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Method of controlling a heated portion of a windshield

  • US 9,942,948 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2015
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of preventing a windshield wiper from freezing to a windshield of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

  • monitoring a state of said windshield wiper;

    initiating a timer when the state of said windshield wiper changes from an off state to an on state;

    sensing an ambient temperature of said vehicle a first period of time after initiation of said timer if said windshield wiper remains in the on state; and

    warming a portion of said windshield where said windshield wiper resides in the off state if the sensed ambient temperature of said vehicle is near or below zero degrees Celsius.

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