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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1999
Joseph G. Contos, Plymouth, MI (US);
Mohamed S. Meskouri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jerald P. Roach, Brighton, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A windshield washer control system for use on a vehicle is herein disclosed. The windshield washer control system for use on a vehicle having an occupant compartment with a windshield and a windshield wiper device. The wiper device is movable across a predetermined area of the windshield and the windshield washer device includes a sprayer and a sprayer nozzle. The windshield washer device is comprised of a windshield transparency detection system and a controller unit. The controller unit includes three operating modes. The first operating mode is defined by the windshield washer device being manually operable. The second operating mode is defined by the windshield washer device operating by cycle, wherein the windshield washer device is controlled to spray after a predetermined number of wiper cycles. The third operating mode is defined by the windshield washer device being automatically operable by using the windshield transparency detection system.