Patents by Inventor Richard Knauf

Richard Knauf 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: 6978510
    Abstract: A wiper system for wiping a movable window (2), in particular of a motor vehicle, having a rotationally drivable first coupling part (10) for connection to a rotationally drivable drive shaft (9) disposed downstream of a stationary motor-gear unit (6), a second coupling part (15), which is connected to a wiper shaft (14) for driving a wiper (5), is movable in common with the window (2), and can be brought in centering fashion, relative to the drive shaft (9), with the first coupling part (10) in a torque-transmitting way along with the wiper shaft (14), and an overload-prevention means for limiting the torque that can be transmitted between the first coupling part (10) and the second coupling part (15), which prevention means is embodied in one piece with the first coupling part (10) and/or the second coupling part (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Knauf
  • Patent number: 6964080
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper arm (10) for a windshield wiper, having a fastening part (12) and a joint member (18) that are connected to one another via a swing-down joint (54), and a tension spring (26) is suspended by one end (28) from a suspension device (24) of the joint member (18) and by its other end (30) via a C-shaped bracket (32) in a suspension device (16) of the fastening part (12) and in an operating position presses a wiper blade (34), via a wiper rod (22), against a windshield and in a swing-down position presses a contact face of the joint member (18) or of the C-shaped bracket (32) against a limiting stop of the fastening part (12). It is proposed that between the operating position and the swing-down position, a detent position is provided, up to which the wiper blade (34) can be raised from the windshield in a parking position, without touching a hood over the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Knauf
  • Publication number: 20040250368
    Abstract: A wiper system for wiping a movable window (2), in particular of a motor vehicle, having a rotationally drivable first coupling part (10) for connection to a rotationally drivable drive shaft (9) disposed downstream of a stationary motor-gear unit (6), a second coupling part (15), which is connected to a wiper shaft (14) for driving a wiper (5), is movable in common with the window (2), and can be brought in centering fashion, relative to the drive shaft (9), with the first coupling part (10) in a torque-transmitting way along with the wiper shaft (14), and an overload-prevention means for limiting the torque that can be transmitted between the first coupling part (10) and the second coupling part (15), which prevention means is embodied in one piece with the first coupling part (10) and/or the second coupling part (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Knauf
  • 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: 20040068823
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper arm (10) for a windshield wiper, having a fastening part (12) and a joint member (18) that are connected to one another via a swing-down joint (54), and a tension spring (26) is suspended by one end (28) from a suspension device (24) of the joint member (18) and by its other end (30) via a C-shaped bracket (32) in a suspension device (16) of the fastening part (12) and in an operating position presses a wiper blade (34), via a wiper rod (22), against a windshield and in a swing-down position presses a contact face of the joint member (18) or of the C-shaped bracket (32) against a limiting stop of the fastening part (12). It is proposed that between the operating position and the swing-down position, a detent position is provided, up to which the wiper blade (34) can be raised from the windshield in a parking position, without touching a hood over the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Knauf
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6279409
    Abstract: A wiper bearing has a bearing shell and a shaft, which is received by the bearing shell and is connected at one point to a drive mechanism and has a receptacle for wiper arm. The bearing shell concentrically grips a region of the shaft and forms a first axis, which forms an angle with a second axis that extents through a region having a receptacle of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Knauf