Patent ID: 7679304
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B60S,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An intermittent wiper control device for use in controlling operation of a wiper motor of a vehicle's windshield wiper system, the control device comprising: a user actuator mechanism; a potentiometer system connected to the actuator mechanism such that a change in a position of the actuator mechanism produces a change in an output of the potentiometer system; microprocessor circuitry electronically connected to the potentiometer system; and a relay system including at least one relay electronically connected to the microprocessor circuitry and adapted to generate a motor activation signal and a motor deactivation signal corresponding with activation and deactivation, respectively, of a wiper motor of a vehicle's windshield wiper system; wherein the microprocessor circuitry is programmed to prompt operation of the relay system based upon the potentiometer system output to cause the wiper system to selectively operate in at least one continuous speed mode, a variable intermittent mode, and an off mode, based on different values of the potentiometer system output.