Patent ID: 7293898

Claim:
A portable light comprising: a housing composed of a synthetic resin; a printed circuit board mounted within the housing, said printed circuit board having a front face and an opposite back face; a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on said printed circuit board and disposed on said front face of the printed circuit board, each said light-emitting diode having a lead which extends through the printed circuit board and is connected to a printed conductor on said back face of the printed circuit board; a metal heat sink having a front side and a back side, said heat sink having a plurality of projections on the front side thereof, each said projection being associated with a different one of said light-emitting diodes, and each said projection being in heat-conducting relationship with the printed conductor to which the lead of its associated light-emitting diode is connected; and a set of heat-dissipating fins on said back side of the metal heat sink.