Patents by Inventor Raphael Meneguz

Raphael Meneguz 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: 11491955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle's windscreen wiper, that includes a wiper blade and driving system; where the driving system includes a wiper motor, a wheel plate that pivots about a central rotational axis; where the wheel plate's angular position is associated with the wiper blade's angular position; where a parking cam on the wheel is associated with two parking contact springs with parking electrodes that press against the wheel plate surface under a resilient bias of the parking contact spring; where a parking trace is defined by a track slid by the parking electrode on the wheel plate during the wheel plate's rotation such that distances between the contact spring parking electrodes and the wheel plate's central rotation axis is substantially equal to each other such that traces of the parking electrodes generally coincide with each other; where the invention further includes a single-trace parking cam consisting of only one arc-segment such that the parking trace substantially follows
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Changshu Valeo Automotive Wiper Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Raphael Meneguz, Yang Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200353897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle's windscreen wiper, that includes a wiper blade and driving system; where the driving system includes a wiper motor, a wheel plate that pivots about a central rotational axis; where the wheel plate's angular position is associated with the wiper blade's angular position; where a parking cam on the wheel is associated with two parking contact springs with parking electrodes that press against the wheel plate surface under a resilient bias of the parking contact spring; where a parking trace is defined by a track slid by the parking electrode on the wheel plate during the wheel plate's rotation such that distances between the contact spring parking electrodes and the wheel plate's central rotation axis is substantially equal to each other such that traces of the parking electrodes generally coincide with each other; where the invention further includes a single-trace parking cam consisting of only one arc-segment such that the parking trace substantially follows
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Changshu Valeo Automotive Wiper Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing XU, Raphael MENEGUZ, Yang ZHAO
  • 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: 5655405
    Abstract: A motorised reduction gear unit, especially for a vehicle screen wiping system, comprises a hollow casing closed by a cover plate, and, within the casing, a toothed wheel which is rotatable about an axis and which carries a pin parallel to the toothed wheel axis and eccentric with respect to the axis. This pin drives a crank and connecting rod unit to convert continuous rotation of the toothed wheel into an alternating motion of an output shaft. The output shaft is provided with braking means for applying braking action to its rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
    Inventors: Dominique Lerouge, Raphael Meneguz, Pascal Stelmarski, Eric Gallaud