Patent · US Expired

Process and apparatus for active cleaning of windows of a vehicle

US6582526B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

17Claims

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ferdinand Lersch · Munich, DE
Peter Holler · Landsberg, DE
Christian Haas · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2001
Grant date	Jun 24, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60S1/524
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for active cleaning of a vehicle window with a movable window wiping arm carrying a wiping blade and with cleaning fluid supply onto the windowpane includes initiating movement of the wiping arm and subsequently applying a prescribed first quantity of cleaning fluid at a defined side of the wiping arm facing a first moving direction of the wiping arm. In an embodiment, a second prescribed quantity of cleaning fluid is applied that is smaller than the first quantity at the defined side during movement of the wiping arm in a second moving direction opposite the first moving direction.

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