COMPACT LED WORK LIGHT
First Claim
1. A work light comprising:
- a work light body including,a handle section and a light head sectionan elongate housing extending through the handle section and the light head section,a battery compartment and a component chamber longitudinally aligned within the housing,a battery within the battery compartment,an LED circuit board assembly extending longitudinally within the housing and having a substrate layer, an external component layer on a first side of the substrate layer, and a driving component layer on an opposing second side of the substrate layer, wherein an overlapping portion of the LED circuit board assembly is placed in close proximity to the battery over the battery compartment,at least one LED on the external component layer, the external component layer facing transaxially outwardly from the housing such that light emitting from the LED emits from the light head section, andat least one driving component on the driving component layer, all driving components on the driving components layer placed on an extending portion of the LED circuit board assembly that extends from the overlapping portion over the component chamber.
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Abstract
A work light having a work light body including handle section and light head section, an elongate housing, a battery compartment and a component chamber longitudinally aligned within the housing, a battery, an LED circuit board assembly extending longitudinally within the housing and having a substrate layer, an external component layer on a first side of the substrate layer, and a driving component layer on an opposing second side of the substrate layer. Overlapping portion of the LED circuit board assembly in close proximity to the battery. Also, at least one LED on the external component layer, the external component layer facing transaxially outwardly from the housing such that light emitting from the LED emits from the light head section. At least one driving component on the driving component layer, all driving components placed on an extending portion of the LED circuit board assembly over the component chamber.
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18 Claims
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1. A work light comprising:
a work light body including, a handle section and a light head section an elongate housing extending through the handle section and the light head section, a battery compartment and a component chamber longitudinally aligned within the housing, a battery within the battery compartment, an LED circuit board assembly extending longitudinally within the housing and having a substrate layer, an external component layer on a first side of the substrate layer, and a driving component layer on an opposing second side of the substrate layer, wherein an overlapping portion of the LED circuit board assembly is placed in close proximity to the battery over the battery compartment, at least one LED on the external component layer, the external component layer facing transaxially outwardly from the housing such that light emitting from the LED emits from the light head section, and at least one driving component on the driving component layer, all driving components on the driving components layer placed on an extending portion of the LED circuit board assembly that extends from the overlapping portion over the component chamber. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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2. The work light of claim wherein close proximity is less than depth of at least one driving circuit component in the driving circuit layer.
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3. The work light of claim wherein close proximity is less than depth of all driving circuit components in the driving circuit layer.
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7. A work light comprising:
a work light body including, a handle section and a light head section, an elongate housing extending through the handle section and the light head section, an LED circuit board assembly having a substrate layer and an external component layer on a side of the substrate layer, the substrate layer formed of a thermally conductive material, the substrate layer is in thermal contact with the housing, and the housing is a heatsink formed of thermally conductive material, and at least one LED on the external component layer, the external component layer facing transaxially outwardly from the housing such that light emitting from the LED emits from the light head section. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A work light comprising:
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a work light body comprising, a handle section and a light head section, at least one LED facing such that light emitting from the LED emits from the light head section, a charging port for receiving external power to the work light body, a battery to power the LED, dual mode circuitry to charge the battery from the charging port when receiving external power through the charging port, and to power the LED when the work light is receiving power from the charging port and when the work light is not receiving power from the charging port, and a tether port about the charging port, and, a power cable assembly comprising, a power cable, a charging port connector at a first end of the power cable, the charging port connector compatible with the charging port to provide power through the power cable to the work light body, and a tether port connector about the charging port connector at the first end of the power cable, the tether port connector compatible with the tether port to provide a manually operable tether connection between the power cable assembly and the work light body, the tether connection such that the work light body is mechanically restrained by the power cable assembly when tether connected, and the charging port and charging port connector are maintained connected when the work light body and power cable assembly are tether connected. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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Specification