Patents by Inventor Stephane Houssat
Stephane Houssat 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).
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Publication number: 20260257650Abstract: An adapter for assembling a wiper blade on a wiper arm, the adapter includes a flexible tab bearing a locking button, where an end of the locking button is extended laterally by at least one locking lip, a retaining edge of which extends in a longitudinal direction of the adapter so as to cooperate with a lateral border of an opening in a yoke of the wiper arm so as to lock the assembly of the adapter in the yoke.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2024Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Thomas CAETANO, Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER
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Publication number: 20260225561Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device for joining a wiper blade to a wiper arm, the device includes a first adapter and a second adapter configured to be mounted on the first adapter and to be positioned between the first adapter and the wiper arm, wherein the flexible tab of the second adapter carries a retaining fin that is arranged under a second locking button and extends under a locking projection of a first locking button, the retaining fin engaging with the locking projection of the first locking button of the first adapter to drive the movement of the first locking button with the second locking button when a pulling force is exerted on the second locking button.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: August 6, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Thomas CAETANO, Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT
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Publication number: 20260208699Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a windscreen wiper blade, which is configured to be able to assemble a windscreen wiper blade to a windscreen wiper arm. The adapter includes an arm cavity, which is configured to receive one end of the windscreen wiper arm sliding in a longitudinal direction, and a locking button, which is configured to block the removal of the windscreen wiper arm in the longitudinal direction. The arm cavity includes at least one first bearing zone, on which one edge of the arm is configured to bear, and two second bearing zones, on which the opposite edge of the arm is configured to bear, the first and second bearing zones being arranged so as to bear alternately on each edge of the arm along the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: July 23, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT, Olivier JOMARD
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Publication number: 20260208700Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter for attaching a wiper blade to a drive arm of a wiper system. The adapter includes a locking device configured to lock or unlock the adapter with respect to the drive arm and a push button carried by a tab, wherein the tab has in cross-section at least two flanks connected to each other by an elbow portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: July 23, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER, Olivier JOMARD
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Publication number: 20260200438Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: July 16, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT, Olivier JOMARD, Philippe BILLOT
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Publication number: 20260138566Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter assembly for a vehicle wiper system. The adapter assembly includes a spacer member releasably mounted on a base member. The spacer member includes flanks spaced apart from each other and connected to each other by an upper wall. The spacer member further includes two longitudinal lugs adapted to be received in corresponding slots of a yoke of a wiper arm. The spacer member includes a flexible cantilever having a button, and a bearing tab provided below the button such that a push-button of the base member may be locked to the bearing tab. The button of the spacer member may be received in a cut-out of the yoke and may facilitate the unlocking of the push-button. The spacer member makes the adapter assembly compatible with the wiper arm having the yoke design including side walls and a top wall having the cut-out.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2024Publication date: May 21, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Thomas CAETANO, Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER
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Publication number: 20260116346Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter assembly for a wiper system. The adapter assembly includes a spacer member releasably mounted on a base member. The spacer member includes side walls having stud that are received in corresponding orifices provided in longitudinal walls of the base member, to mount and secure the spacer member on the base member. The spacer member further includes a flexible leg provided on its upper wall for receiving and locking the yoke of the wiper arm with the spacer member. The flexible leg includes a vertically deformable cantilever portion having a locking tab adapted to allow the yoke to slide over the spacer member and lock the yoke with the spacer member. Thus, the spacer member makes the adapter assembly compatible with the wiper arm having a cut-out in the yoke, more specifically a cut-out in a top wall of the yoke.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2024Publication date: April 30, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Thomas CAETANO, Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER
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Publication number: 20260091761Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter assembly for a vehicle wiper system. The adapter assembly includes a base member pivotally mounted on a connector of a wiper blade, a platform member connected to a rear end of the base member, and a locking cap pivotally connected to a front end of the base member. The base member includes a guiding tab formed near front end to guide and support a front end of a wiper arm. The base member further includes a seating tab to support side walls of the wiper arm. The platform member includes an inverted L-shaped locking feature formed on outer surfaces of side walls of the platform member, to restrict vertically upward and longitudinally rearward movement of the wiper arm with respect to the adapter assembly. The locking cap may be locked on the base member by a securing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2024Publication date: April 2, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Thomas CAETANO, Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER
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Publication number: 20260070516Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter assembly for a vehicle wiper system. The adapter assembly includes a base member, a tilting member, a locking cap and a spacer. The base member is pivotally mounted on a connector of a wiper blade, and the tilting member is pivotally mounted at rear end of the base member. The spacer is mounted on the tilting member allowing connection of wiper arms with different designs with the adapter assembly. The spacer includes a flexible tab provided near lower face, which deforms while sliding the wiper arm on the spacer for engagement. When the wiper arm is completely slid over the spacer, the flexible tab comes back to neutral state to cooperate with folded edges of the wiper arm and restricts rearward movement of the arm with respect to the spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: March 12, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Thomas CAETANO, Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER
