumferential surface (36, 38) of the fastening element (22) and the adjacent component (10, 20, 32) is generated by an initial axial stress of the fastening element (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kalchschmidt, Marc-Oliver Karle, Christian Reiser
  • Publication number: 20040140687
    Abstract: The invention starts with a fastening of a wiper system (10) to a vehicle body (20) by means of a rubber elastic fastening element (22), which sits on the circumference in a receptacle opening (26) of the wiper system (10) or the vehicle body (20) and sits with a passage opening (28) on a pin (32) of the respective other part, whereby the connection between the wiper system (10) and the vehicle body (20) is detachable via a defined axial force (30) in the direction of the interior of the vehicle body (20). It is proposed that a defined frictional force between the inner and/or outer circumferential surface (36, 38) of the fastening element (22) and the adjacent component (10, 20, 32) is generated by an initial axial stress of the fastening element (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Kalchschmidt, Marc-Oliver Karle, Christian Reiser