Patented!

USPTO SealIt has been an exciting 5 year journey at MakersLED. We are pleased to announce the USPTO has granted MakersLED the patents to our unique t-slot heatsinks.

It is amazing for us to look back at how such an innovative invention could disrupt the entire custom lighting industry. The core innovation is, in brief,  a unique precision t-slot, integrated with heatsink fins, all carefully organized to allow the use of standard hardware – to allow the mounting and remounting of standard and non-standard LEDs.

This is an extraordinary achievement for MakersLED. Taking a look at the USPTO statistics for last year, only about 50% of patents are actually granted. Our patents passed all the extensive diligence checks of the United States Patent Office for novelty and non-obviousness.

Patents are amazing tools. Without them, larger ruthless companies in the USA or China can rapidly knock-off our products and cut us out of the market we spent much R&D and risked tens of thousands of dollars developing — from scratch. MakersLED was founded on this core technology.

MakersLED patents can be found by searching  9,366,422 and US D717,986 S.

 

Companies interested in licensing our unique t-slot heatsink invention can contact us at support@makersled.com. All valid inquires will be followed up by our IP licensing agent.

Online LED Planning Tool

Makers LED Plan ToolAt MakersLED, we want to make planning your LED build as easy as possible.

With our latest creation, planning, collaborating, and sharing your next lighting project has never been easier.

Launch our planning tool and start planning that research, vivarium, freshwater, saltwater, grow, or shop lighting project:

 

Overview: The web based application has 6 tool pallet tabs to:

  1. Drop a bottom view of the MakersHEATSINK
  2. Add LEDs, Color Overlays, Drivers, Power Sources
    • Click an LED, LED color, screw, power supply, then drag it into position
      MakersLED Planning tool - Adding LEDs
  3. Draw Wires and Lines
  4. Label and Annotate
  5. Delete, Move, Rearrange order
  6. Save and Share
    • Use the “Edit Link” for an editable copy and share with remote collaborators (bookmark the link!– the link is your password)
    • Use the “Shareable” link to share a read-only copy of the image (share via email on or forums)

 

Google-Chrome-icon Built and tested for Google Chrome on your desktop computer

If you have any feedback or problems please comment below. Happy building!

 

MakersHEATSINK SLIM 70W LED Build

In this blog post we’ll build up a MakersHEATSINK Slim with the 70W Lumia 5.2 LED module.

Supplies:

Even though LEDs are considerably more efficient than other light sources, they still create heat and require a heatsink to ensure a long lifetime…

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