Patents by Inventor Philippe Billot

Philippe Billot 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: 20260200438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter configured to attach a wiper blade to a drive arm of a wiping system. The adapter includes at least a side wall and a top wall extending mainly in a longitudinal direction and having a first transverse end and a second transverse end. The top wall being connected at its first transverse end to the side wall. According to the invention, the adapter includes at least a first deflection means arranged at the first transverse end and a second deflection means arranged at the second transverse end, with each of the deflection means include a ridge projecting from the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT, Olivier JOMARD, Philippe BILLOT
  • Publication number: 20250214538
    Abstract: The invention relates to an endpiece of a wiper for a vehicle, this endpiece being arranged to be mounted at an end of a longitudinal frame which bears a scraper blade for cleaning a glazed surface, the endpiece having a first zone which is arranged to receive an end portion of the longitudinal frame and includes a first aerodynamic profile and a second zone which includes a second aerodynamic profile, this second zone being arranged such that the end portion of the longitudinal frame received in the first zone is set back from this second zone, and that the first aerodynamic profile of the first zone is different from the second aerodynamic profile of the second zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Philippe BILLOT
  • Publication number: 20250136055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper blade for a glazed surface. The wiper blades includes a support, a wiping lip borne by the support, a connector secured to the support, and at least one air deflector which includes at least a body and a wing projecting from the body. The wing and the body extending along a longitudinal axis of the wiper blade. The wing includes a rectilinear portion and a curved portion as seen along the longitudinal axis of the wiper blade, the curved portion of the wing being arranged at a longitudinal end of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Philippe BILLOT
  • Publication number: 20250042366
    Abstract: The invention concerns an endpiece of a windshield wiper for a motor vehicle, the shape and dimensions of which make it possible to guarantee efficient aerodynamic support up to the end of the wiper blade against a glass surface for a motor vehicle that is to be wiped/cleaned. This efficient aerodynamic support is obtained in particular due to a curved shape of the guiding profile along which extends the deflection device located above the hollow body, the curved shape of the guide profile being oriented towards a front side wall of the endpiece according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Gérald CAILLOT, Philippe BILLOT, Vincent IZABEL
  • Patent number: 10807570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning system (14) for a windscreen (34) of a motor vehicle (32), comprising at least one drive arm (2) and at least one wiper blade (1, 1a, 1b), the wiper blade (1, 1a, 1b) being connected to the drive arm (2), the cleaning system (14) having at least one projection device (13) able to project a liquid onto the windscreen (34), characterized in that the cleaning system (14) comprises a determination element (16) for a zone (23) of the windscreen (34) and an activation means (15) of the determination element (16), an activation of the drive arm (2) and of the projection device (13) being subject to image information (18) as to a position of the zone (23) on the windscreen (34) transmitted by the determination element (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Giraud, Philippe Billot, Gilles Le-Calvez, Marcel Trebouet
  • Publication number: 20180345916
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning system (14) for a windscreen (34) of a motor vehicle (32), comprising at least one drive arm (2) and at least one wiper blade (1, 1a, 1b), the wiper blade (1, 1a, 1b) being connected to the drive arm (2), the cleaning system (14) having at least one projection device (13) able to project a liquid onto the windscreen (34), characterized in that the cleaning system (14) comprises a determination element (16) for a zone (23) of the windscreen (34) and an activation means (15) of the determination element (16), an activation of the drive arm (2) and of the projection device (13) being subject to image information (18) as to a position of the zone (23) on the windscreen (34) transmitted by the determination element (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Giraud, Philippe Billot, Gilles Le-Calvez, Marcel Trebouet
  • Publication number: 20180265045
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter (15) intended for connecting a wiper blade to an end portion (23) of a drive arm, including a first wall (16) and a second wall (19), the first wall (16) and the second wall (19) being interconnected by at least one linking wall (22), characterised in that the linking wall (22) intersects a median longitudinal plane (P2) of the adapter (15), and in that the first wall (16) has a first length (L1) which is greater than a second length (L2) of the second wall (19), the first length (L1) and the second length (L2) being measured according to straight lines parallel to the median longitudinal plane (P2), and in that the first wall (16) is provided with a means (33) for locking and/or unlocking the adapter (15) on the end portion (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Billot, Raphaël Meneguz, Venkadesh Murugan, Balamurugan Logaian, Velayutham Sorimuthu
  • Patent number: 9499130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade for a vehicle, particularly an automobile, comprising a scraper blade (1), a body (2) to which said scraper blade (1) is attached, and a spoiler (3) extending from said body and having an aerodynamic profile between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the boundary of the wiper blade between the body (2) and the spoiler (3) being defined by a horizontal surface extending through the leading edge of said profile, characterized in that said spoiler extends horizontally in the downstream direction beyond an optionally abstract portion defined so as to constitute the mirror image, relative to a vertical plane extending through a lower end of the scraper blade (1), of the portion of the body that is located upstream of said same vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Billot, Franck Cathala, Grégory Villemin
  • Publication number: 20160167623
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade for a vehicle, particularly an automobile, comprising a scraper blade (1), a body (2) to which said scraper blade (1) is attached, and a spoiler (3) extending from said body and having an aerodynamic profile between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the boundary of the wiper blade between the body (2) and the spoiler (3) being defined by a horizontal surface extending through the leading edge of said profile, characterized in that said spoiler extends horizontally in the downstream direction beyond an optionally abstract portion defined so as to constitute the mirror image, relative to a vertical plane extending through a lower end of the scraper blade (1), of the portion of the body that is located upstream of said same vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Billot, Franck Cathala, Grégory Villemin
  • Publication number: 20140143974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper blade for a vehicle, particularly an automobile, comprising a scraper blade (1), a body (2) to which said scraper blade (1) is attached, and a spoiler (3) extending from said body and having an aerodynamic profile between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the boundary of the wiper blade between the body (2) and the spoiler (3) being defined by a horizontal surface extending through the leading edge of said profile, characterized in that said spoiler extends horizontally in the downstream direction beyond an optionally abstract portion defined so as to constitute the mirror image, relative to a vertical plane extending through a lower end of the scraper blade (1), of the portion of the body that is located upstream of said same vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d' Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Billot, Franck Cathala, Grégory Villemin