[techdarshan]

Wipers are the most basic and essential feature for any vehicle having the windshield! However, nothing much has changed when it comes to windshield wipers - the two wipers system on most vehicles operate from the bottom of the windshield and moving up in an arc shape with exceptions to few large windshields on trucks or busses where they operate from top of the windshield to the bottom, again in arc shape.

Probably, the only visible departure from such standard way of operating wipers are seen on the examples like initial generation Honda Civic where wipers move up in opposite direction and similar system closer home on Mahindra E2O and a single wiper system seen on Tata Nano.

Tesla too is no different and all Tesla cars today follow the same - two wipers architecture but Tesla being Tesla, they need to innovate isn't it?

Tesla had filed a patent application for a new "electromagnetic windshield wiper design system" which will be used for the next generation Roadster and the U.S. Patent office has recently approved that patent (number 10,889,267).



Tesla’s newly granted patent mentions a one-piece windshield wiper system that uses an electromagnetic linear actuator to rid the windshield of any rain or moisture. It will start from one side and move directly to the other side cleaning the entire windshield with one motion.

Here is the snapshot of the U.S. patent:



Source:

• USPTO: https://uspto.report/patent/grant/10,889,267

• https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-roadster-wiper-patent-approved/

[carthick1000]

I would be glad if it is a real innovation and not some gimmick. I am already not very happy with their gimmick of using cameras for rain sensing, which is a hit-or-miss in the model 3, esp. when the weather in The Netherlands decides to be normal (ie raining ).

Since we already have a A- B- & C-Pillars, I wish the wiper (as in the roadster picture) does not end up as W-pillar blocking the view in already limited visibility rainy conditions. Let's wait and watch.