A lever switch device which is configured to be connected to a support body in a vehicle. The lever switch device includes a rotatable operating lever, a switch structure including setting positions and allowing wiper operation setting to be made by rotation of the operating lever, and a structure of a detent mechanism to cause the operating lever to stay in a predetermined position. The setting positions include a home position, a position for wiper operation up adjustment and a position for wiper operation down adjustment. The detent mechanism includes a mechanism to return the operating lever to the home position from the position for wiper operation up adjustment or the position for wiper operation down adjustment.

A wiper motor control circuit controls a drive circuit such that an actual speed of a wiper speed computed based on change in a rotation angle of an output shaft of the wiper motor detected by a rotation angle sensor that detects the rotation angle becomes a target speed corresponding to a position of a wiper blade indicated by the rotation angle detected by the rotation angle sensor. The wiper motor control circuit also controls the drive circuit so as to apply a braking current in the wiper motor when the actual speed has exceeded a threshold value when the rotation angle detected by the rotation angle sensor indicates a return position of the wiper blade.

1. Wheel (100) far a vehicle window wiper drive system, said wheel comprising electrical contact means (400), a first and a second electrical contact means (410, 411) of said electrical contact means being in electrical continuity, and the first and the second electrical contact means being for a respective slider (200a, 200b), said wheel being characterized in that the angular extension (a) of said electrical contact means in the plane of the wheel is strictly less than 360 and said electrical contact means being situated on a face of the wheel intended to receive a linkage.

A method of operating a rear wiper system of a vehicle that includes monitoring an operational status of a full display mirror system of the vehicle, and automatically activating the rear wiper system when the full display mirror system is switched from an active mode to an inactive mode.

Provided is a sensor cleaning device. The sensor cleaning device is configured to clean a sensor mounted on a vehicle. The sensor cleaning device includes a housing having an opening, a protection member movably disposed with respect to the opening, and a cleaning member mounted around the opening and disposed in close contact with the protection member. Also provided is a method of controlling a sensor cleaning device. The method is performed by a controller configured to control an operation of a motor and a nozzle of the sensor cleaning device. The method includes 1) detecting a first contamination of a protection member configured to protect an environmental sensor and disposed to be movable by the motor; 2) spraying a washer fluid to the protection member; 3) and driving the motor so that the protection member is wiped by a cleaning member disposed in contact with the protection member.

Wheel (100) for a vehicle window wiper drive system, said wheel comprising electrical contact means (400), a first and a second electrical contact means (410, 411) of said electrical contact means being in electrical continuity, and the first and the second electrical contact means being for a respective slider (200a, 200b), said wheel being characterized in that the angular extension () of said electrical contact means in the plane of the wheel is strictly less than 360 and said electrical contact means being situated on a face of the wheel intended to receive a linkage.

A multi-functional manipulation apparatus and method include a switch that operates by an external force from a neutral position and returns to the neutral position when the external force is removed, a vibrator coupled to the switch to vibrate depending on an operation of the switch, and a controller that controls a vehicle accessory device corresponding to the vibrator and the switch, in response to the operation of the switch.

An automatic rain response system includes microphones of a vehicle, windshield wipers, and a controller. The microphones generate acoustic signals in response to rain. The controller is configured to receive a local weather condition, extract acoustic features from the acoustic signals, form feature vectors in response to the acoustic features and the local weather condition, classify the feature vectors to determine a current class among multiple classes, activate the windshield the wipers at a high speed in response to the current class being a heavy rain on a windshield class, activate the windshield wipers at a medium speed in response to the current class being a freezing rain on the windshield class, activate the windshield wipers at a low speed in response to the current class being a light rain on the windshield class, and deactivate the windshield wipers in response to the current class being a no rain class.

A system for controlling vehicle components including a rear wiper system and a full display mirror (FDM) system is described herein. The system includes a rear wiper system switch including an OFF position and at least one activated position. The system also includes an FDM control switch including an OFF position and an ON position. The system also includes a control unit communicatively coupled to the rear wiper system switch and the FDM switch and configured to activate a rear wiper activation indicator when the rear wiper system switch is in the at least one activated position and the FDM switch is in the ON position.

A method of operating a rear wiper system of a vehicle that includes monitoring an operational status of a full display mirror system of the vehicle, and automatically activating the rear wiper system when the full display mirror system is switched from an active mode to an inactive mode.