Patents by Inventor Pascal Vacher

Pascal Vacher 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: 8332989
    Abstract: An adapter intended for fixing a windscreen wiper blade, by pivoting connection around a spindle, on an arm comprising an end rod designed to be inserted in the adapter, where the adapter is intended to be mounted on the windscreen wiper blade. The adapter has a substantially U-shaped cross-section in which the flanges each have an orifice for snapping onto the said spindle and one end of which, called the entry end, is open for inserting the end rod of the arm. The adapter includes transverse locking means and longitudinal locking means of the said arm. The adapter further includes a first longitudinal locking means including an articulated part provided with a tenon fitted in an orifice arranged on the rod, and a second longitudinal locking means including a housing arranged on the adapter in which a stop on the rod comes into engagement, when the latter is fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Valeo Systémes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Pascal Vacher
  • Publication number: 20080066254
    Abstract: An adapter intended for fixing a windscreen wiper blade, by pivoting connection around a spindle, on an arm comprising an end rod designed to be inserted in the adapter, where the adapter is intended to be mounted on the windscreen wiper blade. The adapter has a substantially U-shaped cross-section in which the flanges each have an orifice for snapping onto the said spindle and one end of which, called the entry end, is open for inserting the end rod of the arm. The adapter includes transverse locking means and longitudinal locking means of the said arm. The adapter further includes a first longitudinal locking means including an articulated part provided with a tenon fitted in an orifice arranged on the rod, and a second longitudinal locking means including a housing arranged on the adapter in which a stop on the rod comes into engagement, when the latter is fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Pascal Vacher
  • Patent number: 7287296
    Abstract: An arrangement for fixing a windscreen wiper blade to a wiper arm includes a through transverse swivel pin which is intended to form a pivot connection with the arm and said arm is equipped with an end rod. The arrangement includes an independent piece, known as an adapter, which is mounted on the blade and the above-mentioned rod is inserted longitudinally therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Pascal Vacher
  • Publication number: 20060248675
    Abstract: A vehicle windscreen wiper comprising an arm and an articulation connector The invention proposes a motor vehicle windscreen wiper which comprises a wiper blade (20) mounted so as to be articulated at the front longitudinal end (22a) of a wiper arm (22) about a horizontal transverse axis (A) by means of a connector (24), of the type in which the means of articulation of the connector (46a, 46b) with the end (22a) of the arm (22) comprise at least one pivot (56) with a transverse axis which extends transversely from a first associated support element (58) and which is able to be received in a complementary housing (62) in an associated second support element (60), characterised in that the end (22a) of the arm (22) comprises means (52, 84) of longitudinal positioning of the connector distinct from the articulation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Pascal Vacher, Sébastien Rollet, Christophe Fely
  • Publication number: 20060010636
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for fixing a windscreen wiper blade (1, 3, 5, 4) to a wiper arm (2). The aforementioned blade (1, 3, 5, 4) comprises a through transverse swivel pin which is intended to form a pivot connection with the arm and said arm (2) is equipped with an end rod. According to the invention, the arrangement comprises an independent piece (6), known as an adapter, which is mounted on the blade (1, 3, 5, 4) and the above-mentioned rod is inserted longitudinally therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventor: Pascal Vacher