Patents by Inventor Wim Verboven

Wim Verboven 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: 8745813
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade (10) with a supporting element (12) which has two interconnected spring rails (30), and with a wiper strip (14) which is received by the spring rails (30) in a manner allowing it to be exchanged. It is proposed that one end of the wiper strip (14) is connected fixedly to a thickened portion (74, 98, 100, 108, 110, 112, 114) by means of which the wiper strip (14) can be fixed relative to the supporting element (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishida, Christian Wilms, Yutaka Yamada, Wim Verboven, Frank Diedrich, Mohamed Aznag, Ishikawa Yoshiki, Bernard Behr, Hubert Verelst
  • Publication number: 20130298347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the articulated connection of a flat-bar wiper blade (10) to a wiper arm (28), said device comprising a connection element (16), with a bearing pin (20), to be connected to the wiper blade (10), a connecting element (30) connected to the wiper arm (28), and an adaptor (44) which is both pivotally mounted on the bearing pin (20), by means of a hub (54), as well as inserted in the connecting element (30) in a rigid but detachable manner using locking means (40, 76). According to the invention, the hub (54) has an assembly channel (56) along its entire length on the side which faces the bearing pin (20), with the play between the hub (54) and the bearing pin (20) being calculated such that moments about a vertical axis (88) are transmitted from the wiper blade (10) to the adaptor (44) exclusively by means of the bearing pin (20) and the hub (54), and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Wim Verboven
  • Patent number: 8327500
    Abstract: A wiper blade (10) is proposed having a rubber elastic wiper strip (12). The wiper strip (12) is secured by means of at least one spring rail (14, 16) as supporting element. An end cap (20) is attached to at least one end of the longitudinal extension of the supporting element. According to the invention, the end cap (20) has at least one first, energy-absorbing region (22) and one second, in particular stabilizing region (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter De Block, Wim Verboven, Eric Windmolders
  • Publication number: 20110126373
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade (10) with a supporting element (12) which has two interconnected spring rails (30), and with a wiper strip (14) which is received by the spring rails (30) in a manner allowing it to be exchanged. It is proposed that one end of the wiper strip (14) is connected fixedly to a thickened portion (74, 98, 100, 108, 110, 112, 114) by means of which the wiper strip (14) can be fixed relative to the supporting element (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ishida, Christian Wilms, Yutaka Yamada, Wim Verboven, Frank Diedrich, Mohamed Aznag, Ishikawa Yoshiki, Bernard Behr, Hubert Verelst
  • Publication number: 20090172910
    Abstract: A wiper blade (10) is proposed having a rubber elastic wiper strip (12). The wiper strip (12) is secured by means of at least one spring rail (14, 16) as supporting element. An end cap (20) is attached to at least one end of the longitudinal extension of the supporting element. According to the invention, the end cap (20) has at least one first, energy-absorbing region (22) and one second, in particular stabilizing region (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventors: Peter De Block, Wim Verboven, Eric Windmolders