Interior windshield wiper with water vapor pump
AssigneeKing Faisal University
InventorABDELRAHIM FATHY ISMAIL
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Abstract
An interior windshield wiper system of a vehicle includes a water tank and a heater located within the water tank. The heater heats contents of the water tank. A conduit leads from the water tank to an interior surface of a vehicle. Apertures of the conduit are located at an end of the conduit proximate to the interior surface, and may be covered by a porous plenum. The contents of the water tank can travel though the conduit, then through apertures, then through the porous plenum, and then onto the interior surface of the vehicle, such as a windshield. A wiper is located proximate to the interior surface to wipe the interior surface with the porous plenum.
Claims7
A method of operating an interior windshield wiper system in a vehicle, the interior windshield wiper system including:
- a wiper blade located proximate to the interior windshield surface of the vehicle;
- a conduit having at least one outlet opening connected to the wiper blade, the conduit being configured to release water vapor from the at least one outlet opening;
- a pump configured to pump water vapor from a water tank to the conduit such that the at least one opening of the conduit can release the water vapor therefrom;
- and a porous plenum connected to the wiper blade and movably engaged to the interior windshield surface, wherein the porous plenum covers the at least one outlet opening hole of the conduit, the method comprising:
- operating the pump to pump water vapor from the water tank to the conduit such that the at least one opening of the conduit releases the water vapor therefrom and that such the water vapor released from the least one opening passes through a body of the porous plenum;
- and operating the wiping blade to move along the interior windshield surface, enabling the porous plenum to wipe the interior windshield surface with the water vapor that passes through a body of the porous plenum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.