Patent ID: 7939837

Claim:
A lighting apparatus, comprising: a light emitting diode (LED) module having: at least one LED; a heat conductive base having opposing first and second sides, and having first and second apertures formed therethrough; a dielectric member disposed on the first side of the base; and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts disposed on the dielectric member, the contacts configured to mount the at least one LED so that an electrical current path is defined between a first contact and a second contact, and the at least one LED is disposed along the current path; a heat conductive member having a first side and a second side, the heat conductive member having first, second and third apertures formed therethrough and having a mount surface defined on the first side; a power driver adapted to receive an electrical input power, condition the power to a desired power configuration, and output conditioned power between first and second nodes; wherein the LED module is attached to the mount surface on the first side of the heat conductive member so that the second side of the heat conductive base enagages the mount surface and the power driver is disposed on or adjacent the second side of the heat conductive member so that the heat conductive member is sandwiched between the LED module and the power driver, the base arranged on the heat conductive member so that the first and second apertures of the base are aligned with the first and second a apertures, respectively, of the heat conductive member, and the third aperture of the heat conductive member is spaced from the LED module; a first elongate conductive member extending from the first node through the aligned first apertures of the base and heat conductive member and being electrically connected to the first contact of the LED module; and a second elongate conductive member extending from the second node through the aligned second apertures of the base and heat conductive member and being electrically connected to the second contact of the LED module; wherein the driver is electrically connected to the LED module so that conditioned power is supplied across the first and second contacts.