Patent ID: 7677763

Claim:
An LED array comprising: a plurality of packaged LEDs each having a first terminal and a second terminal and a heat sink slug dispose between said first terminal and second terminal; and a multiple-LED base socket having an outer surface and a pair of electrically conductive channels formed in the outer surface; said pair of electrically conductive channels being adapted to receive the terminals of the plurality of packaged LEDs; and said plurality of packaged LEDs being arranged adjacent one another on the outer surface of the base socket with the first terminals of the LEDs being inserted in one of the channels of said pair of electrically conductive channels and the second terminals of the LEDs being inserted in another of the channels of said pair of electrically conductive channels, wherein said first terminal and second terminal both being outwardly biased springs each engaging a sidewall surface comprising an electrically conductive plate, wherein said heat sink slug establishes thermal contact to the outer surface of the base socket between said pair of electrically conductive channels.