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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Christopher P. Hussell, Cary, NC (US);
John Adam Edmond, Durham, NC (US);
Gerald H. Negley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Curt Progl, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark Edmond, Raleigh, NC (US);
Praneet Athalye, Morrisville, NC (US);
Charles M. Swoboda, Cary, NC (US);
Antony Paul van de Ven, Hong Kong, CN;
Paul Kenneth Pickard, Morrisville, NC (US);
Bart P. Reier, Cary, NC (US);
James Michael Lay, Apex, NC (US);
Peter E. Lopez, Cary, NC (US);
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A lamp has an optically transmissive enclosure and a base defining a longitudinal axis of the lamp that extends from the base to the free end of the enclosure. An LED assembly is positioned in the optically transmissive enclosure. The LED assembly includes LEDs operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. The LED assembly is arranged such that the plurality of LEDs face perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the lamp. The emission profile of the LEDs being at least 120 degrees FWHM.