Patent ID: 8125776
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: F21K,F21V,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A socket and heat sink unit configured to couple to a removable LED light module, comprising: a socket portion having one or more openings formed in a base thereof and one or more ramps aligned with said openings; and a heat sink portion attached to the socket portion and extending about a longitudinal central axis of the heat sink, the heat sink portion comprising a plurality of fins defining channels aligned with said openings in the socket, wherein the socket and heat sink portions are monolithic, and wherein the socket and heat sink can be formed in a die casting process comprising a die and cooperating slides, said slides positionable relative to the die to form the channels, openings and one or more edges of said ramps, the slides removable from the die when the die casting process is complete.