Patent ID: 8593044

Claim:
A method of fabricating a light source, the method comprising: providing a predetermined number of sealed light engine modules (SLEMs), each SLEM comprising: a) a lamp including a lens and a body shell where the body shell is seated on a distal end of a base member and a socket cup is fitted to a proximal end of the base member and the lamp is sealed with a sealing ring that mates with the lens and body shell to substantially resist the ingress of contaminants; b) a light emitting diode (LED) module housed within the light chamber, wherein the LED module receives electrical excitation to convert the electrical excitation into light output; mounting the SLEMs to a support plate of a light assembly; slidably installing the light assembly into a base; and installing end caps onto the base to substantially contain an electrical interface of each of the mounted SLEMs.