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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US);
Sunil Patil, Troy, MI (US);
Mark E. Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Sami A. Alkharabsheh, Dearborn, MI (US);
Raghuraman Surineedi, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 7/04 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); B60J 1/20 (2006.01); B60J 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B08B 3/024 (2013.01); B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B08B 7/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/481 (2013.01); B60S 1/54 (2013.01); B60J 1/18 (2013.01); B60J 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a rear window having hydrophobic portion, and a non-hydrophobic portion below the hydrophobic portion. A rear wiper system is mounted adjacent to a top of the rear window and includes a pivotable nozzle and a blower to direct an airstream through the nozzle onto the rear window.