Two part surface mount led strip connector and led assembly

An LED light tube assembly configured for receipt in a lighting fixture, comprising:

• a light tube having an end cap connector at each opposite longitudinal end thereof
• a plurality of LED printed circuit boards (PCB) connected in an end-to-end configuration within said light tube, each said LED PCB having at least one LED bulb and electrical connector pads configured at each opposite end of said LED PCBs on a top surface of LED PCBs, said electrical connector pads of said extreme opposite ends of said connected LED PCBs in electrical mating contact with said end cap connectors;
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• at least one electrical connector connecting one end of a first LED PCB to an end of a second adjacent said LED PCB such that said first and second LED PCBs are electrically connected end-to-end, said electrical connector comprising a two-component surface mount configuration such that said LED PCBs abut together with zero gap therebetween.

An electrical connector configured for connecting adjacent ends of LED PCBs within a light tube, the LED PCBs having at least one LED bulb and a plurality of electrical contact pads at each end thereof on a top surface of said LED PCBs, said connector comprising:

• a socket component configured for mounting on the top surface at a first end of an LED PCB in electrical contact with the connector pads on the LED PCB,
• a plug component configured for mounting on the top surface at a second opposite end of the LED PCB in electrical contact with connector pads on the LED PCB;
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• wherein said plug component of a first LED PCB engages into said socket component of a second LED PCB so as to electrically the first and second LED PCBs in an abutting end-to-end configuration.