Patent ID: 7863821

Claim:
A drop-in light emitting diode (LED) module for a flashlight, comprising: a heat sink including an adjustable portion to facilitate insertion and removal of the heat sink from a flashlight having a flashlight body, the heat sink including an elongated, hollow, cylindrical main body, a first cylindrical support portion connected to the main body, and a second cylindrical support portion connected to the first cylindrical support portion, the first cylindrical support portion including a pair of wire openings defined therein and the second cylindrical support portion being positioned in between the wire openings; a high power LED mounted on the heat sink and designed to receive a maximum rated current; an LED driver circuit connected to the high power LED and mounted on the heat sink, the LED driver circuit designed to supply the maximum rated current to the high power LED when the drop-in LED module is inserted into the flashlight and power is supplied to the LED driver circuit using batteries included in the flashlight; and wherein the heat sink is designed to be inserted into the flashlight body so that the LED driver circuit receives power from the batteries included in the flashlight and supplies the maximum rated current to the high power LED and heat generated by the high power LED when receiving the maximum rated current is channeled away from the high power LED into the flashlight body.