COMPACT GEARBOX DESIGN FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200017075A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-16

    申请号:US16245914

    申请日:2019-01-11

    摘要: A windshield wiper system (WWS) is provided and includes a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor with a motor output shaft gear, a gear train and an internally cut sector gear. The gear train includes a first gear, which has a first diameter and engages with the motor output shaft gear, and a second gear, which has a second diameter that is shorter than the first diameter and rotates with the first gear. The internally cut sector gear is coupled with an output shaft and formed to define an internal geared groove that engages with the second gear.

    Vehicle wiper device and vehicle wiper device control method

    公开(公告)号:US10525938B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US16070529

    申请日:2017-01-18

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A vehicle wiper device including (i) a first motor that includes a first output shaft, that rotates the first output shaft to rotate a wiper arm back and forth about a pivot point of the wiper arm, and that causes a wiper blade coupled to a leading end portion of the wiper arm to perform a back and forth wiping operation between an upper return position and a lower return position on a windshield, (ii) a second motor that changes a wiping range on the windshield by the wiper blade, (iii) a rotation angle detector that detects a rotation angle of the first output shaft, and (iv) a controller that controls the second motor according to a rotation angle of the first output shaft detected by the rotation angle detector in a state in which a broad field of view should be secured on a front passenger seat side.

    LIDAR SENSOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    73.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190351874A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-21

    申请号:US16359915

    申请日:2019-03-20

    摘要: A lidar sensor may include: a transmitter configured to transmit laser; a receiver configured to receive reflected laser; a mirror rotating unit configured to rotate a mirror in a designated direction, the mirror serving to reflect the transmitted or received laser; a cleaning device driving unit configured to drive a cleaning device to remove foreign matters adhering to the cover of the lidar sensor; a signal processing unit configured to determine when or where the lidar sensor is covered and calculate a distance to an object; and a control unit configured to control the transmitter not to transmit a laser signal or control a rotational velocity or rotation time of the mirror at a point of time that the lidar sensor is covered by the cleaning device, and control detection or utilization of the received signal when the distance to the object is calculated.

    VEHICLE WIPER DEVICE
    74.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190337486A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16343996

    申请日:2017-10-18

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    发明人: Norihiro SUGIMOTO

    摘要: A vehicle wiper device includes a first driving lever, a second driving lever, a first driven lever, a second driven lever, a first wiper arm, a first wiper blade, a second wiper arm, and a second wiper blade. The first driving lever is pivoted by a driving force of a first drive source. The second driving lever is pivoted by a driving force of a second drive source. A pivoting speed of the second wiper blade from a lower reversal position is set to be greater than a pivoting speed of the first wiper blade from a lower reversal position.

    WIPER CONTROL DEVICE
    75.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190329736A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US16378638

    申请日:2019-04-09

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    发明人: Yuta DOI

    IPC分类号: B60S1/08 B60S1/16

    摘要: A wiper control device that includes: a current detection section that detects a flow of current through a coil of a wiper motor; an environmental information acquisition section that acquires a vehicle speed or a vehicle external air temperature as environmental information; and a control section that controls a drive circuit such that a torque of an output shaft that is estimated from the current detected by the current detection section becomes equal to or less than a base limit torque that corresponds to a rotation angle detected by a rotation angle detection section, and such that a torque of the output shaft becomes equal to or less than a base limit torque that is corrected according to environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition section.

    Device for cleaning a sensor for a motor vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US10457253B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US15214639

    申请日:2016-07-20

    摘要: The present invention concerns a device for cleaning a sensor of a motor vehicle. The device in accordance with the invention includes means for simultaneous or sequential distribution via a distribution orifice (11) in a distribution nozzle (1) of a first fluid and/or a second fluid separately routed via a first admission channel (2) and/or via a second admission channel (3), respectively, to a common distribution chamber (10) in said distribution nozzle (1). It also includes means for moving said distribution nozzle (1) between a rest position and a deployed position, and these said means for moving the distribution nozzle (1) include means shared with the means for feeding the first admission channel (2) with the first fluid.

    ISOLATING CIRCUIT FOR WIPER SYSTEM
    77.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190322243A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US15961664

    申请日:2018-04-24

    申请人: Caterpillar Inc.

    IPC分类号: B60S1/08 B60S1/38 H02P5/46

    摘要: A wiper system for a machine is provided. The wiper system includes a first motor configured to operate a first wiper and a second motor configured to operate a second wiper wherein the first motor and the second motor are connected in a parallel configuration. The wiper system further includes a power source which is in electrical connection with the first and the second motors for energizing each motor to move the respective wipers. The wiper system includes a switch configured to simultaneously operate the first motor and the second motor in one of a high speed mode, a low speed mode, or a park mode. The wiper system includes an isolating circuit configured to isolate the first motor from the power source and allow the second motor to run independent of the first motor when the switch is set in the park mode and speed of the first motor is different from speed of the second motor.

    Rain sensor and wiper driving apparatus comprising same

    公开(公告)号:US10407028B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15556924

    申请日:2016-03-04

    IPC分类号: B60S1/08 G01N27/22 G01N27/06

    摘要: A rain sensor according to an embodiment comprises: a substrate; a sensing electrode formed on a first surface of the substrate; a reaction layer formed on the first surface of the substrate and burying an upper surface of the substrate and the sensing electrode; a driving unit electrically connected to the sensing electrode formed on the first surface of the substrate and processing a sensing signal transmitted through the sensing electrode; and a protective layer formed surrounding the driving unit, wherein an impedance value according to a change of at least one of a force and a dielectric constant caused by presence of rainfall is changed, and the sensing electrode transmits the sensing signal with respect to a variation amount of the impedance value of the reaction layer to the driving unit.

    Wiper Drive Circuit
    80.
    发明申请
    Wiper Drive Circuit 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190256051A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-22

    申请号:US16278248

    申请日:2019-02-18

    申请人: ANDEN CO., LTD.

    IPC分类号: B60S1/08 H02P1/18 H02J9/06

    摘要: When a power failure does not occur, power supply to a first terminal of a wiper motor is performed by a first battery, and power supply to a second terminal of the wiper motor is performed by a second battery. When a power failure occurs in one of the first battery or the second battery, power supply to the wiper motor is performed by the other battery that is not in power failure.