US Patent Issued to CreeLED on Nov. 4 for "Sealing structures for light-emitting diode packages" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,870, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Sealing structures for light-emitting diode packages" was invented by Tucker McFarlane (Cary, N.C.), Robert Wilcox (Rolesville, N.C.), David Suich (Durham, N.C.), Thomas Celano (Cary, N.C.), Michael Check (Holly Springs, N.C.) and Colin Blakely (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and more particularly sealing structures for LED packages are disclosed. Sealing structures include multiple seals within an LED package that provide a multiple barrier structure for enhanced protection from elemen...