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US 5,495,147 AGranted
LED light string system
OwnerVincent A. Lanziserainventor
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Abstract
A light string system includes a plurality of LED's connected in parallel and a regulated power supply for providing a constant current and a constant voltage to the LED's. The light system may be used for decorative, signaling and a variety of other applications.
Claims2
An LED light string system comprising:
- a. a first string of LED's, said first string of LED's comprising a plurality of LED's connected in parallel, and
- b. a regulated power supply for providing a constant current and a constant voltage to said first string of LED's, said regulated power supply receiving power from an AC line input and comprising a step down transformer for lowering an AC line input voltage to between about 3 volts AC and 5 volts AC, a rectifier for rectifying the output voltage from the step down transformer, a voltage regulator coupled to the output of the rectifier for providing a constant voltage and constant current output, and a zener diode coupled between the rectifier and the voltage regulator for limiting the voltage fed into the voltage regulator from the rectifier.
An LED light string system comprising:
- a. a first string of LED's, said first string of LED's comprising a plurality of LED's connected in parallel,
- b. a regulated power supply for providing a constant current and a constant voltage to said first string of LED's said regulated power supply receiving power form an AC line input and comprising a step down transformer for lowering an AC line input voltage to between about 3 volts AC and 5 volts AC, a rectifying for rectifier the output voltage from the step down transformer, and an adjustable voltage regulator coupled to the output of the rectifier for providing a constant voltage and constant current output, and
- c. means for electrically connecting the string of LED's to the regulated power supply, said means comprising a polarized interlock connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.