Patent ID: 7976202

Claim:
A heat spreading light emitting diode (LED) mounting arrangement comprising: a heat spreading base unit having plural flat mounting areas with each of said plural flat mounting areas having one or more associated angled heat sink fins; and at least two LEDs mounted on at least two of the plural flat mounting areas, said at least two LEDs having a viewing angle so that in operation a substantial majority of emitted light from said at least two LEDs is within the viewing angle, wherein said one or more associated angled heat sink fins have an angle so that said angled heat sink fins are located in illumination gaps of said at least two LEDs, the angled heat sink fins providing heat dissipation for said LEDs mounted on said flat mounting areas, wherein in said illumination gaps the intensity of light emitted by said LEDs is less than 50% of the maximum intensity of light emitted thereby, and the angled heat sink fins are free of any active heat generating devices.