Vehicle with automatic snow removal
AssigneeFord Global Techonologies, LLC
InventorsMohannad Hakeem, Umer Khalid, Mohamed Mattar
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Abstract
A vehicle configured to automatically clear snow from windows of the vehicle includes: a prime mover, a first window with a first vibration sensor, processor(s) configured to: control speed or load of the prime mover to increase vibration detected by the first vibration sensor, control the speed or the load of the prime mover, within certain predetermined limits, to maximize vibration detected by the first vibration sensor; accept a user prioritization of the windows; control speed or load of the prime mover based on the user prioritization.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a prime mover, a first window with a first vibration sensor, processor(s) configured to:
- control speed or load of the prime mover to increase vibration detected by the first vibration sensor.
A method of clearing snow via processor(s) of a vehicle including a prime mover, a first window with a first vibration sensor, the method comprising:
- controlling speed or load of the prime mover to increase vibration detected by the first vibration sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.