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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David A. Brown, Plymouth, MI (US);
Aaron Bradley Johnson, Allen Park, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle headlamp de-condensation. An example exterior lamp of a vehicle includes a housing, a cover coupled to the housing to define a cavity, and a lamp assembly within the cavity. The lamp assembly includes an LED, a heat sink coupled to the LED that is configured to dissipate heat and define a chamber, desiccant located within the chamber to collect moisture from the cavity, and a vent fluidly coupled to the chamber to remove the moisture from the cavity.