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Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2015
Applicant:

Kerr Corporation, Orange, CA (US);

Inventors:

Owen J. Gill, Southbury, CT (US);

Ruth Barry, Stoughton, WI (US);

Stacy Lee Wyatt, Irvine, CA (US);

Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Kerr Corporation, Orange, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/15 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 19/004 (2013.01); H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H05B 37/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A curing light device includes a body with a tip portion that has a plurality of elements for providing electrical energy to the distal end of the tip and for removing heat from the distal end of the tip. A light engine includes at least one light emitting element operable for emitting light and is positioned on the distal end of the tip portion. A power supply is positioned in the body and is rechargeable and includes at least one ultracapacitor element. Spring electrical contacts are positioned in the body and electrically coupled with the ultracapacitor element. The spring electrical contacts are spaced along the length of the body and configured for electrically engaging the tip portion along its length for delivering power to the light engine and for provide a spring alignment of the tip portion in the body.


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