Patents by Inventor Ernie Combs

Ernie Combs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • THERMAL SURFACE MOUNTING OF MULTIPLE LEDS ONTO A HEATSINK
    Publication number: 20090116252
    Abstract: A LED package employs a heatsink (30), a LED (10) thermally mounted to the heatsink (30), and a printed circuit board (20) including a hole (21) extending there through for facilitating the thermal surface mounting of the LED (10) onto the heatsink (30). The printed circuit board (20) is preferably surface mounted onto the heatsink (30). The LED (10) is seated within the hole (21) and includes leads (11, 12) electrically coupled to the printed circuit board (10) wherein a portion of each lead (11, 12) is partially seated within the hole (21), and/or the heatsink (30) includes a post (31) seated within the hole (21) and the LED is thermally mounted to the post (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V
    Inventors: Eric J. Kille, Ron Steen, Ernie Combs, Timothy B. Moss, Bernd Clauberg