Connector integrated with a LED element, method for manufacturing the same, and a LED including the same connector
AssigneeCitizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasakazu Koizumi, Shingo Mizuguchi, Tatsuji Hirano, Koichi Fukasawa, Hirohiko Ishii, Junji Miyashita
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Abstract
An elastic connector integrated with an electrode on at least either a chip-type LED or a circuit board facing each other is sandwiched and compressed by the chip-type LED and the circuit board so as to provide an electric connection. The thus obtained integrated connector is thin and cost-effective while able to provide a secure conductivity between the electrode of the printed circuit board and the chip-type LED in a simple connection method, and a LED including the integrated connector also is provided.
Claims20
An integrated connector comprising an elastic connector to be sandwiched and compressed between opposed electrodes of a circuit board and an electric circuit of a chip-type LED so as to provide an electric connection between the electrodes,
- wherein the elastic connector is arranged to be integrated on a surface having an electrode of at least one of the chip-type LED and the circuit board.
A method for manufacturing an integrated connector, comprising:
- pouring a liquid polymer containing magnetic staple fibers in a space between a nonmagnetic film and either an electrode on a chip-type LED or an electrode on a circuit board,
- orienting and localizing the magnetic staple fibers in the liquid polymer with a magnetic field, and
- crosslinking the liquid polymer so that the magnetic staple fibers integrate with the electrode of the chip-type LED.
A LED formed by sandwiching an elastic connector, which is integrated with a surface having an electrode of at least one of a chip-type LED and a circuit board, between the opposed electrodes of an electric circuit of the chip-type LED and the electrode of the circuit board, and compressing for an electric connection of the electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.