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US 11,388,795 B2Granted
Field-configurable LED tape light
AssigneeAion LED, Inc.
InventorRyan P. Hanslip
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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.
Claims20
A tape light system, comprising:
- an elongate substrate;
- a set of lighting elements coupled to the elongate substrate, the set of lighting elements comprising a first lighting element and a second lighting element;
- a cutline located between the first lighting element and the second lighting element;
- a contact terminal coupled to the substrate, the contact terminal having a first contact terminal portion positioned on a first side of the cutline and a second contact terminal portion positioned on a second side of the cutline, the first contact terminal portion and the second contact terminal portion positioned on opposite sides of the cutline;
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- a connector interconnecting the first contact terminal portion and the second contact terminal portion.
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A method of using a tape light system comprising:
- providing a tape light comprising:
- an elongate substrate;
- a set of LED lighting elements coupled to the elongate substrate, the set of LED lighting elements comprising a first LED lighting element and a second LED lighting element;
- a cutline located between the first LED lighting element and the second LED lighting element;
- a contact terminal coupled to the substrate, the contact terminal having a first contact terminal portion positioned on a first side of the cutline and a second contact terminal portion positioned on a second side of the cutline, the first contact terminal portion and the second contact terminal portion positioned on opposite sides of the cutline;
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- a connector interconnecting the first contact terminal portion and the second contact terminal portion;
- cutting the elongate substrate at the cutline to form a first tape light portion and a second tape light portion;
- connecting the first tape light portion and the second tape light portion with the connector;
- providing an LED driver configured to control the set of LED lighting elements;
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- controlling the set of LED lighting elements using the LED driver.
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An LED tape light system comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first diode light source and a second diode light source, each positioned on the substrate;
- a cutline located between the first diode light source and the second diode light source;
- an electrical contact mounted on the substrate, the electrical contact having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion positioned on opposing sides of the cutline;
- an electrical connector interconnecting the first portion and the second portion;
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- an LED driver storing a set of multi-channel dim curves comprising a set of control instructions for each of the first diode light source and a second diode light source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.