Patent ID: 6621716
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An LED package comprising a tubular electrically conductive body having proximal and distal ends and a circuit board, the perimeter of the proximal end of the body being cut away to form an annular shoulder in which a peripheral portion of the circuit board is received and seated, thereby mounting the circuit board across the proximal end of the body, the circuit board having an outer face directed away from the interior of the body on which an LED is mounted, the package further comprising an end contact exposed at the distal end of the body and located relative to the body by means of an insulating cap mounted across the distal end of the body, an electrical conductor extending from the end contact through the cap, through the interior of the body and through a through-going, plated hole in the circuit board to connect the end contact to one of an anode and cathode of the LED, and a track formed on the circuit board which extends from a connection to the other of the anode and the cathode of the LED to the periphery of the circuit board, the track thereby making contact with the shoulder of the body and the body serving as a second contact enabling current to be supplied to the LED.