Patent ID: 8899803

Claim:
A headlamp assembly comprising: a housing for coupling the headlamp assembly to a vehicle, the housing including a reflector; a heat sink structure having a first surface and a second surface; a main circuit board; a first light emitting diode assembly supported by the first surface of the heat sink structure and a second light emitting diode assembly supported by the second surface of the heat sink structure, each of the first and second light emitting diode assemblies being electrically connected to the main circuit board; a lens affixed to the housing having an inner surface and an outer surface; a wire heating element circuit board affixed to said lens; a wire heating element embedded within the inner surface of the lens, and electrically coupled to the wire heating element circuit board; an encapsulation layer disposed over of the wire heating element; a thermistor affixed to the lens for sensing when the lens reaches a predetermined condition, said thermistor being electrically coupled to said wire heating element circuit board; and a micro-controller for activating or deactivating the wire heating element based on the predetermined condition sensed by the thermistor.