Patent ID: 7906794

Claim:
A lighting device package comprising: a) a substrate; b) a frame disposed on the substrate and having at least one passageway defined therein; c) one or more light-emitting elements operatively disposed within the cavity; and d) an optically transmissive system disposed on the frame and optically coupled to the one or more light-emitting elements; wherein the frame has an inside surface that extends from a bottom surface of the optically transmissive system to a top surface of the substrate, and wherein the inside surface of the frame together with the bottom surface of the optically transmissive system and the top surface of the substrate define a cavity, wherein the cavity is at least in part filled with a light transmissive encapsulation material, wherein the passageway defined in the frame extends through the frame from the cavity to an associated outside port provided on a surface of the frame facing away from the substrate, and wherein the passageway enables fluidic movement of the encapsulation material between the cavity and the associated outside port.