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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2018
Lumileds Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Frederic Stephane Diana, San Jose, CA (US);
Yifeng Qiu, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Wasilko, San Jose, CA (US);
Nazila Soleimani, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeroen Den Breejen, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Andrew McReynolds, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Guth, San Jose, CA (US);
Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed comprising: a light guide having an opening formed thereon; an illumination source at least partially disposed in the opening, the illumination source including a plurality of LEDs disposed on a flexible circuit that is wrapped around a base, which may be thermally conductive, the base having a central opening, and the flexible circuit including a plurality of legs, each leg including electrical wiring for independently operating a different one of the LEDs, each leg being wrapped around a bottom edge of the base, and into the central opening, to come above the illumination source and connect to a control board that is situated above the illumination source; and a heat-dissipating element disposed over the illumination source, the heat-dissipating element being thermally coupled to the base to dissipate heat generated by the LEDs that is supplied to the heat dissipating element via the base.