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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
James Kenneth Alexanderson, Coppell, TX (US);
Robert C. Harshaw, Dallas, TX (US);
James Kenneth Alexanderson, Coppell, TX (US);
Robert C. Harshaw, Dallas, TX (US);
Heads Up Technologies, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Abstract
A lighting device and system for illuminating the interior of a vehicle, aircraft or building is provided. The lighting device and system includes a channel case made from a thermally conductive material, including aluminum. The channel case has a bottom edge and two opposed side edges forming an interior space. A circuit board is disposed within the interior space of the channel case and the circuit board includes circuit traces on the top, bottom or both sides of the circuit board. A heat transfer device is attached to the bottom of the circuit board and is further attached to the bottom of the channel case. A plurality of light-emitting diodes and resistors are mounted on the circuit board in series and generate light through a lens which is attached to the two opposed side edges of the channel case.