Retractable Cowl Panel Cover for a Vehicle
AssigneeKarma Automotive LLC
InventorNicholas David
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Abstract
A method for moving a retractable cowl cover of a vehicle between a retracted position and an extended position includes, while the retractable cowl cover is in the extended position receiving a first wiper input including an input to turn on operation of one or more windshield wipers. Based on receiving the first wiper input, the method also includes instructing at least one actuator to move the retractable cowl cover in a first direction from the extended position to the retracted position.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method executing on data processing hardware of a vehicle causes the data processing hardware to perform operations for moving a retractable cowl cover of the vehicle between a retracted position and an extended position, the operations comprising:
- while the retractable cowl cover is in the extended position:
- receiving a first wiper input including an input to turn on operation of one or more windshield wipers;
- and
- based on receiving the first wiper input, instructing at least one actuator to move the retractable cowl cover in a first direction from the extended position to the retracted position.
A vehicle comprising:
- a retractable cowl cover;
- one or more windshield wipers;
- and
- a controller comprising data processing hardware and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising, while the retractable cowl cover is in the extended position:
- receiving a first wiper input including an input to turn on operation of the one or more windshield wipers;
- and
- based on receiving the first wiper input, instructing at least one actuator to move the retractable cowl cover in a first direction from the extended position to the retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.