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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventor:
Sunil Dalal, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 45/33 (2018.01);
Abstract
A light with improved moisture control for a vehicle. The light has a housing and a lens, the housing and the lens forming a light interior. The light also includes a lamp that is at least partially enclosed within the light interior. A vent duct is included and extends through the housing from the light interior to an exterior of the light. An anti-humidity fan is present within the vent duct and is operable to move moisture from the light interior to the exterior of the light and thereby prevent fogging of the light lens.