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US 11,306,885 B1Granted
Encapsulated linear lighting with channel
AssigneeElemental LED, Inc.
InventorsGilberto Lopez-Martinez, Brian McKay, Bernard Barcega, Robert Green
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to methods for connecting encapsulated linear lighting to power, including the use of through-hole mounting into flexible encapsulated linear lighting, and the creation of overmolds to protect electrical connections. The disclosure also relates to linear luminaires having channels that accommodate overmolds and allow electrical cables to exit the encapsulated linear lighting in desired, and controllable, directions.
Claims15
A linear luminaire, comprising:
- a channel having a pair of generally vertical sidewalls connected together and spaced apart by a web that separates the channel into an upper compartment and a lower compartment, the web having one or more slots therein;
- and
- a first strip of encapsulated linear lighting having a printed circuit board (PCB) with LED light engines disposed thereon, a covering encapsulating the PCB, a cable connected to the first strip of encapsulated linear lighting, and an overmold over a first portion of the cable proximate to the covering;
- wherein the first strip of encapsulated linear lighting is positioned in the channel such that the overmold extends through one of the one or more slots in the web of the channel.
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A method of manufacturing a strip of encapsulated linear lighting, comprising:
- laying a strip of linear lighting in a channel, the strip of linear lighting including a printed circuit board (PCB) with one or more LED light engines disposed thereon and one or more solder pads defined in a conductive layer of the PCB;
- punching aligned through-holes in the channel and the PCB, the holes in the PCB extending through a set of the one or more solder pads;
- mounting electrical conductors in the through-holes;
- filling the channel with a resin to create a coating over the strip of linear lighting;
- and
- overmolding around the electrical conductors.
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A method, comprising:
- laying a strip of linear lighting in a channel, the strip of linear lighting including a printed circuit board (PCB) with one or more LED light engines disposed thereon and one or more solder pads defined in a conductive layer of the PCB;
- connecting electrical conductors to a set of the one or more solder pads;
- filling the channel with a resin to create a coating over the strip of linear lighting;
- and
- overmolding around the electrical conductors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.