Patent ID: 8092035

Claim:
An illumination assembly for adjustably illuminating the interior of a compartment, the assembly comprising: a lamp housing having an opening at one end of the housing and configured to be mounted on a ceiling panel in a position to direct light from the housing opening downward through a hole in the ceiling panel; a lamp supported within the lamp housing in a position to emit light from the housing through the housing opening when the lamp is energized, the lamp including at least one light-emitting diode (LED) configured to be removable from the housing from below the ceiling panel through the housing opening and the hole in the ceiling panel; and an LED module carrying the LED and removably received by the lamp housing, the LED module including a metal heat sink that carries the LED such that the LED is in thermally conductive communication with the heat sink, the LED module being sized to pass from a position above the housing opening completely through the housing opening and the hole in the ceiling panel so that the LED module can be removed from the assembly without removing the lamp housing from a mounted position on the ceiling panel.