Patent ID: 8783937

Claim:
A light emitting diode (LED) illumination device comprising: a housing with an external peripheral ring for the support of at least a circuit board and an inner surface, and a power supply cavity defined in the external peripheral ring by the inner surface and at its base by a housing plate having a top surface in the power supply cavity and a bottom surface; a base plug coupled to the bottom surface of the housing plate, the base plug capable of receiving power from a conventional power source and transferring the power through the plug; a power supply driver circuitry coupled to the base plug and connected to the top surface of the housing plate, the power supply driver circuitry having an external edge at a distance from the inner surface of the housing creating a gap; at least a circuit board supported by the external peripheral ring for a plurality of LEDs, wherein the circuit board is connected via wire joints over the gap to the power supply driver circuitry.