摘要:
A cooling fan having a circumferential ring. In ordinary fans of this type, deformation of fan blades causes the ring to buckle inward at locations between the blades. In one form of the invention, mass is added to the ring between the blades to counteract the buckling.
摘要:
A selectively controllable heated wash system for a vehicle surface includes a wiper system control module operatively disposed in the vehicle and may be adapted to receive at least one sensed input. A fluid heating module is controlled by the wiper system control module, the heating module adapted to heat fluid therein to a predetermined target temperature, or to a preferred temperature determined as a result of recognition and analysis of the sensed input(s). Fluid is dispensed onto the surface from the heating module manually, according to predetermined parameters, or according to predetermined parameters determined at least in part as a result of recognition and analysis of the sensed input(s).
摘要:
An optical moisture detector for determining a value corresponding to ambient light conditions and comparing that value to a predetermined value. The detector includes an optical moisture sensor and a processor. The optical moisture sensor can be a photo array, a CCD or a CMOS. The processor can be a microprocessor. The processor can emit a control signal to engage or disengage a light generating device based on the result of the comparison of the value to the predetermined value.
摘要:
A wiper blade assembly (10) includes a wiper blade member (12) and an airfoil member (14) operatively. connected to the wiper blade member (12) . The airfoil member (14) extends longitudinally along at least a portion of the length of the wiper blade member (12) . The airfoil member (14) also has a cross-sectional profile that is symmetrical about a plane of symmetry (5) extending through a center of the airfoil member (14) and longitudinally through the airfoil member (14) .
摘要:
A liftgate component module (50) mountable on a pivotal liftgate window (32) provides a unitary mounting platform for a plurality of components including a window wiper drive motor (52) and a window latch (54). A unitary bracket (60) carries the wiper drive apparatus and the window latch apparatus. A handle (120), which may include an electrical switch, is also mounted on the window. The electrical connections between the handle switch and a controller carried on the window as part of the motor enables instantaneous response of the latch to activation of the handle switch (130). The same controller can also control a liftgate latch and a liftgate electrical switch handle.
摘要:
A powered panel control apparatus and method using an electric motor with a rotatable armature. The control generates time periods for a predetermined amount of angular rotation of the motor armature during one complete rotation. An average time period is computed over a predetermined number of time periods and compared with a threshold time period to determine if an obstacle is present in the path of movement of the panel. Transient counts are accumulated for increasing average time periods over a number of time period samples to detect an obstacle. A threshold for normal noise variations is adjusted upon detection of a rough road condition to compensate for the effect of rough road conditions on the powered panel control apparatus.
摘要:
A fluid heater apparatus has fluid discharge temperature control to prevent temperature overshoot. A plurality of heater elements are employed and at least certain of the heater elements are independently controllable. At least one of the heater elements is employed as a 'finishing' heater element, with the other heating elements deactivated to enable the 'finishing' heater element to more slowly elevate the temperature of the fluid in the body from a first temperature reached by activation all or most of the heater elements to the predetermined discharge temperature. One of more of the heater elements may have a different power output than the other heater elements.
摘要:
A plurality of the first L1 and second L2 image sensor elements are interleaved with one another. The first image sensor element L1 has a peak response at the first wavelength λ1 for capturing an illuminated image of the glass and objects on the glass containing a first wavelength λ1 from an infrared illuminator (12). The second image sensor element L2 has a peak response at a second wavelength λ2 for capturing an ambient image of light rays at the second wavelength λ2 passing through the glass (10) from the exterior to the interior surfaces simultaneously with the capture by the first image sensor element L1. Instead of storing two complete sequential images and differentially subtracting them, the present invention creates two simultaneous images from a specially interleaved, single imager (14). A processor includes a camera control and frame capture unit (20), an image detector (22), an image storage unit (24), and a differential comparator (26). The comparator (26) algebraically sums the first and second images and an analyzer (28) analyzes and sets preset setpoints for initiating a wiper activation signal (30).
摘要:
This invention provides a method of applying a coating of a resinous material to a substrate to produce a molded device. The method involves installing a layer of the resinous material over a mold die and adding a molten substrate to melt the resinous layer and filling the mold (40). The mold is cooled and a molded device with a surface containing the resinous layer is formed. The resinious layer is a polymeric sheet (12), a layer of particules (68) sprayed onto the mold surface, or a layer of particles (42) electro-statically deposited on the mold die surface.