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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1999
William E Reisenauer, Commack, NY (US);
Jennifer L Gloisten, Farmingville, NY (US);
Tolek Pawelko, Deer Park, NY (US);
Aerospace Lighting Corporation, Holbrook, NY (US);
Abstract
An LED reading light assembly has an optical assembly, a power circuit board, a housing, and a control system. The optical assembly includes a holographic lens and an LED assembly comprising an LED circuit board and a plurality of LED's disposed on the outward facing side of the LED circuit board. The power circuit board provides a constant source of electric current to power the LED's. The housing includes a housing plate disposed behind the LED circuit board and a black anodized fin plate. The control system includes a temperature protection circuit monitoring the ambient temperature at the LED assembly during operation and adjusting the power supplied to the LED's to maintain the ambient temperature within a selected temperature range.