Windscreen wiper system comprising two opposed wipers

• US 6,946,810 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2002
• Issued: 09/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Boschgmbh
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Kohlrausch, Philipp
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher, Marlon T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCCLOUD, RENATA D
• Application Number:
  US10/250,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20040051491A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 152/502.2, 152/501, 152/501.1, 152/501.2, 152/501.4, 152/501.7, 152/502.8, 152/502.9, 152/503, 152/565, 152/565.3, 152/502.1, 152/502.3, 152/501.3, 318/DIG.2, 318280-286, 318/444, 318264-266, 318/256, 318466-470, 318/443, 318/445, 318/102, 318/119, 318/162, 318/281, 318/431, 318/625
• US Class Current: 318/443
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0814 using several drive motors; motor synchronisation circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 318/02 Windshield wiper controls

Abstract

The invention relates to a windshield wiper system with two wipers (1, 2) that travel in opposite directions and can each be driven by a separate motor (M_FS, M_BS), wherein a regulating unit (7) is provided for triggering the motors (M_FS, M_BS) separately from each other by means of control signals, wherein the regulating unit (7) triggers the motors (M_FS, M_BS) of the wipers (1, 2) in order to preset a time-dependent angular position of the wipers according to a trigonometric function φ(t).

Claims

1. A windshield wiper system is provided with two wipers (1, 2) that travel in opposite directions and are each drivable by a separate motor (M_FS, M_BS), wherein a regulating unit (7) is provided for triggering the motors (M_FS, M_BS) separately from each other by means of control signals, wherein the regulating unit (7) triggers the motors (M_FS, M_BS) of the wipers (1, 2) in order to preset a time-dependent angular position of the wipers according to a trigonometric function (φ

(t)), wherein the trigonometric function is a sinusoidal function, wherein said sinusoidal function presets the angular position of the wipers to be wider than an angular position that is preset according to a pure sine function in a first reversal point of the wipers and wherein said sinusoidal function preset the angular position of the wipers to be narrower than the angular position that is present according to the pure sine function in a second reversal point of the wipers, wherein the trigonometric function for the wiper (1, 2) of a passenger side corresponds to;

$\begin{array}{c}{\stackrel{\_}{\mathrm{\phi <br><br>}}}_{\mathrm{BS}}<br><br>\left(t\right)=<br><br>-\frac{{\mathrm{\phi <br><br>}}_{\max }}{2}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>(\sin <br><br>\left(\mathrm{\omega <br><br>}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>t+\mathrm{\gamma <br><br>}\right)+\frac{1}{k}<br><br>\cos <br><br>\left(2<br><br>\left(\mathrm{\omega <br><br>}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>t+\mathrm{\gamma <br><br>}\right)+1\right)-\\ <br><br>\frac{1}{q}<br><br>\sin <br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>3<br><br>\left(\mathrm{\omega <br><br>}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>t+\mathrm{\gamma <br><br>}\right)-1)<br><br>\frac{q}{1+q},\end{array}$

and the trigonometric function for the winer of a driver'"'"'s side corresponds to;

$\begin{array}{c}{\stackrel{\_}{\mathrm{\phi <br><br>}}}_{\mathrm{FS}}<br><br>\left(t\right)=<br><br>-\frac{{\mathrm{\phi <br><br>}}_{\max }}{2}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>(\sin <br><br>\left(\mathrm{\omega <br><br>}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>t-\mathrm{\gamma <br><br>}\right)+\frac{1}{k}<br><br>\cos <br><br>\left(2<br><br>\left(\mathrm{\omega <br><br>}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>t-\mathrm{\gamma <br><br>}\right)+1\right)-\\ <br><br>\frac{1}{q}<br><br>\sin <br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>3<br><br>\left(\mathrm{\omega <br><br>}<br><br>\text{\hspace{1em}<br><br>}<br><br>t-\mathrm{\gamma <br><br>}\right)+1)<br><br>\frac{q}{1+q},\end{array}$

where φ

_BS is instantaneous angle on the driver'"'"'s side and φ

_FS is the instantaneous angle on the driver'"'"'s side, where φ

_max indicates the wiping range, where ω

corresponds to the angular velocity that depends on the period, and y corresponds to the phase angle of the wiping motion, where k and q are parameters that are selected to prevent collisions of the two wipers.

2. The windshield wiper system according to claim 1, wherein k and q are selected so that the wiping speed of the wipers (1, 2) exceeds a minimal value in least at one of the first and second reversal points so that the wipers (1, 2) are prevented from chattering against the windshield.

3. The windshield wiper system according to claim 1, wherein k and q are selected so that the angular paths of the wipers travel from an upper reversal point to a lower reversal point with no change of direction in the wiper movement.