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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Aaron Bradley Johnson, Allen Park, MI (US);
Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 45/33 (2018.01); F21S 45/37 (2018.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); F21S 45/60 (2018.01); F21S 41/20 (2018.01); F21V 29/90 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 45/33 (2018.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); F21S 41/28 (2018.01); F21S 45/37 (2018.01); F21S 45/60 (2018.01); F21V 29/90 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vehicle light assembly including a housing, a light source, a lens disposed in front of the light source, a light sensor disposed in the housing outside of light output from the light source directed at the lens for sensing light reflected off the lens caused by moisture, and a heater disposed on the lens for reducing the moisture when moisture is sensed.