Patent ID: 7008084

Claim:
A lighting assembly comprising: a circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface; a solid state lighting element having an output end and first and second contact leads extending therefrom, said lighting element mounted to said upper surface of said circuit board: a first electrical contact formed on said upper surface of said circuit board concentric to said lighting element, said first electrical contact in thermal and electrical communication with said first contact lead of said lighting element; a second electrical contact on said circuit board in electrical communication with said second contact lead of said lighting element; and a receiver sleeve having a tail section at one end thereof, said receiver sleeve being electrically and thermally conductive, said tail section being received around said output end of said lighting element, making electrical and thermal contact with said first electrical contact on said circuit board to provide both a thermally conductive path to dissipate heat from said lighting element and an electrically conductive path to said first electrical contact.