Patents by Inventor Michael Weiler
Michael Weiler 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: 8397340Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Publication number: 20130001983Abstract: A machine including a chassis, in which an engine is supported on the chassis. The engine includes serviceable components which require servicing. A cab is mounted on the chassis, such that the cab is disposed over the engine. The cab includes a roof and a floor, interconnected through the side-walls to define an enclosure. The floor is disposed above the engine. Further, the cab includes a floor opening defined in the floor. An access panel is removably coupled to the floor opening. The floor opening provides an access to the serviceable components by removing the access panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Michael David Case, Kenneth Michael Weiler, Jason Lee Shelby, Jeffrey Alan Zurinski
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Publication number: 20120266402Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper apparatus for a motor vehicle, having a wiper motor and having at least one wiper bearing in which a wiper shaft is mounted, it being possible to drive said wiper shaft by means of the wiper motor in order to operate a wiper arm which is connected to the wiper shaft, wherein the wiper bearing has a bearing pin (4) for holding a tubular support (1), it being possible for said bearing pin to be fixed to the tubular support (1) by means of a crimp, characterized in that the bearing pin (4) has an outer contour (5) which is already formed, at least in a region of overlap with the crimp, so as to correspond to an inner contour (3) of the crimped tubular support (1), before the crimp is introduced, and also to a method for producing said windscreen wiper apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Weiler, Achim Kraus, Stefan Mai, Florian Hauser
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Publication number: 20120246861Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Patent number: 8205290Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Publication number: 20110167584Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Publication number: 20110136094Abstract: Deficiencies in existing attempts at educational software solutions are addressed by providing systems, methods, and devices that both replicate and facilitate the necessary elements of successful classroom-based learning, while taking advantage of the platform-specific benefits of handheld computing devices. Various applications address the issue of the limited screen size of mobile devices by using the motion sensors of the devices both to move from one part of a program to another, thus eliminating the need for on-screen navigation buttons and allowing the entire screen to be used for content, and also to reinforce learning through the use of mnemonics. In these applications, the user rotates the device after completing each step, in sequence, of a process-based series of problem solving techniques. Group learning dynamics are also reproduced through a study group feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventor: Michael WEILER
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Patent number: 7930796Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Publication number: 20110005022Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Patent number: 7849553Abstract: The invention concerns a wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) including a wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) for fixing a wiper blade, a fixing element (14a-14c, 14k, 14l) connected free of articulation to the wiper rod (12a, 12c, 12k) and at least one partial zone (16a-16m) having spring elasticity. It is proposed that the wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) can shift essentially elastically from an operating configuration to at least one first stable configuration, wherein the wiper blade can be mounted and dismounted when the wiper arm (10a-10c, 10k, 10l) is in a mounted state.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7832045Abstract: Windshield wiper device (400) for a motor vehicle with at least one wiper bearing (42) and a fastening element (44) that is connected to a vehicle body, wherein a decoupling element (43) for decoupling noise is arranged between the at least one wiper bearing (42) and the fastening element (44), wherein the decoupling element (43) and/or the wiper bearing (42) is detachably connected to the fastening element (44).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7810206Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Patent number: 7788761Abstract: Device (10) for swinging a wiper arm of a windshield wiper device away from and against a motor vehicle window, wherein the device (10) comprising at least two spring elements (11), which retain the wiper arm in a stable position away from the vehicle window and press the wiper arm against said vehicle window during the operation of the wipers, wherein at least one of the at least two spring elements (11) comprises at least one compressed region (13).Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7748076Abstract: The invention starts with a wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which includes a wiper arm (10a-10j), which features a wiper rod (12a-12j) and a fastening part (14a-14j) connected in a non-articulated manner with the wiper rod (12a-12j). It is proposed that the wiper device have at least one spoiler element (16a-16j) to generate a flow-induced bearing force.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Patent number: 7596479Abstract: The invention starts with a method to determine a blank form of an elastic component, in particular a non-articulated wiper arm (10), with the default of a target form, which the elastic component is supposed to assume under the effect of at least a predefined initial force (F1). It is proposed that a counter force (FG) that at least essentially opposes the predefined initial force (F1) is applied to a working model (12) of the elastic component, whose model blank form is at least similar to the target form.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Publication number: 20090064439Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Patent number: 7451520Abstract: A wiper blade is proposed with which to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
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Publication number: 20080052864Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper crank with a wiper arm (10a-10h) and a wiper blade (12a-12h). According to the invention, the wiper arm (10a-10h) and the wiper blade (12a-12h) have a joint-free connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2003Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Harald Rapp, Jan Dietrich
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Publication number: 20070192985Abstract: Device (10) for swinging a wiper arm of a windshield wiper device away from and against a motor vehicle window, wherein the device (10) comprising at least two spring elements (11), which retain the wiper arm in a stable position away from the vehicle window and press the wiper arm against said vehicle window during the operation of the wipers, wherein at least one of the at least two spring elements (11) comprises at least one compressed region (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2004Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer
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Publication number: 20070105458Abstract: The invention starts with a method to determine a blank form of an elastic component, in particular a non-articulated wiper arm (10), with the default of a target form, which the elastic component is supposed to assume under the effect of at least a predefined initial force (F1). It is proposed that a counter force (FG) that at least essentially opposes the predefined initial force (F1) is applied to a working model (12) of the elastic component, whose model blank form is at least similar to the target form.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2004Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer