Power Assembly for Display
AssigneeTrinity, Inc.
InventorsMichael FLYNN, George Cox, Saket Gohil
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Abstract
A clip connector is configured to cooperate with a power strip for providing power to an LED display such that the clip connector is insertable into the power strip by a user compressing the first and second legs towards one another and first inserting the first leg into the first channel of the power strip and then inserting the second leg into the second channel of the power strip.
Claims20
A power supply system for supplying electrical power to an LED light display module for lighting at least a portion of a fixture, the system comprising:
- a power strip connectable to a power supply and configured to be affixable with respect to the fixture, the power strip having:
- first and second ridges configured to form, respectively, a first channel along a length of the power strip and a second channel, narrower than the first channel, along the length of the power strip,
- first and second conductor strips arranged, respectively, in the first and second channels, and
- a connector at one end of the power strip, configured to electrically couple the first and second conductor strips to the power supply;
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- a clip connector for supplying power to the LED light display module, the clip connector being configured to detachably connect to the power strip, the clip connector having:
- a housing,
- first and second legs extending from the housing, the first leg being wider than the second leg, the first and second legs being configured with respect to the housing so as to be (a) deflectable in relation to the housing and one another by application of an outside force, and (b) biased to resiliently maintain a spacing between the first and second legs without external application of force, and
- first and second conductive leads arranged on the first and second legs to form first and second conductive contacts on the first and second legs, the first and second conductive contacts being configured to contact, respectively, the first and second conductor strips of the power strip, after insertion of the first and second legs into the first and second channels,
- wherein the clip connector and the power strip are configured to cooperate such that the clip connector is insertable into the power strip by a user compressing the first and second legs towards one another and first inserting the first leg into the first channel of the power strip and then inserting the second leg into the second channel of the power strip.
A clip connector electrically coupled to the LED light display module, the clip connector for detachably connecting to a power strip having first and second channels and first and second conductor strips electrically coupled to a power supply, the clip connector comprising:
- a housing;
- first and second legs extending from the housing, the first leg being wider than the second leg, the first and second legs being configured with respect to the housing so as to be (a) deflectable in relation to the housing and one another by application of an outside force, and (b) biased to resiliently maintain a spacing between the first and second legs without external application of force;
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- first and second conductive leads arranged on the first and second legs to form first and second conductive contacts on the first and second legs, the first and second conductive contacts being configured to contact, respectively, the first and second conductor strips of the power strip, after insertion of the first and second legs into the first and second channels,
- wherein the clip connector is configured to cooperate with the power strip such that the clip connector is insertable into the power strip by a user compressing the first and second legs towards one another and first inserting the first leg into the first channel of the power strip and then inserting the second leg into the second channel of the power strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.