Patents by Inventor Richard Duesterhoeft

Richard Duesterhoeft 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: 9764716
    Abstract: A wiper arm arrangement with a wiper arm of a windscreen wiper system of a vehicle and an attachment element having at least one line. The attachment element can be coupled to a connecting element designed for holding a wiper blade and for connecting the wiper blade to the wiper arm. Due to the coupling, at least one corresponding line of the connecting element can be joined onto the at least one line of the attachment element. The connecting element can be fitted onto the attachment element in an installation direction which coincides at least substantially with a direction of longitudinal extent of the wiper arm. The attachment element is arranged on the wiper arm so as to be movable in the direction of longitudinal extent of the wiper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Daimler AG, Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
    Inventors: Richard Duesterhoeft, Holger Fitterer, Uwe Renz, Heiko Schmid, Andreas Zygan, Xavier Bousset, Giuseppe Grasso, Vincent Izabel, Gèrald Caillot
  • Patent number: 9604600
    Abstract: Assembly for the production of a wiping system, comprising a terminal part (2) of a wiper arm designed to move a wiper blade (3) over the surface to be wiped and a hydraulic connector (30) comprising at least one piping element (31, 32) for conveying a liquid to the wiper blade (3), the said terminal part comprising at least one means (8) for supporting the said hydraulic connector ensuring that it is held longitudinally with reference to the wiper arm. It is characterized in that the said supporting means allows a movement of the said hydraulic connector (30) in a direction convergent with the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Daimler AG, Valeo Systems D'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Izabel, Xavier Bousset, Guiseppe Grasso, Gérald Caillot, Holger Fitterer, Uwe Renz, Andreas Zygan, Heiko Schmid, Richard Düsterhöft, Steffen Pommerening
  • Publication number: 20160250999
    Abstract: An apparatus for wiping a windscreen of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a wiper blade and a connecting arrangement for connecting the wiper blade to a wiper arm of a windscreen wiper system of the motor vehicle. The connecting arrangement includes an adapter coupled to the wiper blade and a slider coupleable to the adapter and coupleable to the wiper arm. The slider has a U-profile in cross section with a back and two limbs. A projection is disposed on one of the two limbs and the projection is engageable around a lower side of the wiper arm. An apparatus for connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm of a windscreen wiper system of a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Richard DUESTERHOEFT, Christina NESTLER, Heiko SCHMID
  • Patent number: 9352725
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement for connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm for a windscreen wiper system of a vehicle. An adaptor for holding the wiper blade is fitted onto the wiper arm in an installation direction running transversely with respect to a wiping surface definable by the wiping movement of the wiper blade. The connecting arrangement includes a securing element designed as a sliding latch arranged on the wiper arm. The sliding latch, which has a U-profile in cross section, serves for the positionally secured holding of the adaptor on the wiper arm, and the sliding latch is displaceable along the wiper arm from an installation position into a functional position securing the adaptor. The sliding latch has a back and two limbs, and at least one projection engaging around the wiper arm on the lower side is arranged on the limbs of the sliding latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Richard Duesterhoeft, Christina Nestler, Heiko Schmid
  • Publication number: 20150026908
    Abstract: Assembly for the production of a wiping system, comprising a terminal part (2) of a wiper arm designed to move a wiper blade (3) over the surface to be wiped and a hydraulic connector (30) comprising at least one piping element (31, 32) for conveying a liquid to the wiper blade (3), the said terminal part comprising at least one means (8) for supporting the said hydraulic connector ensuring that it is held longitudinally with reference to the wiper arm. It is characterized in that the said supporting means allows a movement of the said hydraulic connector (30) in a direction convergent with the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Izabel, Xavier Bousset, Guiseppe Grasso, Gérald Caillot, Holger Fitterer, Uwe Renz, Andreas Zygan, Heiko Schmid, Richard Düsterhöft, Steffen Pommerening
  • Publication number: 20130312208
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement for connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm for a windscreen wiper system of a vehicle. An adaptor for holding the wiper blade is fitted onto the wiper arm in an installation direction running transversely with respect to a wiping surface definable by the wiping movement of the wiper blade. The connecting arrangement includes a securing element designed as a sliding latch arranged on the wiper arm. The sliding latch, which has a U-profile in cross section, serves for the positionally secured holding of the adaptor on the wiper arm, and the sliding latch is displaceable along the wiper arm from an installation position into a functional position securing the adaptor. The sliding latch has a back and two limbs, and at least one projection engaging around the wiper arm on the lower side is arranged on the limbs of the sliding latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Richard Duesterhoeft, Christina Nestler, Heiko Schmid
  • Publication number: 20130263400
    Abstract: A wiper arm arrangement with a wiper arm of a windscreen wiper system of a vehicle and an attachment element having at least one line. The attachment element can be coupled to a connecting element designed for holding a wiper blade and for connecting the wiper blade to the wiper arm. Due to the coupling, at least one corresponding line of the connecting element can be joined onto the at least one line of the attachment element. The connecting element can be fitted onto the attachment element in an installation direction which coincides at least substantially with a direction of longitudinal extent of the wiper arm. The attachment element is arranged on the wiper arm so as to be movable in the direction of longitudinal extent of the wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Richard Duesterhoeft, Holger Fitterer, Uwe Renz, Heiko Schmid, Andreas Zygan
  • Patent number: 6799482
    Abstract: The invention is based on a fastening for a wiper mount (36) at at least three fastening points (38, 40, 42) on a vehicle body (44) by means of elastic bearings (48), wherein the first and second fastening point (38, 40) are disposed in the vicinity of wiper bearings (30, 32, 34) and the third fastening point (42) is disposed near a wiper motor (10), and the third fastening point (42) is adjustable such that the wiper mount (36) can be tilted about an imaginary axis through the first and second fastening points (38, 40). It is proposed that in the vicinity of the third fastening point (42), contact faces (58, 68) of the wiper mount (36) that face another, on the one hand, and a retaining element (46) secured nondetachably to the vehicle body (44), on the other, form an angle (&dgr;), and between the contact faces (58, 68), a rubber-elastic element (48) whose end faces (56, 66) correspond to the contact faces (58, 68) is fastened by means of a screw (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Knauf, Richard Duesterhoeft
  • Publication number: 20030052504
    Abstract: The invention is based on a fastening for a wiper mount (36) at at least three fastening points (38, 40, 42) on a vehicle body (44) by means of elastic bearings (48), wherein the first and second fastening point (38, 40) are disposed in the vicinity of wiper bearings (30, 32, 34) and the third fastening point (42) is disposed near a wiper motor (10), and the third fastening point (42) is adjustable such that the wiper mount (36) can be tilted about an imaginary axis through the first and second fastening points (38, 40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Knauf, Richard Duesterhoeft