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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry C Buchanan, Jr, Spring Valley, OH (US);
Jeffrey J Buschur, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Assignee:
Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 42 ; 15 971 ; 15 973 ; 15103 ; 134 18 ; 134123 ; 134198 ; 2392841 ; 296 9615 ;
Abstract
Under the invention, collection surfaces are provided in a vehicle. The invention uses the collection surfaces to collect rainwater for a windshield washing system. The collection surfaces become contaminated by agents such as road salt. The invention uses initial rainwater to flush the collection surfaces, and discards this initial rainwater. Then, the invention uses the flushed surfaces to collect subsequent rainwater.