Ventilating unit with moisture absorber, especially for a motor vehicle headlight
View Patent ↗A ventilating unit with moisture absorber consists of an essentially vertically oriented bushing ( 1 ), provided with shoulders for engaging in an opening made in the bottom part ( 4 ) of the headlight cover and a bottom with an outlet opening, while on the bottom of the bushing there is arranged a filtering mechanism ( 2 ) on which is fitted a ventilating insert ( 3 ) with moisture absorber, whose outer peripheral walls are in close contact with the inner peripheral wall of the bushing ( 1 ). Advantageously, a paper filter is the filtering mechanism ( 2 ), and magnesium chloride hexahydrate is the moisture absorber, while a sealing element ( 5 ) is placed between at least one shoulder of the bushing ( 1 ) and the bottom part ( 4 ) of the headlight cover.
1. A ventilating unit with moisture absorber, especially for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the ventilating unit comprises an essentially vertically oriented bushing ( 1 ), provided with shoulders for engaging in an opening made in part of the body of the headlight ( 4 ) and a bottom with an outlet opening, while on the bottom of the bushing there is arranged a filtering mechanism ( 2 ) on which is fitted a ventilating insert ( 3 ) with moisture absorber, whose outer peripheral walls are in close contact with the inner peripheral wall of the bushing ( 1 ).
2. A ventilating unit according to claim 1 , wherein a paper filter is the filtering mechanism.
3. A ventilating unit according to claim 1 , wherein magnesium chloride hexahydrate is the moisture absorber.
4. A ventilating unit according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing element ( 5 ) is arranged between one shoulder of the bushing ( 1 ) and part of the body of the headlight ( 4 ).
5. A ventilating unit for a motor vehicle headlight comprising:
a headlight including a body defining an opening;
a bushing having shoulders for engaging said opening in said body of said headlight, and having a bottom, including an outlet opening, and inner peripheral walls;
a filtering mechanism within said bushing including a ventilating insert and a moisture absorber and outer peripheral walls in close contact with said inner peripheral walls of said bushing.
6. The ventilating unit of claim 5 wherein said filtering mechanism is a paper filter.
7. The ventilating unit of claim 5 wherein said moisture absorber is magnesium chloride hexahydrate.
8. The ventilating unit of claim 5 wherein a sealing element is arranged between one shoulder of the bushing and the body of the headlight.