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7622878 |
Wiper unit controller and method for controlling wiper unit
A wiper unit controller for performing wiping at an accurate intermittent wipe cycle. The controller stores a maximum resistance value of a variable resistor having a resistance value that varies...
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7609857 |
Method and device for recognizing obstruction of view in image sensor systems
A method and a device for recognizing visual obstructions in image sensor systems are provided. A signal is produced, based on the analysis of the recorded image from the image sensor, which...
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7586279 |
Actuator position switch
Methods and systems are disclosed for controlling the operation of a component according to the position of an actuated part of an actuator. In one illustrative embodiment, a position sensor is...
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7586275 |
Wiper device control method, wiper device and motor with speed reduction mechanism
A wiper device includes a sensor magnet fitted to an output shaft so that when wiper arms are positioned at upper reversal positions B relative to an origin position O, both hall ICs are opposed to...
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7535190 |
System and method for controlling a window wiper system
A windshield wiper system for use on a hybrid electric vehicle is capable of adjusting the delay between consecutive cycles based on engine state and vehicle speed. The system includes a windshield...
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7528500 |
Intelligent wiper control system for vehicle
Disclosed herein is an intelligent wiper control system for a vehicle. A rain sensor unit controls the speed of wipers based on the amount of rain. An electronic control unit analyzes the input...
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7504798 |
Wiper controller and method for controlling wiper
A controller for controlling a wiper unit including a wiper and an intermittent wipe cycle setting device for setting an intermittent wipe cycle of the wiper. The cycle setting device is set at a...
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7466097 |
Wiper control method and wiper control device
A wiper control method and a wiper control device are provided which can smoothly respond to rapid change of a rainfall situation at passage of a rainfall shutoff environment such as a tunnel. A...
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7427844 |
Switch assembly, electric machine having the switch assembly, and method of controlling the same
A pump assembly for pumping a liquid and a method of controlling the pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a motor coupled to a pump, and an electronic switch assembly electrically connected to...
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7420346 |
Drive arrangement for a wiper device for windows of motor vehicles
The invention relates to a drive arrangement of a wiper device for windows of motor vehicles with at least two swivel-mounted wiper arms ( 18, 20 ) that are connected to one another via a crank...
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7392565 |
Tandem windshield wiper system with bellcrank linkage
A tandem windshield wiper system including a first windshield wiper assembly having a first lever arm that is adapted to operatively move in a repeated wiping motion across the surface of a...
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7389561 |
Tandem windshield wiper system with direct drive motor
A tandem windshield wiper system that includes at least one brushless DC motor to provide drive torque through an output that is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the motor. A first...
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7345445 |
Automatic snow removal wiper system
A wiping system for use on a vehicle window comprises a window wiper assembly positioned proximate the window, a first sensor for detecting the presence of moisture on the window and a second...
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7345444 |
Intermittent washer
A window washer control system and method administers fluid intermittently to a window based on an intermittent setting. A washer switch includes a plurality of frequency settings for varying a...
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7323842 |
Rotating electrical machine
A rotating electrical machine has a housing with a shaft mounted rotatably in it. A rotor is fixed to the shaft and has a plurality of magnetic poles. A stator is positioned about the rotor and has...
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7307395 |
Safety device for a sliding panel driven by an electrical motor and method for implementing such a device
The invention concerns a sequential safety system associated with a moving closing panel driven so as to slide by an electric motor ( 6 ), this safety system including means ( 20 ) exploiting the...
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7298110 |
Integrated motor monitoring system
An integrated motor monitoring system includes a housing and a motor disposed within the housing, the motor being configured to provide a power output. The integrated motor monitoring system also...
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7294986 |
Reversing motor windshield wiper system
A reversing wiper motor system has a first detector including a detectant which rotates in synchronism with the wiper. The detector physically identifies a plurality of distinct angular zones...
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7259532 |
Power window apparatus with function of pinching detection
An MCU monitors changes in motor rotating speed from the motor start so as to detect a peak of the motor rotating speed, and when the peak of the motor rotating speed is detected, it measures a...
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7248010 |
Wiper controller for controlling windshield wiper
A wiper controller includes: a sensor for detecting a waterdrop on a windshield; a wiper for wiping the windshield; and control means for controlling operation of the wiper. The control means...
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7199541 |
Method of controlling an electric motor with oscillating output shaft, particularly for automobile wiper systems, and the arrangement of that electric motor
A method for controlling an electric motor for an automobile wiper system includes a calibration curve in which data is converted into the angular value of the position of an output shaft and a...
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7199346 |
Moisture sensor and windshield fog detector
A control system is disclosed for automatically detecting moisture on the windshield of a vehicle. The automatic moisture detecting system includes an optical system for imaging a portion of the...
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7173395 |
Inverter unit grounding method and inverter unit
A circuit system that includes a sensor circuit for a sensor that detects the state of a motor is provided in an inverter unit for driving the motor. A 0V of the circuit system is connected with a...
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7171718 |
Direct drive windshield wiper assembly
A windshield wiper assembly including at least one motor having an output shaft and a windshield wiper operatively connected to the output shaft. The motor includes a stator adapted to provide an...
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7116072 |
Motorized barrier operator system for setting a down force adjustment to a minimum value and method for programming the same
A method and system for setting a downward force adjustment exerted by a barrier is disclosed. As is known, the barrier operator initiates corrective action if a detected obstruction force is...
