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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Robert R. Scott, Riverton, UT (US);
Ultradent Products, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
A heat sink for a dental light-curing device comprises three mounting surfaces that are each configured for mounting a light source, such as an LED or LED array, which is capable of generating light suitable for curing light-curable compounds. The mounting surfaces are configured with a geometric arrangement in which one of the mounting surfaces is placed nearer to the tip of the heat sink than either of the remaining two mounting surfaces, which are placed adjacent to the first mounting surface and are spaced an equal distance away from the tip of the heat sink. This arrangement generally minimizes the heat that is generated by the LEDs at the tip of the heat sink and expedites the diffusion of heat from the LEDs.