Apparatus and method for controlling a windshield wiping system

Electricity: motive power systems – Periodic – repetitious or successive operations control of... – Variable periods or intervals between controlling operations

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318483, 318443, H02P 104

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RE0354228

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for controlling a windshield wiping system, including a motor and windshield wipers, by detecting when a wiper passes over the portion of the windshield monitored by an optoelectronic sensor for the last time during a complete wipe cycle. In addition to the sensor, the apparatus includes a switch arrangement for activating the windshield wiping system and a circuit for processing the sensor output. The apparatus also includes a switching contact device associated with the motor for detecting the resting position of the windshield wipers.

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