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US 10,378,747 B1Granted
Field-configurable LED tape light
OwnerRyan Hanslipinventor
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Abstract
LED tape is provided that employs a plurality of surface-mounted contact terminals. The LED tape can be severed at discrete locations adjacent to the contact terminal to create a tape segment configured to interconnect to a power source or to another tape segment by way of a wire selectively received and secured within corresponding terminal connectors. The use of the connecting wire omits the need for a mechanical connector or integration by soldering currently required to interconnect LED tape segments.
Claims17
An lighting system, comprising:
- an elongate substrate;
- a plurality of spaced lighting elements positioned on the substrate;
- at least one cut line located between a first lighting element and a second light element of the plurality of spaced lighting elements;
- a plurality of contact terminals mounted on the substrate, the contact terminals having a first positive portion positioned on one side of a cut line and a second positive portion positioned on an opposite side of the cut line, and having a first negative portion positioned on one side of a cut line and a second negative portion positioned on an opposite side of the cut line;
- a first connector associated with each of the contact terminals interconnecting the first positive portion and the second positive portion;
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- a second connector associated with each of the contact terminals interconnecting the first negative portion and the second negative portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.