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US 12,537,322 B2Granted
Systems and methods for providing LED connectors
OwnerJay Bartekinventor
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Abstract
Connectors for LED strips are disclosed having channels for removable conductors. These connectors are configured to receive conductors adapted to electrically connect two LED strips, or a single LED strip and an appropriate number of wires. The connectors and conductors may include sloped ramps that provide support to the LED strips.
Claims15
An LED strip connector comprising:
- a non-conductive connector body having:
- first and second channels extending at least partially through the non-conductive connector body;
- a top surface having a first set of apertures therethrough disposed over the first channel and a second set of apertures therethrough disposed over the second channel;
- a first side for receiving a first electrical component;
- a second side for receiving a second electrical component;
- a non-conductive divider between the first and second channels;
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- a sloping ramp extending outwardly from the first side;
- a first conductor having an upper portion, a lower portion, and two oppositely facing U-shaped receiving portions between the upper portion and the lower portion each having a threaded aperture through the upper portion, the first conductor being configured to slide into the first channel such that the threaded apertures thereof are generally aligned with the first set of apertures in the top surface of the non-conductive connector body;
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- a second conductor having an upper portion, a lower portion, and two oppositely facing U-shaped receiving portions between the upper portion and the lower portion each having a threaded aperture through the upper portion, the second conductor being configured to slide into the second channel such that the threaded apertures thereof are generally aligned with the second set of apertures in the top surface of the non-conductive connector body.
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A connector for an LED strip, comprising:
- a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side, a second side, first and second channels between the top surface and the bottom surface and extending from the first side towards the second side, a non-conductive barrier disposed between the first and second channels, wherein the top surface has a first set of apertures disposed over the first channel and a second set of apertures disposed over the second channel;
- first and second openings in the first side corresponding to the first and second channels;
- first and second removable conductors each comprising two back-to-back generally U-shaped portions, wherein each generally U-shaped portion has an aperture through a side thereof;
- the first removable conductor configured to be removably disposed within the first channel and the second removable conductor configured to be removably disposed within the second channel;
- wherein, when the first and second removable conductors are disposed within the first and second channels, the apertures in the generally U-shaped portions of the first removable conductor are generally aligned with the first set of apertures in the housing and the apertures in the generally U-shaped portions of the second removable conductor are generally aligned with the second set of apertures in the housing;
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- first and second electrical contact clips configured to be inserted into the U-shaped portions of the first and second removable conductors and adapted to be driven down into engagement with an electrical component received within the first side by a first set of screws that bear on surfaces of the first and second electrical contact clips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.