Patent ID: 7796030

Claim:
A circuit board for a high power LED housing comprising: one or more LED forming a LED assembly; a metal body; said metal body having a top, an upper portion having gripping means, a lower portion and a base; said LED assembly mounted within the said metal body, and a lens fitted onto said top of said metal body, said lower portion having fitting means on its exterior; said LED assembly connected by electrical wire to an electrical contact in said metal body; wherein said LED housing is adapted to be installed on a metal plate acting as a heat sink having a socket by fitting said LED housing into said socket in said heat sink, said socket shaped to receive said lower portion of said LED housing and said LED-housing being removable from said heat sink by unfitting it from said socket; and in which said LED assembly is connected by said electrical wire to said electrical contact at the base of said metal body, and said electrical contact includes a circuit board comprising a voltage regulator, current control circuit, monitoring and feedback circuit and temperature sensor, and when installed into said heat sink, said LED assembly is connected thereto to an electrical power source so that performance of the LED assembly can be monitored from a remote maintenance center and if the LED assembly fails, its failure can be transmitted to said remote maintenance center for maintenance action.