Patents by Inventor Valerie Carlier

Valerie Carlier 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: 9566948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiping rubber for wiper blades in windshield wipers, comprising a profile body formed of an elastomer or rubber material, at least partially having a surface coating. The surface coating (22) comprises carbon fibers (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Lay, Valerie Carlier
  • Publication number: 20160002459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade element (10) for a wiper blade, for example of a motor vehicle. In order to minimize the running noise, said wiper blade element (10) comprises an elastomer material (A) which comprises a polymer blend from at least one ethylene-propylene-(diene)-rubber and at least one polymer, selected from the group consisting of polynorbornene, trans-polyoctenamer, polyisobutylene, chloroprene rubber, butyl rubber, chlorobutyl rubber, bromobutyl rubber and mixtures thereof. In the polymer blend, the weight ratio of ethylene-propylene-(diene) rubber and/or ethylene-propylene rubber to the at least one polymer is in a range of 40:60-95:5. The invention also relates to said type of elastomer material (A) and a wiper blade equipped with said type of wiper blade element (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Reiner Lay, Valerie Carlier, Nicolaas Gotzen, Vincent Duval, Eric Pieters
  • Publication number: 20160002452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade element (10) for a wiper blade, for example of a motor vehicle. In order to minimize the running noise, said wiper blade element (10) comprises an elastomer material (A) which comprises a polymer blend from at least one ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) and/or at least one ethylene-propylene-rubber (EPM) and at least one ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymer (EVM), said polymer blend containing at least one ethylene-vinyl acetate-copolymer having a vinyl acetate-content in the region of ?45 wt.-% to ?85 wt.-%, with respect to the total weight of the ethylene-vinyl acetate-copolymer. The invention also relates to said type of elastomer material (A) and to a wiper blade equipped with said type of wiper blade element (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Reiner Lay, Valerie Carlier, Nicolaas Gotzen, Vincent Duval, Eric Pieters
  • Patent number: 8575078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating for elastomeric linear profiles, where the coating comprises solid lubricant embedded into a polymeric matrix. It also relates to a wiper blade for windscreen wipers, comprising this type of coating, and also to a process for the production of an elastomeric linear profile coated according to the invention. The polymeric matrix with embedded solid lubricant is obtained by polymerizing, in the absence of polymeric binders, a mixture comprising the solid lubricant and low-molecular-weight crosslinking agent. In one embodiment, the matrix is obtained from the thermal polymerization of the low-molecular-weight crosslinking agent hexamethoxymethylmelamine. Examples of solid lubricants are graphite and HDPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Duval, Yves Verburgh, Valerie Carlier
  • Publication number: 20110059301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiping rubber for wiper blades in windshield wipers, comprising a profile body formed of an elastomer or rubber material, at least partially having a surface coating. The surface coating (22) comprises carbon fibers (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner Lay, Valerie Carlier
  • Publication number: 20100325830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating for elastomeric linear profiles, where the coating comprises solid lubricant embedded into a polymeric matrix. It also relates to a wiper blade for windscreen wipers, comprising this type of coating, and also to a process for the production of an elastomeric linear profile coated according to the invention. The polymeric matrix with embedded solid lubricant is obtained by polymerizing, in the absence of polymeric binders, a mixture comprising the solid lubricant and low-molecular-weight crosslinking agent. In one embodiment, the matrix is obtained from the thermal polymerization of the low-molecular-weight crosslinking agent hexamethoxymethylmelamine. Examples of solid lubricants are graphite and HDPE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Vincent Duval, Yves Verburgh, Valerie Carlier