Patent ID: 8662732

Claim:
A lighting device for replacement of an ANSI standard light bulb, the device comprising: an opto-electronic subassembly and a heat sinking subassembly, wherein the opto-electronic subassembly is removable from and replaceable in the heat sinking subassembly wherein the opto-electronic subassembly includes a plurality of solid state light emitters; activating electronics coupled to the solid state light emitters and configured to activate the solid state light emitters, wherein the activating electronics are entirely contained within the opto-electronic subassembly; a first housing containing the solid state light emitters and the activating electronics; and wherein the heat sinking subassembly includes a second housing including a heat sinking surface, and wherein the heat sinking subassembly includes two or more conductors that conduct current through the heat sinking subassembly; the opto-electronic subassembly having the first housing and the solid state light emitters and the activating electronics contained therein is removably coupled to the heat sinking subassembly having the second housing and the heat sinking surface; wherein when the opto-electronic subassembly having the first housing is coupled to the heat sinking subassembly having the second housing, electrical current is conducted through the second housing to the solid state light emitters and the activating electronics contained in the first housing, and the heat sinking surface sinks heat away from the solid state light emitters and activating electronics; and wherein the lighting device has a shape and form factor substantially equivalent to one of a plurality of light bulb shape and form factors defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).