Modular headlamp assembly with a heating element for removing water based contamination

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9709238
APP PUB NO 20160215952A1
SERIAL NO

14531957

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A modular headlamp assembly includes a low beam headlamp module, a high beam headlamp module, and front turn/parking lamp module. The low beam headlamp module and the high beam headlamp module are supported by a reflector carrier. Each of the high and low beam headlamp modules includes a heat sink and mounting assembly with a heat sink portion bisecting a reflector member. The headlamp includes a lens with a wire heating element embedded therein and a wire heating element circuit board affixed to the lens. A thermistor is affixed to the lens for sensing when the lens reaches a predetermined condition and a micro-controller is provided for activating or deactivating the wire heating element based on the predetermined condition sensed by the thermistor.

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TRUCK-LITE CO LLC310 EAST ELMWOOD AVENUE FALCONER NY 14733

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Church, Jeffrey L Gerry, US 1 25
DiPenti, Timothy Russell, US 12 285
Dunn, Timothy Falconer, US 19 521
Hamzic, Nedim Falconer, US 2 29
Johnson, Barry C Lakewood, US 7 202
Marley, Michael Erie, US 13 211

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