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US 2016/0238230 A1Published application
Led lamp with fusible metal heat management elements
AssigneeCree, Inc.
InventorTroy A. Trottier
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Abstract
A light emitting diode (LED) lamps and methods of providing heat management with fusible metals associated with the heat management components. More particularly, the present disclosure provides LED lamps fusible metal components that are situated between LED components and heat sink components of the LED lamp.
Claims27
A heat sink assembly comprising:
- an LED mount portion having an external surface;
- and
- a fusible metal layer deposited on at least a portion of the external surface.
A lamp comprising:
- a base having an electrical outlet and an open end separated from the base by an interior space;
- an LED board;
- comprising at least one LED operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base;
- and
- a heat sink assembly comprising a fusible metal layer, at least a portion of the fusible layer adjacent to the LED board.
2 more elements
A method of heat management of an LED lamp comprising:
- positioning a fusible metal layer between a LED mounting portion of a heat sink assembly and a LED board having an operating temperature, the fusible metal layer thermally coupling the LED board and the LED mounting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.