Patents by Inventor Sophie Genet

Sophie Genet 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: 9925958
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, with the special feature that the connecting device has a substantially H-shaped cross-section, wherein lower legs of the H-shaped cross-section are connected to the flexible material of the wiper blade on opposite sides thereof, and wherein upper legs of the H-shaped cross-section are adapted to receive the joint part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Patent number: 9580048
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, with the special feature that the connecting device has a substantially H-shaped cross-section, wherein lower legs of the H-shaped cross-section are connected to the flexible material of the wiper blade on opposite sides thereof, and wherein upper legs of the H-shaped cross-section are adapted to receive the joint part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Publication number: 20170015282
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, with the special feature that the connecting device has a substantially H-shaped cross-section, wherein lower legs of the H-shaped cross-section are connected to the flexible material of the wiper blade on opposite sides thereof, and wherein upper legs of the H-shaped cross-section are adapted to receive the joint part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Patent number: 9415750
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the “flat blade type” comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material and a connecting device for a oscillating arm comprising two longitudinal arm sections connected to each other by means of a curved intermediate section and a resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in the oscillating arm, wherein the resilient tongue comprises at least two, spaced-apart, downwardly extending protrusions, wherein a first protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a first type, and wherein a second protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a second type, the oscillating arms of the first and the second types mutually differing in the distance between their respective longitudinal arm sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Patent number: 9321431
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove in which a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm is pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end thereof, with the interposition of a joint part, wherein the windscreen wiper device comprises a cover element mounted movable onto the connecting device between a closed position wherein an open end of the connecting device is covered and an open position wherein the oscillating arm can be mounted onto or removed from the connecting device through the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Patent number: 9003597
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Publication number: 20140000057
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, with the special feature that the connecting device has a substantially H-shaped cross-section, wherein lower legs of the H-shaped cross-section are connected to the flexible material of the wiper blade on opposite sides thereof, and wherein upper legs of the H-shaped cross-section are adapted to receive the joint part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Publication number: 20130312209
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the “flat blade type” comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material and a connecting device for a oscillating arm comprising two longitudinal arm sections connected to each other by means of a curved intermediate section and a resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in the oscillating arm, wherein the resilient tongue comprises at least two, spaced-apart, downwardly extending protrusions, wherein a first protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a first type, and wherein a second protrusion is adapted to engage in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in an oscillating arm of a second type, the oscillating arms of the first and the second types mutually differing in the distance between their respective longitudinal arm sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Publication number: 20130305477
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: 8578583
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Publication number: 20130125331
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device includes an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove in which a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm is pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end thereof, with the interposition of a joint part, wherein the windscreen wiper device comprises a cover element mounted movable onto the connecting device between a closed position wherein an open end of the connecting device is covered and an open position wherein the oscillating arm can be mounted onto or removed from the connecting device through the open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Publication number: 20130104371
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: 8347449
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul S.A.
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Publication number: 20090282638
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: 7581277
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves space-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul SA
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: 7398577
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising at least one yoke which is attached to a carrier in such a manner as to be capable of pivotating movement about a first pivot axis, wherein both said carrier and said yoke have a substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of their interconnection, said windscreen wiper device further comprising a oscillating arm pivotally connected to said carrier about a second pivot axis near one end, wherein said carrier is provided, at the location of said second pivot axis, with a transverse shaft, with the special feature that said oscillating arm and said carrier are interconnected with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said joint part comprises at least one resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in said oscillating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Federal - Mogul S.A.
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Patent number: 7263741
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be place in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves space-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, whrein said oscillating arm is pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, a special feature of which is that the end of the oscillating wiper arm includes two at lest substantially cylindrical protrusions, which form bearing surfaces, at the location of the pivot axis, which protrusions extend in lateral direction with respect to the oscillating wiper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Federal Mogual S.A.
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Fernaud Thibaut
  • Publication number: 20060272119
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising at least one yoke which is attached to a carrier in such a manner as to be capable of pivotating movement about a first pivot axis, wherein both said carrier and said yoke have a substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of their interconnection, said windscreen wiper device further comprising a oscillating arm pivotally connected to said carrier about a second pivot axis near one end, wherein said carrier is provided, at the location of said second pivot axis, with a transverse shaft, with the special feature that said oscillating arm and said carrier are interconnected with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said joint part comprises at least one resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in said oscillating arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventor: Sophie Genet
  • Publication number: 20050172443
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves space-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, as well as a spoiler, a special feature of which is that the spoiler as a separate constructional element is detachably connected to the wiper blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Sophie Genet, Pierre Henin, Xavier Boland
  • Patent number: D669373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Institut de Radioprotection et de Nucleaire
    Inventors: Sophie Genet-Jegard, Alexandre Hoflak, Patrice Fraboulet