Patent ID: 8262258

Claim:
A solid state light fixture, comprising: an adaptor plate that is adapted to be secured to a base to which the light fixture is to be mounted; a heat sink adapted to be secured to said adaptor plate, said heat sink comprising a light engine mounting surface and a globe adaptor ring mounting surface on a first side thereof, and a plurality of heat dissipating elements on a second side thereof; a light engine mounted to said light engine mounting surface; a power supply mounted to said second side of said heat sink that is electrically connected to said light engine; and a globe adaptor ring adapted to be secured to said globe adaptor ring mounting surface, said globe adaptor ring adapted to receive an optically transmissive globe that encloses said light engine, and when said adaptor plate, heat sink, and globe adaptor ring are secured together, said heat dissipating elements provide a thermally conductive path between said heat sink and ambient air outside of the globe.