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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:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
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
In one embodiment, a lamp comprises an optically transmissive enclosure. An LED array is disposed in the optically transmissive enclosure operable to emit light when energized through an electrical connection. A gas is contained in the enclosure to provide thermal coupling to the LED array. The gas may include oxygen.