Patent ID: 7665883
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: F21V,F21Y,G09F,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A lighting apparatus comprising: a) a lighting module including one or more connector elements, each of the one or more connector elements having two or more electrical contact portions, the lighting module including one or more light-emitting elements electrically and operatively connected to the two or more electrical contact portions; and b) a multi layer power board having a sandwiched compound structure, said multi layer power board including two or more electrically conductive layers separated by one or more electrically insulative layer, said multi-layer power board including an electrically insulative layer on both a top and a bottom thereof, said multi-layer board adapted for providing electrical power to the lighting module; whereby upon penetration of said one or more connector elements into the multi-layer power board, each of the two or more electrical contact portions of each of the one or more connector elements form an electrical connection with one of the two or more electrically conductive layers; wherein the one or more connector elements are configured as a heat pipe or a thermosyphon, said one or more light-emitting elements being thermally coupled to the one or more connector elements.