Lighting Connector Devices and Uses Thereof

A method of electrically and mechanically connecting at least two lengths of lighting apparatus, each having at least one conductive bus, using a connector having:

• first and second upper housings, each having one or more interlocking grooves, first and second lower housings, each having one or more interlocking tongue portions, connector pins embedded in the first and second upper housings, one or more openings and/or slots formed in the first and second lower housings, and a flexible connector electrically connecting an inner side of the first lower housing with an inner side of the second lower housing, the method comprising:
• coupling an end portion of a first one of the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus into at least one of the one or more openings and/or slots;
• coupling a second one of the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus into at least one of the one or more openings and/or slots;
• and
• pressing the upper housing and the lower housing so as to couple corresponding ones of the interlocking grooves of the upper housing with interlocking tongue portions of the lower housing, so as to penetrate the connector pins into the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus so as to contact the conductive buses of the respective lighting apparatus.