Patent ID: 7506997
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: F21K,F21S,F21Y,H05K

Abstract:
1. An illumination device, comprising: a plurality of light-emitting diodes; a circuit board receiving and operably connecting said light-emitting diodes; a housing for receiving said circuit board and said light-emitting diodes; and a light-diffusing member adjacent said housing for receiving light emitted from said light-emitting diodes; wherein said circuit board includes wherein the flexible substrate of said circuit board is manipulated from a first, substantially flat position to a second position in which said substrate is folded along said upper and lower longitudinal axes into an approximate U-shape, such that when said circuit board is positioned and received in said housing, light from said light-emitting diodes that is not directly emitted into said light-diffusing member is collected and reflected by said circuit board into said light-diffusing member.