LED Flashlight with Improved Heat Sink

A lighting apparatus, comprising:

• an outer casing;
• a light emitting diode (“LED”) package contained within the outer casing, said LED package comprising:
• a substrate;
• an LED die held by the substrate, said LED die configured to emit light outwardly from a front surface of the LED package;
• a first electrically conductive pad;
• a second electrically conductive pad;
• and
• a thermal pad configured for removing heat from the LED die to outside of the LED package;
• wherein the first and second electrically conductive pads are configured to provide power to cause the LED die to emit light;
• and
• a heatsink assembly held within the outer casing, said heatsink assembly comprising:
• an outer electrically conductive member that is thermally conductive and which is thermally connected to the outer casing;
• a core of an electrically insulating material which is held within a cavity formed in the outer electrically conductive member;
• and
• an inner electrically conductive member which is positioned and electrically isolated from the outer electrically conductive member by the core;
• wherein the first electrically conductive pad and the thermal pad are thermally and electrically bonded to a first top surface of the outer electrically conductive member without use of a printed circuit board and the second electrically conductive pad is electrically bonded to a second top surface of the inner electrically conductive member.