Patent ID: 8011809
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A light-emitting diode module comprising, in combination: a metal substrate having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face; a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted to the first face of the metal substrate and in direct, thermal contact with the metal substrate; a jacket including a coupling surface engaged with the second face of the metal substrate, with the jacket further including a plurality of longitudinal holes parallel to and spaced from one another and each having a longitudinal axis, with a spacing ranging from 0 to 0.5 mm being defined between an inner periphery of each of the plurality of longitudinal holes and the coupling surface; a plurality of first heat conduction pipes each including a first portion received in one of the longitudinal holes of the jacket and a second portion outside the jacket; and a finned heat sink mounted on the second portions of the plurality of first heat conduction pipes and including a plurality of fins to dissipate heat transferred to the first heat conduction pipes into an environment outside the finned heat sink.