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US 2016/0109088 A1Published application
Thermally conductive plastic heat sink used to conduct heat in automotive lighting
OwnerTimothy Joseph Orr, John Steven Orisichinventors
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Abstract
A headlamp and/or tail light assembly comprising a housing, an outer lens, a thermally conductive plastic situated in operative relationship with the outer lens and a heating element for heating the thermally conductive plastic, wherein when the heating element heats the thermally conductive plastic, heat is directed towards the outer lens.
Claims20
A headlamp and/or tail light assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- an outer lens;
- a thermally conductive plastic situated in operative relationship with said outer lens;
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- a heating element for heating said thermally conductive plastic;
- wherein said thermally conductive plastic is situated a predetermined distance from said outer lens so that when said heating element is energized, said thermally conductive plastic becomes heated and causes heat to be directed towards said outer lens.
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A heating element for use in a headlamp and/or tail lamp assembly comprising:
- a thermally conductive plastic material overmolded onto the heating element or surrounding the heating element and adapted to be heated by the heating element so that when the heating element heats the thermally conductive plastic, the thermally conductive plastic may heat a component in the headlamp and/or tail lamp assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.