Wiper controller

• US 8,935,056 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2010
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Zimmer, Joachim
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafi, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US13/518,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20120259518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,541 Days
• Field of Search: 701/49, 180/65.26, 280/6.12
• US Class Current: 701/49
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/08 electrically driven conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and liquid supply of windscreen washer B60S1/482; conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and means for cleaning parts o parts other than windscreens or front windows B60S1/56, B60S1/58, B60S1/606

Abstract

A windshield wiper device comprises a controller, a drive unit and a gear that transmits the movement of the drive unit to a wiper shaft. The controller comprises a comparison unit for determining whether the torque output by the drive unit exceeds the predetermined torque, wherein the predetermined torque depends on the position of the wiper shaft. The wind shield wiper device further comprises a reversing unit for reversing the direction of rotation of the drive unit depending on the result of the comparison unit.

Claims

1. A controller for a windshield wiping device, wherein the windshield wiping device comprises a drive device and a gear which transmits the movement of the drive device to a wiper shaft, and the controller comprises the following:

a comparison device configured to determine whether the torque which is output by the drive device exceeds a predetermined torque more often than a predetermined frequency,

wherein the predetermined torque is dependent on the position of the wiper shaft, and

a reversing device for reversing the direction of rotation of the drive device as a function of the result of the comparison device.

2. A controller for a windshield wiping device, wherein the windshield wiping device comprises a drive device and a gear which transmits the movement of the drive device to a wiper shaft, and the controller comprises the following:

a comparison device configured to determine whether the torque which is output by the drive device exceeds a predetermined torque for longer than a predetermined time,

wherein the predetermined torque is dependent on the position of the wiper shaft, and

a reversing device for reversing the direction of rotation of the drive device as a function of the result of the comparison device.