CONVENTIONALLY-SHAPED LIGHT BULBS EMPLOYING WHITE LEDS
First Claim
1. An LED-based light bulb, comprising:
- at least one first white LED to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
at least one power connection having a form to engage mechanically and electrically with one of a conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb socket, a conventional fluorescent tube coupler arrangement, and a conventional halogen MR-16 socket arrangement; and
at least one voltage transformation device, coupled to the at least one white LED and the at least one power connection, to electrically transform a first voltage applied to the at least one power connection, via the one of the conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb socket, the conventional fluorescent tube coupler arrangement, and the conventional halogen MR-16 socket arrangement, to a second voltage that provides operating power to the at least one white LED, wherein the LED-based light bulb substantially corresponds in shape to a corresponding one of a conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb, a conventional fluorescent tube, and a conventional halogen MR-16 light bulb based on the form of the at least one power connection.
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Abstract
LED-based light bulbs having one or more white LEDs, for replacing/retrofitting conventional light bulbs. An exemplary bulb includes at least one first white LED and at least one power connection having a form configured to engage mechanically and electrically with one of a conventional Edison-mount (screw-type) light bulb socket, a conventional fluorescent tube coupler arrangement, and a conventional halogen MR-16 socket arrangement. The bulb further includes at least one voltage transformation device configured to electrically transform a first voltage applied to the at least one power connection (via the corresponding conventional socket/coupler) to a second voltage that provides operating power to at least the white LED(s). The LED-based light bulb substantially corresponds in shape to a corresponding one of a conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb, a conventional fluorescent tube, and a conventional halogen MR-16 light bulb, based on the form of the at least one power connection.
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27 Claims
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1. An LED-based light bulb, comprising:
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at least one first white LED to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
at least one power connection having a form to engage mechanically and electrically with one of a conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb socket, a conventional fluorescent tube coupler arrangement, and a conventional halogen MR-16 socket arrangement; and
at least one voltage transformation device, coupled to the at least one white LED and the at least one power connection, to electrically transform a first voltage applied to the at least one power connection, via the one of the conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb socket, the conventional fluorescent tube coupler arrangement, and the conventional halogen MR-16 socket arrangement, to a second voltage that provides operating power to the at least one white LED, wherein the LED-based light bulb substantially corresponds in shape to a corresponding one of a conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb, a conventional fluorescent tube, and a conventional halogen MR-16 light bulb based on the form of the at least one power connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An LED-based light bulb, comprising:
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at least one first white LED to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
at least one power connection to engage mechanically and electrically with a conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb socket; and
at least one voltage transformation device, coupled to the at least one white LED and the at least one power connection, to electrically transform a first voltage applied to the at least one power connection via the conventional Edison-mount screw-type light bulb socket to a second voltage that provides operating power to the at least one white LED. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. An LED-based light bulb, comprising:
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at least one first white LED to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
at least one power connection to engage mechanically and electrically with a conventional fluorescent tube coupler arrangement; and
at least one voltage transformation device, coupled to the at least one white LED and the at least one power connection, to electrically transform a first voltage applied to the at least one power connection via the conventional fluorescent tube coupler arrangement to a second voltage that provides operating power to the at least one white LED. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An LED-based light bulb, comprising:
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at least one first white LED to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
at least one power connection to engage mechanically and electrically with a conventional halogen MR-16 socket arrangement; and
at least one voltage transformation device, coupled to the at least one white LED and the at least one power connection, to electrically transform a first voltage applied to the at least one power connection via the conventional halogen MR-16 socket arrangement to a second voltage that provides operating power to the at least one white LED. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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