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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2005
David T. Deguiseppi, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Kerry L. Dewitt, Oxford, PA (US);
David T. DeGuiseppi, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Kerry L. DeWitt, Oxford, PA (US);
Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention is a lighting assembly comprising a housing defining an internal space within the housing, and an ambient space surrounding the housing, a light source within the internal space; a high capacity desiccant within the internal space, the high capacity desiccant being nonregenerating at temperatures of up to about 50 degrees Celsius and about 11.0% relative humidity; and a diffusion tube having a first opening proximate to the internal space and a second opening proximate to the ambient space, the diffusion tube providing gaseous communication between the internal space and the ambient space.