Flat led lamp assembly

An LED-based light fixture assembly, comprising:

• a light fixture coupleable to a power source and having a threaded socket portion;
• a driver assembly having a threaded base portion that screws into the threaded socket portion, the driver assembly having an electrically conductive, retractable tip portion coupled to the base portion and positioned to electrically engage the socket portion when the base portion is being screwed into the socket portion, the tip portion being retractable relative to the base portion after the tip portion electrically engages the socket portion and before the base portion is fully screwed into the socket portion;
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• a lamp housing assembly electrically connected to the driver assembly, the lamp housing assembly having a heat sink with a plurality of fins, at least one LED chip board mounted to the heat sink, wherein the LED chip board having at least one LED light thereon, and an air flow device adjacent to the heat sink and operable to move air over the heat sink, wherein the heat sink configured to carry heat away from the LED chip board, the LED chip board and heat sink being rotatable as a unit relative to the light fixture to adjust the angular position of the LED chip board while maintaining electrical engagement between the tip portion and the socket portion.

A mogul base lamp assembly for use with a light fixture having a mogul socket, the lamp assembly comprising:

• A driver assembly having a threaded base portion that screws into the mogul socket, the driver assembly having an electrically conductive, retractable tip portion coupled to the base portion and positioned to electrically engage the mogul socket when the base portion is being screwed into the socket portion, the tip portion being retractable relative to the base portion after the tip portion electrically engages the socket portion and before the base portion is fully screwed into the mogul socket, the driver assembly having driver housing with a first connection member spaced apart from the threaded base portion;
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• A lamp housing assembly removeably and electrically connected to the driver assembly, the lamp housing assembly having a lamp housing with a second connection member that releasably mates with the first connection member, the lamp housing connected to a heat sink and an LED chip board mounted to the heat sink, wherein the LED chip board has a plurality of LED lights thereon, wherein the heat sink carries heat away from the LED chip board during operation of the lamp assembly, the LED chip board and heat sink being rotatable as a unit relative to the light fixture to adjust the angular position of the LED chip board while maintaining electrical engagement between the tip portion and the mogul socket.