Patent ID: 7744252

Claim:
A lighted heat dissipating panel, comprising a heat dissipating panel comprising an expanded aluminum honeycomb structure substantially filled with glass-carbon material, said heat dissipating panel having a top surface and a bottom surface, and further having at least one groove for accepting a lighting element assembly, said groove having a bottom surface and an opening, and said heat dissipating panel further having a first mounting edge and a second mounting edge; at least one lighting element assembly comprising a printed circuit board substrate having a first surface and a second surface, said printed circuit board first surface comprising conductive traces in electrical communication with at least one lighting emitting diode, and wherein said printed circuit board second surface is attached to said groove bottom surface; and a plurality of ball detent assemblies retainingly engaged in said first mounting edge, and a plurality of ball detent assemblies retainingly engaged in said second mounting edge, said ball detent assemblies in electrical communication with said light emitting diodes.