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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Glenn H. Kuenzler, Beachwood, OH (US);
Charles L. Huddleston, Ii, Cleveland, OH (US);
Jeremias A. Martins, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Ashfaqul I. Chowdhury, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Gary R. Allen, Chesterland, OH (US);
Glenn H. Kuenzler, Beachwood, OH (US);
Charles L. Huddleston, II, Cleveland, OH (US);
Jeremias A. Martins, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Ashfaqul I. Chowdhury, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Gary R. Allen, Chesterland, OH (US);
GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
According to a first embodiment, a light emitting diode (LED) light engine is described. The light emitting diode includes one or more LED devices disposed on a front side of an LED light engine substrate. A heat sink having a mating receptacle for the LED light engine is also provided. The LED light engine substrate and the mating receptacle of the heat sink define a tapered fitting by which the LED light engine is retained in the mating receptacle of the heat sink.