LED SOURCE ADAPTED FOR LIGHT BULBS AND LIKE

• Main Authors: SOLOMENSKY MICHAEL, LESTER STEVEN D, HASNAIN GHULAM, POSSELT JASON LOOMIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 26.04.2011
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HEATING; LIGHTING; LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE ORSPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WEAPONS

A light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a housing, a drive assembly, and an LED. The housing has an interior compartment enclosed in an outer surface having a heat dissipating surface and first and second power terminals that are accessible from outside the interior compartment. The drive assembly is located in the interior compartment and electrically connected to the first and second power terminal. The LED is directly attached to the heat dissipating surface and electrically insulated therefrom, the LED having first and second LED power contacts. The housing has first and second housing power terminals disposed outside the housing, electrically isolated from the heat-dissipating surface, and connected to the drive assembly. A first conductor connects the first LED power contact to the first housing power terminal. A second conductor connects the LED second power contact to the second housing power terminal.