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LED light bulb

US9410676B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 2015
Grant dateAug 9, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 6, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21Y2115/15
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An LED lightbulb is disclosed. The LED lightbulb includes an LED array mounted to a circuit board having at least two different sets of LEDs that emit correspondingly different spectra when energized. The LED lightbulb also include a interior reflective surfaces and a dome shaped diffuser lens that eclipses a portion of the LED array. The LED array, the interior reflective surfaces and the dome shaped diffuser lens are position within a cavity formed by a housing with cooling fins and an outside diffuser lens. The LED lightbulb also include a base portion for electrically coupling to a power source of a light fixture that is either an incandescent light fixture or a fluorescent light fixture. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention the LED lightbulb include a driver circuit for providing output power to the LED array from a power source having a ballast or a power source without a ballast.

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