IP Library Granted Patent US 7,138,659
Granted Patent B2
US 7,138,659 · App. 10/847,343 · Granted Nov 21, 2006

LED assembly with vented circuit board

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Patent No.
US 7,138,659
App. No.
10/847,343
Granted
Nov 21, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting diode (LED) assembly with a vented printed circuit board is disclosed. A printed circuit board assembly may include a plurality of LED modules disposed in an array with a multilayered substrate and a plurality of vents. The multilayer substrate may include a thermal cooling layer which is in thermal communication with the LED modules for heat dissipation. The multilayer substrate may include one or more electrical power layers in electrical communication with the LED modules for energizing the LEDs. The multilayered substrate may have an external insulating layer that includes a plurality of fluid apertures configured for fluid communication with the thermal cooling layer.

Claims (8)

1. A circuit board LED display assembly, comprising:

a plurality of modules, each module including at least two light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the modules disposed in a grid pattern at junctions connected by adjacent bridges defining air vents there between; and

a multilayered substrate having a thermally conductive layer in thermal communication with the LEDs.

2. The circuit board LED display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the multilayered substrate further includes an insulating layer over the thermally conductive layer; the insulating layer having a plurality of openings configured for air communication with the thermally conductive layer; the insulating layer further including apertures permitting said thermal communication between the LEDs and the thermally conductive layer.

3. The circuit board LED display assembly according to claim 2 , wherein said openings are disposed in a sidewall of the bridges for exposing a portion of the thermally conductive layer.

4. The circuit board LED display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each of the modules has a base member disposed on the multilayer substrate and the base member is in thermal communication with the thermally conductive layer.

5. The circuit board LED display assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the base member includes at least one extension member abutting the thermally conductive layer for thermal communication.

6. The circuit board LED display assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bridges are formed from a portion of the multilayer substrate.

Assignments (9)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2023
From: MIND FUSION, LLC
To: ILLUMAFINITY, LLC
Reel/Frame 064344/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2023
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 186 LLC
To: MIND FUSION, LLC
Reel/Frame 064271/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2023
From: MIND FUSION, LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 191 LLC; INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 186 LLC
Reel/Frame 063295/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2023
From: NYTELL SOFTWARE LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 186 LLC
Reel/Frame 062708/0535 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2012
From: CUI GLOBAL, INC.
To: OLANTRA FUND X L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 027555/0979 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 11, 2012
From: WAYTRONX, INC.
To: CUI GLOBAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 027520/0192 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2008
From: ONSCREEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: WAYTRONX, INC.
Reel/Frame 020431/0987 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2005
From: NEW MILLENNIUM MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: ONSCREEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 015822/0008 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2004
From: RAOS, ROBERT BOGDAN; DESAI, NILESH THAKOR; FLANK, STEVEN
To: NEW MILLENNIUM MEDIA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reel/Frame 015347/0172 →