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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Chen H. Wu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Steve Bacilieri, Hunt, TX (US);
Chao Sung Wang, Chung Ho, TW;
Shih Chang Wang, Chung Ho, TW;
Chen H. Wu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Steve Bacilieri, Hunt, TX (US);
Chao Sung Wang, Chung Ho, TW;
Shih Chang Wang, Chung Ho, TW;
Leotek Electronics Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A high power LED lamp and method for retrofitting conventional traffic signal lamps. The LED lamp includes a housing, a power supply disposed in the housing, a plurality of LEDs mounted to a substantially planar mounting surface in the housing and electrically connected to the power supply for producing diverging light, and a threaded electrical connector extending from the housing. The method includes replacing a conventional incandescent light bulb with the LED lamp, and installing a Fresnel lens inside the traffic signal lamp that collimates and just fills and illuminates the outer lens of the traffic signal lamp.