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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Antony Paul Van DE Ven, Sai Kung, HK;
Thomas G. Coleman, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Gerald H. Negley, Durham, NC (US);
Antony Paul Van De Ven, Sai Kung, HK;
Thomas G. Coleman, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Gerald H. Negley, Durham, NC (US);
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A lighting device comprising at least a first light source and at least a first heat dissipation element. At least a first region of the dissipation element comprises at least one material selected from among (1) sintered silicon carbide, (2) a sintered mixture of silicon carbide and at least one other ceramic material, (3) a sintered mixture of silicon carbide and at least one metal other than aluminum, (4) a sintered mixture of silicon carbide, at least one other ceramic material and at least one metal other than aluminum and (5) a sintered mixture of silicon carbide, at least one other ceramic material and at least one metal. Also, a lighting device comprising at least a first light source and heat conducting means for dissipating heat.