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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. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Antony P. Van DE Ven, Sai Kung, HK;
Gerald H. Negley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Antony P. van de Ven, Sai Kung, HK;
Gerald H. Negley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cree LED Lighting Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/089 (2013.01); H05B 33/0872 (2013.01); H05B 33/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid state lighting apparatus according to some embodiments includes a circuit including a plurality of light emitting devices, and a configurable shunt configured to bypass at least some current around at least one light emitting device of the plurality of light emitting devices. The configurable shunt may include, for example, a tunable resistor, a fuse, a switch, a thermistor, and/or a variable resistor.