Patent ID: 8327497
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wiper system on a window of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: (a) setting a park position for a wiper to one of a standard park position or a high park position, where the standard park position locates a wiper blade of the wiper closer to a bottom edge of the window than the high park position, and wherein the wiper system includes a mist switch and step (a) is further defined by pressing and holding the mist switch for a predetermined extended period of time to toggle between the standard park position and the high park position; (b) activating the wiper system to cause the wiper to be pivoted back and forth between an in-wipe position and an out-wipe position on the window; (c) deactivating the wiper system; (d) if the park position is set to the standard park position when the wiper system is deactivated, stopping movement of the wiper when the wiper blade is in the standard park position; and (e) if the park position is set to the high park position when the wiper system is deactivated, stopping movement of the wiper when the wiper blade is in the high park position.