Led light strip insulation-piercing connector

An insulation-piercing connector for connecting an insulated conductor with a ribbon conductor embedded in an electrically insulating body, comprising:

• an insulation-piercing contact for insertion in a hole made through both the electrically insulating body and ribbon conductor and having a larger-diameter hole section and a smaller-diameter hole section separated by an annular abutment surface formed at least in part by one face of the ribbon conductor, said insulation-piercing contact comprising:
• a contact body comprising a larger-diameter body section for insertion in the larger-diameter hole section and a smaller-diameter body section for insertion in said smaller-diameter hole section, and an annular shoulder surface for application to said annular abutment surface to make contact with said ribbon conductor, said smaller-diameter body section having a free end;
• a tapered contact portion for piercing the insulation of the insulated conductor to make contact with said conductor;
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• means for securing the tapered contact portion to the free end of the smaller-diameter body section;
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• a housing device for holding the tapered contact portion in contact with the insulated conductor to thereby establish an electrical connection between the insulated conductor and the ribbon conductor through the insulation-piercing contact.

An insulation-piercing connector for interconnecting (a) first and second insulated cables and (b) a LED light strip comprising:

• an elongated body of at least partially transparent insulating material;
• a series of light emitting diodes distributed along the elongated body;
• first and second spaced apart longitudinal ribbon conductors embedded in said at least partially transparent insulating material for electrically supplying the light emitting diodes;
• first and second holes made through both the elongated body and the first and second ribbon conductors, respectively, and having first and second larger-diameter hole sections and first and second smaller-diameter hole sections separated by first and second annular abutment surfaces formed at least in part by one face of the first and second ribbon conductors, respectively;
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• said insulation-piercing connector comprising:
• first and second insulation-piercing contacts respectively including:
• first and second contact bodies comprising first and second larger-diameter body sections for insertion in the first and second larger-diameter hole sections, respectively, and first and second smaller-diameter body sections for insertion in said first and second smaller-diameter hole sections, respectively, and first and second annular shoulder surfaces for application to said first and second annular abutment surfaces to make contact with said first and second ribbon conductors, respectively, said first and second smaller-diameter body sections having respective first and second free ends;
• first and second tapered contact portions for piercing the insulation of the first and second insulated cables, respectively, and making contact with said first and second cables;
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• first and second means for securing the first and second tapered contact portions to the first and second free ends of the first and second smaller-diameter body sections, respectively;
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• a housing device (a) for holding the first tapered contact portion in contact with the first cable to thereby establish a first electrical connection between the first cable and the first ribbon conductor through the first insulation-piercing contact, and (b) for holding the second tapered contact portion in contact with the second cable to thereby establish a second electrical connection between the second cable and the second ribbon conductor through the second insulation-piercing contact.