Connectors for led strip lighting

A modular lighting system comprising:

• 1) a plurality of modular lighting strips each comprising:
• a non-conductive substrate strip comprising an electrical circuit;
• a plurality of light sources operably connected to the electrical circuit;
• a plug operably connected to one end of the substrate strip;
• and
• a socket operably connected at an opposing end of the substrate strip;
• wherein the plug and socket provide for removable, friction-fit, and electrical interconnection of two or more circuits;
• 2) a connector assembly comprising:
• two or more female-type socket components each comprising a housing encompassing internal electrical contacts disposed within a hole and operably connected with external electrical contacts or disposed as external electrical contacts from the housing;
• wherein corresponding exterior electrical contacts of the sockets are operably connected with one another or are operably connected with an electrical circuit of a printed circuit board (PCB), such that during operation in a lighting system power flows through one socket to another socket or through one socket, the PCB and another socket;
• and
• wherein the sockets of the connector are the same type of components as the sockets of the lighting strips;
• and
• 3) means for operably connecting a modular lighting strip or the connector to an electrical power supply for providing power to the light sources.

A modular lighting system comprising:

• at least one first printed circuit board (PCB), optionally comprising at least one operably mounted light emitting diode (LED), wherein the first PCB is capable of being operably connected to a power supply and to a second PCB;
• at least one second PCB with at least one operably mounted LED, which is capable of being operably connected to the first PCB and optionally operably connected to a third PCB;
• and
• at least one connector comprising multiple sockets and plugs for operably connecting two or more consecutive PCBs.