GORE® Automotive Vents for Exterior Lighting
Our automotive adhesive vents offer life-of-vehicle condensation reduction, pressure equalization and ingress protection for headlamp, rear lamp, fog lamp and accessory lamp assemblies.
Reliable Protection for Lamp Assemblies
Gore’s all-membrane automotive lighting vents enhance component reliability and longevity by providing life-of-vehicle condensation reduction, pressure equalization, and protection against entry of water, automotive fluids, fine dust and dirt. Our adhesive vents bond firmly and perform reliably in the most challenging environments.
GORE Automotive Vents protect lamp assemblies to enhance component reliability and longevity. For both battery-electric and ICE vehicles, adhesive vents from Gore can help you:
Reduce Condensation
Minimize causes of condensation in headlamps: GORE Automotive Vents continue to diffuse moisture, both while the vehicle is moving and while it’s parked.
Improve Ingress Protection
Gore automotive lighting vents protect high-value lamp assemblies and integrated sensors and lamp electronics from ingress of performance-eroding contaminants like water, dust, dirt or automotive fluids. Rated IP6K (dust), IPX7 (immersion) and, depending on housing design, up to IPX6K/IPX9K (spray resistance).
Enhance Seal Integrity
Our waterproof, breathable adhesive vents help to maintain seal integrity. They effectively equalize pressures whether the vehicle is moving or stationary, to prevent seal stress that can lead to premature seal failure.
Increase Design Flexibility
Gore’s proprietary materials technology enables more effective venting performance in smaller-footprint, low-profile designs. They are easy to design-in and easy to install — which means more options for vent placement.
Global Partnerships, Global Resources
Millions of GORE@ Vents have been installed in automotive lighting applications worldwide. All are backed by technical support and testing centers in the US, Germany, Japan and China.
Headlamp Applications
When headlamp lens clarity matters, choose vents that meet all your performance and protection needs for the life of the vehicle:
AVS 120
The next-generation AVS 9. Same industry-standard footprint, but with our highest diffusive performance for faster condensation clearing times — which could allow you to use fewer vents!
AVS 120 achieves a Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate* (MVTR) more than 14% greater than AVS 9, even though both parts have the same outer dimensions.
MTVR Comparison
* MVTR testing was performed using recommended target frame openings.
Outer Dimensions
AVS 113
The next-generation AVS 100. Faster clearing with our highest diffusive performance, plus strong surface-bond to housing. It’s proven to enable faster headlamp clearing…even with fewer total vents.
Comparison Tests
Test A: Truck LED headlamp
(1) AVS 113 vs. (3) cap vents
25% Faster Clearing
AVS 113
Test B: Truck halogen headlamp
(1) AVS 113 vs. (1) AVS 100
16% Faster Clearing
AVS 113
Test C: SUV LED headlamp
(2) AVS 113 vs. (2) AVS 9
28% Faster Clearing
AVS 113
Tests, conducted at 70 °C, compare OEM headlamp with standard venting solution to same OEM headlamp with AVS 113.
AVS 9
Industry-standard footprint with proven life-of-vehicle condensation reduction, ingress protection and pressure equalization.
AVS 100
Easy installation (target frame optional): spray resistance plus condensation reduction, ingress protection and pressure equalization.
Rear Lamp Applications
When you need options for future-focused styling and packaging, choose performance-focused vents for both clear and colored lenses:
AVS 600/601/602
Ideal for clear-lens rear lamps and available in three sizes and two shapes. Highest moisture diffusion per footprint minimizes lens clearing times and enables more design options.
AVS 2/5
Small-footprint solution rapidly sheds contaminants and won’t saturate, for extra protection from water, dust and dirt.
For rear-lamp applications where condensation reduction is not a primary concern, consider AVS 22/23.
Accessory and Fog Lamp Applications
When space-limited accessory and brand-emblem lighting create packaging challenges, choose vents that perform reliably in a smaller footprint:
AVS 2/5
More design flexibility: these low-profile vents equalize pressures while quickly shedding water and blocking entry of contaminants.
AVS 118/119
Our smallest-footprint vents deliver robust protection and reliable pressure equalization because they will not saturate, even after water contact. Designed for narrow or lighter-weight accessory lamps, these vents install quickly and easily using either automated or manual processes.
GORE Vents: Condensation Management
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Technical Information
Gore monitors and strives to comply with all regulations applicable to our products.
We have worked with our suppliers to eliminate PFOA from our supply chain. Our products meet EU REACH regulations EU 1907/2006 and EU 2019/2021.
PPAP: An Overview
For Level 1, 2, 3 or 4 submissions, or waivers, our documentation is complete and concise to streamline your participation in this process.
What Quality Means, to Us and for You
We commit to every customer that “our products will do what we say they will do" — and we stand behind that promise with our worldwide resources, expertise, and quality processes.
IATF16949:2016
This International Automotive Task Force (IATF) standard defines quality system requirements for use in the automotive supply chain. It’s based on ISO 9001:2015, as well as OEM customer-specific requirements.
Adhesive vents for manual, semi-automated and automated installation
| Product Name Order number for samples | Product Number Order number for series production | |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-up configuration | One-up configuration | |
| Headlamps | ||
| AVS 120 | VE2122 | VE2123 |
| AVS 9 | VE0020GMC | VE2068 |
| AVS 113 | VE2113 | VE2114 |
| AVS 100 | VE2084 | VE2086 |
| Rear Lamps | ||
| AVS 2 | VE0001VAP | VE2051 |
| AVS 5 | VE2004 | VE2016 |
| AVS 600 | VE2100 | ------ |
| AVS 610 | ------ | VE2110 |
| AVS 601 | VE2101 | ------ |
| AVS 611 | ------ | VE2111 |
| AVS 602 | VE2102 | ------ |
| AVS 612 | ------ | VE2112 |
| Accessory and Fog Lamps | ||
| AVS 2 | VE0001VAP | VE2051 |
| AVS 5 | VE2004 | VE2016 |
| AVS 118 | VE2117 | VE2118 |
| AVS 119 | VE2119 | VE2120 |
| Manual installation | Automated installation |
|---|---|---|
AVS 22 | VE2094 | VE2095 |
AVS 23 | VE2096 | VE2097 |
Call us: +1 800 346 7391 for info on: AVS 43, AVS 15/AVS 16; AVS 17/AVS 18; AVS 4/AVS 7. If your product number isn’t listed above, please contact us.
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