ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,649, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Metrospec Technology LLC (Mendota Heights, Minn.).

"Compact high output LED light source with heat sink" was invented by Henry V. Holec (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Brian Hillstrom (Rockford, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to high output LED light sources with heat sinks. In an embodiment, a high-output LED light source is included having at least one LED; a circuit board, wherein the at least one LED is mounted on a first side of the circuit board; and a coil shaped heat sink, wherein the coil shaped heat sink is thermally bonded to a second side of the circuit ...