Patent ID: 9618162
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,H01R,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A lamp for use in an existing light fixture having an electrical receptacle comprising: an at least partially optically transmissive enclosure; a LED assembly comprising at least one LED, the LED assembly being located in the enclosure and the at least one LED operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path; a base having an external size that is approximately the same size or smaller than an external size of the electrical receptacle, the base comprising a universal mounting mechanism for mounting the lamp to the light fixture and an electrical connector in the electrical path for electrically connecting the light fixture to the lamp; a heat sink structure comprising a heat dissipating portion for dissipating heat from the LED assembly, the heat dissipating portion being disposed between the optically transmissive enclosure and the base, and a cavity in the heat dissipating portion that is closed by the base and at least partially contains lamp electronics, the lamp electronics being in the electrical path.