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Publication number: 20260008436Abstract: Disclosed is an adapter for a windshield wiper blade, configured to allow a wiper blade to be mounted on a wiper arm, the adapter including an arm through-housing configured to receive one end of the wiper arm such that the wiper arm can slide in a longitudinal direction, and a locking button configured to prevent the wiper arm in a rest position from being retracted in the longitudinal direction. The adapter also includes at least one longitudinal stop that protrudes in the arm housing and is configured to cooperate with a mating surface formed in a section of the wiper arm in order to prevent the wiper arm from being longitudinally inserted into the arm housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: January 8, 2026Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT, Olivier JOMARD
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Publication number: 20250353470Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a device for connecting a wiper blade to an arm of a wiper system. The connection device includes at least a connection module and the adapter which extends in a longitudinal main extent direction. The adapter includes fastening means for at least a plurality of different types of wiper arms, the fastening means being configured to provide at least four different fastening planes in each of the longitudinal and transverse directions and also in a vertical direction perpendicular to these two longitudinal and transverse directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: November 20, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Olivier JOMARD
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Publication number: 20250346212Abstract: A connection device for connecting a wiper to an arm of a wiper system. The connection device extending in a longitudinal direction and including a connector configured to bear a wiper blade of the wiper and a connection module able to be mounted on the connector and including at least one base pivotably mounted about an axis of pivoting on the connector. The connector including at least one segment on which a pivot element cooperating with a pivot member of a longitudinal wall of the base is disposed. The base including load-reacting means which are borne by the longitudinal wall and which are configured such that the longitudinal wall and the load-reacting means are disposed transversely on either side of the segment of the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: November 13, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Olivier JOMARD
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Publication number: 20250333024Abstract: The present invention is a connection module for connecting a connection device of a wiper extending in a longitudinal direction to an arm of a wiper system. The connection module being, for the one part, able to be mounted on a connector of the connection device configured to bear the wiper and, for the other part, connected to the arm, the connection module including a cover that is pivotable about a pivot axis and comprises blocking means for blocking at least one type of arm. The cover includes an elastically deformable tongue on which the blocking means are disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: October 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Olivier JOMARD
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Publication number: 20250319846Abstract: The present invention is a connection device for connecting a wiper blade extending in a longitudinal direction to an arm of a wiping system, the connection device including a connector configured to carry the wiper blade and a connection module adapted to be mounted on the connector and connected to the arm. The connection module including at least one base mounted pivotably about a pivot axis on the connector and a rotary platform mounted rotatably about a rotation axis on the base. The pivot axis and the rotation axis extending parallel to and separately from one another, the rotation axis being offset longitudinally relative to the pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: October 16, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Stephane HOUSSAT, Vincent GAUCHER, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Olivier JOMARD
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Publication number: 20250136055Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Philippe BILLOT
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Patent number: 12280747Abstract: A connector for a wiper blade, comprising at least a main body and a rotating cap, comprising at least one cover wall, a reinforcing wall, a hinge and an attachment device for rigidly connecting the rotating cap relative to an end wall of the main body, the hinge being arranged at one of the longitudinal ends of the cover wall and ensuring a rotation of the rotating cap about an axis, the reinforcing wall extending from the cover wall towards the end wall of the main body, the rotating cap further comprising a device for supporting the rotating cap on the end wall of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Vincent Gaucher, Guillaume Mouleyre, Stephane Houssat
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Patent number: 12012077Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter (1) for a wiper system (6), comprising at least a side wall (10) and an upper wall (12) having at least one common edge between them, the side wall (10) and the upper wall (12) helping to define an inner volume of the adapter (1), the adapter (1) comprising a first inner wall (20) and a second inner wall (66) helping to delimit, at least partially, a receiving area (26) intended to receive the connector (8), the adapter (1) comprising at least one receiving housing (32) which is intended to receive the arm and which has a rectangular cross section defined by two major sides (33) and two minor sides (31), characterized in that a straight line (D) passing through one of the major sides (33) cuts the receiving area (26) intended to receive the connector (8).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stephane Houssat, Eric Poton, Olivier Jomard
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Patent number: 11820336Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a wiper blade mount, the adapter comprising a cover configured to accommodate, inside a central opening, a removable attachment system which allows subsequent temporary fastening of said adapter to an articulated wiper blade arm, when said adapter is implemented on a wiper blade. To this end, the removable attachment system comprises one or more mounting members which take the form of U-clips configured to be removably inserted in the central opening and held in this configuration by means of temporary fastening means. The invention also relates to a wiper blade comprising such an adapter mounted on a wiper blade mount.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Eric Poton, Vincent Gaucher, Stephane Houssat
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Publication number: 20230322187Abstract: A connector for a wiper blade, comprising at least a main body and a rotating cap, comprising at least one cover wall, a reinforcing wall, a hinge and an attachment device for rigidly connecting the rotating cap relative to an end wall of the main body, the hinge being arranged at one of the longitudinal ends of the cover wall and ensuring a rotation of the rotating cap about an axis, the reinforcing wall extending from the cover wall towards the end wall of the main body, the rotating cap further comprising a device for supporting the rotating cap on the end wall of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Stephane HOUSSAT
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Patent number: 11738718Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a wiper blade mounting, the adapter comprising a cover which can be releasably attached to a main bar of the mounting by a single rotational movement that allows form-closure engagement between the cover and the main bar. According to the invention, the cover comprises an angular indexing system for defining an axis of rotation of the cover, the angular indexing system cooperating with an opening in the main bar. The opening and the angular indexing system have an asymmetrical form in order to allow angular indexing of the cover relative to the main bar and, subsequently, mechanical coupling of the cover on the main bar. The invention is applicable to motor vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Eric Poton, Stephane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher