Patents by Inventor Robert M. Sigler, Jr.

Robert M. Sigler, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4670695
    Abstract: A control for an electrically powered, motor vehicle windshield wiper system with independent drive motors for the wiper blades which produces an opposing wiper pattern with overlapping park and which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture by providing a unique switching system which coordinates the blades to prevent interference therebetween and converts simply and effectively, when the system is turned off, to a blade parking control which allows continuation of normal blade movement into a predetermined park position. The control provides switch control for the motor of each wiper blade in response to certain predetermined positions of the other blade, including, in particular, a position adjacent but outside the wipe pattern of the other blade wherein the controlled blade may be stopped if necessary to avoid interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Licata, Robert M. Sigler, Jr.