Patent ID: 8523423
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An LED mounting seat adapted to mount a light emitting diode (LED) to a circuit board, the LED having a light emitting portion and a pair of leads that extend from a bottom surface of the light emitting portion, each of the leads having a distal end that extends through the circuit board and that is secured to a bottom surface of the circuit board, said LED mounting seat comprising a main body having: a supporting surface that is adapted to abut against the bottom surface of the light emitting portion of the LED; a connecting end that is adapted to be connected to a top surface of the circuit board opposite to the bottom surface of the circuit board; and a side surface that interconnects said supporting surface and said connecting end, and that is formed with opposite lateral grooves extending from said supporting surface to said connecting end, each of said lateral grooves having an opening that is between said supporting surface and said connecting end and being defined by a groove-defining surface that has an abutting surface portion facing said opening, the leads of the LED extending respectively through said lateral grooves and abutting respectively against said abutting surface portions of said groove-defining surfaces, wherein a distance between said abutting surface portions of said groove-defining surfaces increases from said supporting surface to said connecting end.