Patent ID: 8021027

Claim:
An acorn style luminaire having an LED light source, comprising: a globe having a globe interior space, said globe coupled to a capital by a retention collar, said globe having a globe top; a heat transfer plate positioned between said globe and said globe top and having a radial edge exposed exterior surface between said globe top and said globe; said heat transfer plate affixed to a lower support post and to an upper support post, said lower support post extending downward from said heat transfer plate to said retention collar, said upper support post extending from said heat transfer plate to said globe top; a planar LED support surface having a plurality of LED's, said support surface thermally mounted to said heat transfer plate allowing heat generated by said plurality of LED's to extend radially outward on said heat transfer plate to said exposed radial edge and, wherein said heat transfer plate has a planar mounting surface for receiving said LED support surface, said planar mounting surface of said heat transfer plate contacting substantially all of said planar LED support surface to allow substantially all of said LED support surface to thermally transfer heat to said heat transfer plate.