Patent ID: 8827494

Claim:
A lighting unit, comprising: a circuit board support structure having a connection device recess formed therein; a circuit board connection device fixedly received in said connection device recess, said circuit board connection device having circuit board connection structure electrically coupled to power supply connection structure; a circuit board having a first side, a second side, and circuit board electrical leads; a plurality of individual LED packages coupled to said first side of said circuit board and electrically coupled to at least some of said electrical leads of said circuit board; a socket connection device fixedly coupled to said circuit board and having socket connection structure electrically coupled to said plurality of individual LED packages via said electrical leads of said circuit board; wherein said socket connection structure is removably mateable with said circuit board connection structure; and wherein at least some of said second side of said circuit board is adjacent said circuit board support structure when said socket connection structure is mated with said circuit board support structure.