LED lighting tube device and method

A method of making an LED lighting tube, including the steps of:

• providing a heat-dissipating tubular envelope;
• and
• affixing a surface of a base portion an LED assembly directly to a curved inner surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope with an adhesive layer consisting of a non-insulating adhesive that extends an entire length of the LED assembly, wherein the LED assembly includes an LED board having an LED array attached to an upper surface opposite of the base portion, wherein open ends of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope are closed by end caps, the LED board including a first end in electrical communication with a first electrical connector and a second end in electrical communication with a second electrical connector, wherein the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are connectable to an electrical receptacle of a light fixture through the end caps, wherein an inner space of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope includes ambient atmosphere, wherein the LED array emits light chosen from the group consisting of white light, pink light, blue light, yellow light, green light, red light, orange light, infrared light, and ultraviolet light, wherein the heat-dissipating tubular envelope has a diameter chosen from the group consisting of ¼″, ½″, ⅝″, 1″, and 1½″, and a length chosen from the group consisting of 6″, 9″, 12″, 18″, 48″, and 96″ and further including a safety switch operatively attached to at least one end cap.

A method of providing heat-dissipation without a heat sink in an LED lighting tube, including the steps of:

• providing a heat-dissipating tubular envelope;
• affixing a surface of a base of an LED assembly directly to an inner surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope with an adhesive layer consisting of a non-insulating adhesive that extends an entire length of the LED assembly, wherein the LED assembly includes an LED board having an LED array attached to an upper surface opposite of the base portion, wherein open ends of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope are closed by end caps, the LED board including a first end in electrical communication with a first electrical connector and a second end in electrical communication with a second electrical connector, wherein the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are connectable to an electrical receptacle of a light fixture through the end caps, wherein an inner space of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope includes ambient atmosphere, wherein the LED array emits light chosen from the group consisting of white light, pink light, blue light, yellow light, green light, red light, orange light, infrared light, and ultraviolet light, wherein the heat-dissipating tubular envelope as a diameter chosen from the group consisting of ¼″, ½″, ⅝″, 1″, and 1½″, and a length chosen from the group consisting of 6″, 9″, 12″, 18″, 48″, and 96″, and further including a safety switch operatively attached to at least one end cap;
• and
• dissipating heat through the heat-dissipating tubular envelope.

A method of preventing shocks to an individual inserting or removing an LED lighting tube from an electrical socket, including the steps of:

• an individual inserting or removing the LED lighting tube from an electrical socket, wherein said LED lighting tube includes a heat-dissipating tubular envelope including an LED assembly including a substantially flat LED board having an LED array attached to an upper surface of the LED board and an opposite base surface of the LED board entirely and directly affixed to a curved inner surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope and an adhesive layer consisting of a non-insulating adhesive that extends an entire length of the LED assembly between the base surface of the LED board and the curved surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope, wherein open ends of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope are closed by end caps, the LED board including a first end in electrical communication with a first electrical connector and a second end in electrical communication with a second electrical connector, wherein the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are connectable to an electrical receptacle of a light fixture through the end caps, wherein an inner space of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope includes ambient atmosphere, wherein the LED array emits light chosen from the group consisting of white light, pink light, blue light, yellow light, green light, red light, orange light, infrared light, and ultraviolet light, wherein the heat-dissipating tubular envelope has a diameter chosen from the group consisting ¼″, ½″, ⅝″, 1″, and 1½″, and a length chosen from the group consisting of 6″, 9″, 12″, 18″, 48″, and 96″, and further including a safety switch operatively attached to at least one of the end caps;
• providing power to the LED lighting tube only when the safety switch is activated;
• and
• preventing shocks to the individual.