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7098618 |
Rain detection system and method of controlling the same
A rain detection system generates an operation signal for operating a wiper system on a window based on a detected window condition. The rain detection system includes a detection mechanism for...
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7095199 |
Automatic vehicle wiper system
An automatic vehicle wiper system including a wiper, a speed sensor which measures vehicle speed, a rainfall measuring device which measures amount of rainfall during predetermined intervals, a...
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7019275 |
Moisture sensor and windshield fog detector
The system of the present invention is configured to detect moisture on a surface and includes a sensor that may be divided into a plurality of subwindows. At least one of the subwindows has a...
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7009356 |
Wiper control apparatus and method for automatic vehicular wiping
The wiper control apparatus comprises a precipitation detector, a surrounding state detector and a wiper controller. The precipitation detector detects a precipitation condition at a position where...
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6958585 |
Windshield wiper system activated by sensing rainwater
A windshield wiper system activated by sensing rainwater via a rain sensor placed inside the wiping pattern when a multifunction switch lever is in automatic mode. A rain sensor module activates a...
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6940244 |
Wiper control apparatus and wiper control method
An apparatus, which engages wiper blades in operation by interlocking with an operation of a washer switch, drives the wiper blades at a high speed if the vehicle speed during the wiper blade...
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6936985 |
Sensing device for determining a rain rate
A sensing device includes a piezoelectric vibration sensor mounted to a surface for producing an analog signal proportional to raindrops striking the surface, an amplifier, an analog-to-digital...
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6917173 |
Automobile wiper driving apparatus
The wiper driving apparatus module includes: a motor 12 for driving a wiper unit; a wiper ECU 11 for driving the motor 12 ; a deceleration mechanism (including gears). The two brush DC motor...
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6911796 |
Power control device
A power control device for positioning at a low voltage side of a load for controlling the electrical power available to the load, from a main power supply, the power control device including a...
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6867559 |
Wiper arrangement for motor vehicles, especially for car windscreens
In a wiper system for vehicles, in particular for automobile windshields, including a first wiper arm, a primary drive motor ( 12 ) associated with the wiper arm for generating a defined wiping...
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6853897 |
Windshield fog detector
The system of the present invention is configured to detect moisture on a surface and includes a sensor that may be divided into a plurality of subwindows. At least one of the subwindows has a...
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6802205 |
Moisture detection system and method of use thereof
A moisture detection system includes an electrical conductor disposed on a surface of a substrate. The electrical conductor has a resonant frequency that varies as a function of an amount of...
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6801006 |
Control device and method for operating a window wiper apparatus with operating-point-dependent wiping angle adaptation
The control device for a wiper device of a window wiper apparatus, especially of a motor vehicle, adapts set values of the wiping angle of the wiper arm to an actually measured operating point of...
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6800978 |
Contact washer system and method for controlling a windscreen wiper motor
A contact-disk system is described having a rotatable contact disk and a plurality of contact elements, the contact disk having a plurality of paths and each contact element being assigned to one...
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6791289 |
Intermittent driving mechanism
An intermittent driving mechanism is disclosed that includes a driving member having a slot formed in a channel. A driven member of the intermittent driving mechanism is rotatably coupled to the...
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6703804 |
Method for controlling a motor vehicle wiper
The invention concerns a method for controlling a motor vehicle wiper motor comprising steps which consist in: determining at least a range related to an operating parameter of the motor and...
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6690130 |
Windshield wiper system
Operation of a windshield wiper system for cleaning a windshield of a motor vehicle includes driving at least one wiper by an electric drive motor so that the at least one wiper shifted between two...
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6686603 |
Raindrop detection apparatus and method
A raindrop detection apparatus has an amplifier circuit, including a plurality of resistors and resistor selection switches. The control circuit performs the first adjustment to an output of the...
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6674476 |
Outdoor housing for TV camera
A housing for a TV camera has an automatic wiping mode for automatically driving a wiper, which is provided at a front window of the housing, at predetermined time intervals. The execution of the...
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6657410 |
Control device for a windscreen wiper device
A control device for the drive motor of a windscreen wiper device in a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, comprising a control switch which can be activated by means of a manually actuated wiper...
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6624604 |
Wiper controller with fault detector device
A wiper control device in which an abnormal condition of a FET is detected by distinguishing an action of an overheat-cutting protective function normally difficult to be detected with measuring...
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6617819 |
Method of controlling preheating power and mechanism for providing preheating
The present invention relates to a motor and especially to a technique for maintaining constant power consumption in preheating a compressor motor in an air conditioner. An object thereof is to...
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6617813 |
Wiper control system and method for controlling wiper
A raindrop sensor detects an amount of raindrops landed on a window glass and outputs a measurement signal to a microcomputer. The microcomputer calculates an average amount of raindrops by...
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6614043 |
Imaging rain sensor illumination positioning system
A method and assembly for sensing moisture on the exterior surface of a sheet of glass ( 14 ) comprising the steps of emitting light rays from an illuminator ( 12 ) on an illuminator axis (I)...
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6555804 |
Method and device for detecting objects on a windshield
The invention relates to a method and device for detecting objects ( 3 ) on a windshield ( 2 ). The method comprises the following steps: Placing an optical sensor array ( 4 ) on the inner side of...
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