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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Principal Led, Llc, San Angelo, TX (US);
John Bryan Vincent, San Angelo, TX (US);
Principal Lighting Group, LLC, San Angelo, TX (US);
Abstract
An illumination apparatus includes a monolithic support substrate and light emitting diodes (LEDs) on one or more external sides of the support substrate. The support substrate may comprise an elongated extrusion enclosing a hollow core. The LEDs may be affixed to rigid or flexible electrical substrates. Each electrical substrate may be affixed to an external side of the extrusion and may include embedded LED circuitry. The hollow core may enable the extrusion to be received in a recessed socket of a light fixture, wherein the recessed socket provides structural support for the applicable end of the extrusion, rendering end caps or end socket adapters unnecessary. The light fixture may include a contact protruding from the recessed socket and the electrical substrates may include circuitry configured to couple the LEDs to a source of power not coupled to the protruding contact.