Wiper control apparatus of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9407193-B2
Application number	US-201414562544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2014
Priority date	Oct 24, 2014
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A wiper control apparatus includes a wiper motor for operating a wiper, and providing a ground terminal, a low-speed terminal, and a high-speed terminal. A cam plate is disposed inside the wiper motor and generates a control signal for stopping the wiper when an operation mode of the wiper is a stop mode. A controller is configured to selectively supply a power to a low-speed terminal and a high-speed terminal of the wiper motor by turning on/off of a low-speed relay and a high-speed relay according to an operation mode of the wiper, to selectively turn off the low-speed relay and the high-speed relay by using the control signal according to a rotation of the cam plate, and to decelerate a wiper speed when the wiper stops.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiper control apparatus comprising:
a wiper motor for operating a wiper, and having a ground terminal, a low-speed terminal, and a high-speed terminal;
a cam plate disposed inside the wiper motor, and generating a control signal for stopping the wiper when an operation mode of the wiper is a stop mode; and
a controller configured to selectively supply a power to the low-speed terminal and the high-speed terminal of the wiper motor by turning on/off of a low-speed relay and a high-speed relay according to the operation mode of the wiper, to selectively turn off the low-speed relay and the high-speed relay by using the control signal according to a rotation of the cam plate, and to decelerate a wiper speed when the wiper stops,
wherein the cam plate includes: a P terminal selectively and electrically connected to the low-speed relay; a B terminal electrically connected to a power terminal of a battery; and a G terminal electrically connected to the ground terminal of the wiper motor,
wherein the P terminal is selectively and electrically connected to the B terminal and the G terminal while the earn plate rotates according to the operation mode of the wiper,
wherein the cam plate includes:
a body portion having a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a middle portion provided between the first contact portion and the second contact portion;
a switching portion having a shape corresponding to the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the middle portion of the body portion,
wherein the cam plate rotates when the operation mode of the wiper is the stop mode,
the P terminal is turned on for a predetermined time while the P terminal and the B terminal are electrically connected by the switching portion corresponding to the first contact portion,
the P terminal is turned off for a predetermined time while the P terminal and the G terminal are electrically connected by the switching portion corresponding to the middle portion, and
the P terminal is turned on for a predetermined time while the P terminal and the G terminal are electrically connected by the switching portion corresponding to the second contact portion.

2. The wiper control apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller turns off the high-speed relay after a first delay time elapses from the time when the P terminal is turned off by the middle portion of the cam plate, and turns off the low-speed relay after a second delay time elapses.

3. The wiper control apparatus of claim 2 ,
wherein the first delay time and the second delay time are less than a period of time during which the P terminal is turned off by the middle portion.

4. The wiper control apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the P terminal and the G terminal are electrically connected and the P terminal is turned off according to the rotation of the cam plate when the operation mode of the wiper is a low-speed mode or a high-speed mode.

5. The wiper control apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein one end of the low-speed relay is electrically connected to the high-speed relay, and another end of the low-speed relay is selectively and electrically connected to the power terminal of the battery or the cam plate,
one end of the high-speed relay is electrically connected to the low-speed relay, and another end of the high-speed relay is selectively and electrically connected to the low-speed terminal or the high-speed terminal of the wiper motor.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Jae-Jun

Classifications

• H02P29/10

  for preventing overspeed or under speed · CPC title

• B60S1/0803

  Intermittent control circuits · CPC title

• B60S1/08 Primary

  electrically driven {(conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and liquid supply of windscreen washer B60S1/482; conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and means for cleaning parts o parts other than windscreens or front windows B60S1/56, B60S1/58, B60S1/606)} · CPC title

• B60S1/04 Primary

  Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers · CPC title

• H02P7/03

  for controlling the direction of rotation of DC motors · CPC title