Patent ID: 7232536

Claim:
Method for producing light-guiding LED bodies from a material which is flowable before finally being solidified, in two injection molding steps, comprising: providing electronic components including at least one light-emitting chip having at least two electrical terminals connected to the chip, coating said electrical components by a first injection molding step, and thereafter again coating at least a part of said electrical components by a second injection molding step in a final LED mold wherein said first injection molding step provides an intermediate stage LED having a cone shaped surface and one or more lateral surfaces, said intermediate LED providing a first flowable material placed in a blank mold in which the electronic components have been inserted at least in part into the mold, and said intermediate stage LED is arranged in the final LED mold with a rear of the intermediate stage LED on a mold bottom of the final LED mold, and an annular channel is formed between an inner side wall region of the final LED mold and the one or more lateral surfaces of the intermediate stage LED, and in said second injection molding step, the first or a second flowable material is introduced through said annular channel, wherein said cone shape causes the second flowable material to flow into said final LED mold tangentially with respect to said intermediate LED.