Patent ID: 7789242

Claim:
A protective packaging for protecting an LED module therein, comprising: a housing for containing the LED module therein; and a cover movably attached in the housing to cover an opening of the housing, wherein the housing has a wall thickness of at least 0.5 mm; wherein the housing comprises a bottom plate, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the bottom plate and a pair of baffle plates extending upwardly from another two opposite sides of the bottom plate, the bottom plate, the pair of sidewalls and the pair of baffle plates together defining a room adapted for receiving the LED module therein; wherein the bottom plate has a portion concaved downwardly to form a space, the space being at a lower part of the room, the space being adapted for receiving a thermal interface material attached to the LED module; wherein the housing further comprises a pair of flanges extending inwardly from tops of the pair of sidewalls, respectively, the cover being in interfering contact with the pair of flanges; and wherein one of the pair of baffle plates is connected to the pair of flanges to seal one end of the housing, an extremity of the cover abutting against the one of the pair of baffle plates.