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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);

Inventors:

Manish Shah, Canton, MI (US);

Michal Ostrowski, Tipton, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21V 7/20 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 48/335 (2013.01);
Abstract

Lamp assemblies for reducing headlamp condensation are disclosed. One example lamp assembly includes a lamp housing including a front housing and a rear housing forming a lamp cavity; a light source extending from the rear housing into the lamp cavity; a reflector extending around the light source; and a duct extending between the rear housing and the reflector from the light source to a remote section of the lamp cavity spaced from the light source. The duct can include a duct cavity configured to draw air from the remote section of the lamp cavity toward the light source to reduce condensation in the lamp cavity.


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