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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Erik F. de Almeida, Dublin, OH (US);

Michael T. Binfet, Bellefontaine, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/0896 (2013.01); B60S 1/0452 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control system can include an actuator actuable into an on state to instruct a wiper motor to move a wiper over a vehicle exterior surface, and a source of vehicle movement data that indicates whether the vehicle is moving. A processor based controller can instruct the wiper motor to move the wiper to either a Park 1 position that provides enhanced aerodynamic effects or a different Park 2 position that provides enhanced accessibility to the wiper if the actuator is not actuated into the on state. The controller being specifically configured to instruct the wiper motor to move the wiper to the Park 1 position if the source of vehicle information indicates that the vehicle is moving, and to instruct the wiper motor to move the wiper to the Park 2 position if the source of vehicle information does not indicate that the vehicle is moving.


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