Vehicle light with heating element

A vehicle light comprising:

• a front side and a back side opposite the back side, the front side and the back side defining an interior section therebetween;
• a radiator defining a plurality of passages between the interior section of the vehicle light and an outside of the vehicle light;
• a temperature sensor attached to the back side of the vehicle light outside of the interior section, the temperature sensor configured to measure an ambient air temperature of air surrounding the vehicle light;
• a plurality of heating elements positioned within the radiator and extending into the interior section of the vehicle light, the plurality of heating elements having an on state in which each heating element is resistively heated by electrical energy delivered thereto and an off state, the plurality of heating elements configured to switch to the on state in when the temperature sensor measures the ambient air temperature below a threshold temperature;
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• a blower motor attached to the back side and positioned to blow air through the plurality of passages of the radiator and into the interior section of the vehicle light when in an on mode thereof, the blower motor configured to switch to the on mode when the temperature sensor measures the ambient air temperature below a threshold temperature;
• wherein the blower motor in the on mode thereof is configured to blow air across the plurality of heating elements to increase a temperature of the blown air to a temperature greater than the ambient air temperature to heat the interior section of the vehicle light.

A vehicle light comprising:

• a headlamp front lens;
• a headlight housing connected to the headlamp front lens to define an interior section therebetween;
• a radiator defining a passage between the interior section of the vehicle light and an outside of the vehicle light, the radiator including a first spine and a second spine each extending into the interior section along a spine axis towards the headlamp front lens of the vehicle light along a, the first spine and the second spine spaced apart by the passage;
• a temperature sensor attached to the headlight housing outside of the interior section, the temperature sensor configured to measure an ambient air temperature of air surrounding the vehicle light,
• a first heating element disposed within the first, the first heating element having an on state in which the first heating element heats the first spine and an off state, the first heating element configured to switch to the on state when the temperature sensor measures the ambient air temperature below a first threshold temperature;
• a second heating element disposed within the second spine, the second heating element having an on state in which the second heating element heats the second spine and an off state, the second heating element configured to switch to the on state when the temperature sensor measures the ambient air temperature below the first threshold temperature;
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• a blower motor attached to the headlight housing and positioned to blow air through the passage of the radiator and into the interior section of the vehicle light when in an on mode thereof, the blower motor configured to switch to the on mode when the temperature sensor measures the ambient air temperature below a second threshold temperature, the blower motor blowing the air through the passage in a direction parallel to the spine axis of the first spine and the second spine;
• wherein the blower motor in the on mode thereof is configured to blow air across the first spine and the second spine with the first heating element and the second heating element in the on state thereof to increase a temperature of the blown air to a temperature greater than the ambient air temperature to heat the headlamp front lens.