Patents by Inventor Peter Wijnants
Peter Wijnants 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: 6978512Abstract: A wiper blade is proposed, which is for cleaning for windows, particularly of motor vehicles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22) and is connected to an elongated, spring-elastic support element (12) so that their longitudinal axes are parallel, which support element (12) is directly connected to a device (16) for connecting the wiper blade to a driven wiper arm (18).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2001Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jan Dietrich, Christian Wilms, Julius Mazurkiewicz, Paul Criel, Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Patent number: 6944905Abstract: A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicles is proposed, which is provided with a band-like, elongated, spring-elastic support element (12). The lower band surface (13) of the support element (12) oriented toward the window (22) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22), disposed on it so that the longitudinal axes of these two parts are parallel and the upper band surface (11) of the support element (12) has a wind deflection strip (42) disposed on it, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the support element, is provided with an attack surface (54) oriented toward the main flow of the relative wind, and is comprised of an elastic material.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2001Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Patent number: 6910244Abstract: A wiper system is proposed, which is used to clean windows, in particular of motor vehicles. The wiper system has a driven wiper arm (12), guided on the motor vehicle and movable between two turning points, on whose free end (14), a pivot bolt (36) retained thereon is disposed, whose pivot axis (38) extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the wiper arm, essentially in the direction of motion (double arrow 22) of the wiper arm (12), on which pivot bolt a wiper blade (16) is supported that can be pivoted about the pivot axis (38) and pressed against the window (28), and the wiper system has means for securing the wiper blade to the pivot bolt, which means have stop faces (78), (86) disposed on the wiper blade transversely to the pivot axis and spaced apart from one another and pointing away from one another, which fittingly engage between securing faces (80, 81), facing one another, of the wiper arm (12).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Peter De Block, Frans Breesch, Peter Wijnants
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Patent number: 6904639Abstract: A wiper blade is proposed, which is used for cleaning windows, particularly of motor vehicles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22) and is connected in a longitudinally parallel fashion to an elongated, spring-elastic support element (12), which has a connecting device (16) for a wiper arm (18).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jan Dietrich, Christian Wilms, Julius Mazurkiewicz, Paul Criel, Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Patent number: 6836927Abstract: A wiper blade (10) for windows, in particular of motor vehicles, is proposed that is equipped with a long, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14) that can be placed against the window (22), that is situated parallel to the longitudinal axis on a long, spring-elastic carrier element (12) to which a component (16) belonging to a device for attaching the wiper blade (10) to a driven wiper arm (18) is directly connected, whereby the carrier element (12) has springs (28, 30) designed in the shape of a strap lying in front of the window (22) in a plane that is basically parallel to the window, the bottom surfaces of the strap (13) of which face the window, the inner, adjacent longitudinal edges (32) of which have a distance between them and plunge individually into longitudinal grooves (54, 56) assigned to each longitudinal edge and open toward the longitudinal side of the wiper strip, and that are connected to each other by way of at least two transverse ribs (36) situated in the longitudinal direction with distance betwType: GrantFiled: February 10, 2001Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Patent number: 6651339Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bandlike-elongated, spring-elastic element (12) for supporting a rubber-elastic wiper strip (22) of a windshield wiper for vehicles, which element has two spring rails (26, 28), located with a spacing (24) from one another and essentially parallel to one another, which at least on both of their end portions are solidly joined together by transverse ribs (30) that are disposed on the one band face (14) of the spring rails and that span the spacing (24).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Julius Mazurkiewicz, Paul Criel, Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Publication number: 20020148063Abstract: A wiper blade (10) for windows, in particular of motor vehicles, is proposed that is equipped with a long, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14) that can be placed against the window (22), that is situated parallel to the longitudinal axis on a long, spring-elastic carrier element (12) to which a component (16) belonging to a device for attaching the wiper blade (10) to a driven wiper arm (18) is directly connected, whereby the carrier element (12) has springs (28, 30) designed in the shape of a strap lying in front of the window (22) in a plane that is basically parallel to the window, the bottom surfaces of the strap (13) of which face the window, the inner, adjacent longitudinal edges (32) of which have a distance between them and plunge individually into longitudinal grooves (54, 56) assigned to each longitudinal edge and open toward the longitudinal side of the wiper strip, and that are connected to each other by way of at least two transverse ribs (36) situated in the longitudinal direction with distance betwType: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Publication number: 20020148064Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade for cleaning panes, especially for cleaning the panes of a motor vehicle. The inventive wiper blade (10) comprises an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14) that is placed against the pane (22) and that is mounted on an elongated elastic support element (12) so that its longitudinal axis is parallel thereto, a device (16) for connecting the wiper blade to a driven wiper arm (18) being directly linked with said support element. The support element (12) comprises two strip-like spring bars (28, 30) that are disposed in a plane in front of the pane and substantially parallel thereto. The lower strip surfaces (13) of the spring bars face the pane, and the adjacent inner longitudinal edges (48) thereof, at a distance (34) to one another, dip into a longitudinal groove (54, 56 or 106) that is associated with every longitudinal edge and that is open towards the longitudinal face of the wiper strip (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Jan Dietrich, Christian Wilms, Julius Mazurkiewicz, Paul Criel, Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Publication number: 20020144389Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bandlike-elongated, spring-elastic element (12) for supporting a rubber-elastic wiper strip (22) of a windshield wiper for vehicles, which element has two spring rails (26, 28), located with a spacing (24) from one another and essentially parallel to one another, which at least on both of their end portions are solidly joined together by transverse ribs (30) that are disposed on the one band face (14) of the spring rails and that span the spacing (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventors: Julius Mazurkiewicz, Paul Criel, Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Publication number: 20020133894Abstract: A wiper blade is proposed, which is used for cleaning windows, particularly of motor vehicles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22) and is connected in a longitudinally parallel fashion to an elongated, spring-elastic support element (12), which has a connecting device (16) for a wiper arm (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Jan Dietrich, Christian Wilms, Julius Mazurkiewicz, Paul Criel, Peter De Block, Peter WIjnants
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Publication number: 20020133897Abstract: A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicles is proposed, which is provided with a band-like, elongated, spring-elastic support element (12). The lower band surface (13) of the support element (12) oriented toward the window (22) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22), disposed on it so that the longitudinal axes of these two parts are parallel and the upper band surface (11) of the support element (12) has a wind deflection strip (42) disposed on it, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the support element, is provided with an attack surface (54) oriented toward the main flow of the relative wind, and is comprised of an elastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Peter De Block, Peter Wijnants
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Patent number: 6263538Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 25, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Klaus-Juergen Westermann, Juergen Mayer, Peter Wijnants, Jurgens Roekens