US 12,338,972 B2
Heated lens
Shammika Ashan Wickramasinghe, Banbury (GB); Ellis Robert Guzewich, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Simon Baker, Basingstoke (GB); Vinu Thaliath, Huntington beach, CA (US); Siddharth Ravikumar, Irvine, CA (US); and Luis Guillermo Sagastume Pelaez, Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/338,953.
Prior Publication US 2024/0426458 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 45/60 (2018.01); B60S 1/02 (2006.01); F21S 41/20 (2018.01); H05B 3/14 (2006.01); H05B 3/84 (2006.01)
CPC F21S 45/60 (2018.01) [B60S 1/026 (2013.01); F21S 41/28 (2018.01); H05B 3/145 (2013.01); H05B 3/84 (2013.01); H05B 2203/013 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a lens comprising a carbon nanotube layer and integrated into a headlamp of a vehicle, the headlamp comprising a shell to position the lens;
the carbon nanotube layer configured to thermally couple with a heating element coupled to the carbon nanotube layer at an outside edge of the lens to surround the lens at a location between the lens and the shell of the headlamp; and
the heating element to thermally couple with a busbar affixed to an outer surface of the shell of the headlamp.