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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Toshiyuki Amagasa, Kiryu, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Wako, JP;
Toru Namiki, Wako, JP;
Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wiper apparatus includes: a wiper blade driven by a first motor; and a wiper blade driven by a second motor. The motors are drive-controlled by control microcomputers, respectively. The control microcomputers are connected to each other through a communication line. While exchanging position information of the wiper blades through the communication line, the control microcomputers synchronously drive the motors on the basis of a position relationship between both of the wiper blades. When an abnormality occurs in a communication state of an in-vehicle LAN, a setting state of a wiper switch is grasped through a switch signal line directly connected to the wiper switch, and wipers are prevented from being stopped when such communication abnormality occurs.