Patent ID: 8100567
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: F21K,G02B,H01L

Abstract:
1. A light-emitting panel assembly comprising: a light-emitting diode having a side from which light is emitted; a heat pipe in contact with the light-emitting diode including a fluid contained therein, the fluid extracting heat from the light-emitting diode by thermal convection as a result of flow of the fluid through the heat pipe; and an illumination panel having a side edge adjacent the side of the light-emitting diode from which light is emitted such that light is emitted into the illumination panel via the side edge, the illumination panel propagating the light therein and further including scattering centers that direct the light out of an emission surface of the illumination panel, wherein the heat pipe extends beneath the emission surface in a direction across the emission surface.