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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alan George Dry, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
David A. Brown, Plymouth, MI (US);
Brian Robert Spahn, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 45/30 (2018.01); F21S 45/60 (2018.01); F21V 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 45/60 (2018.01); F21V 17/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
A condensation management system includes a vehicle lighting assembly with an interior vented to an ambient environment through a conduit, a moisture control assembly with a desiccant assembly positioned such that air passing through the conduit passes through the desiccant assembly, and a heater for heating the desiccant assembly in response to a difference between the interior and the ambient environment.