US 7,611,376 B2Granted

LED socket

AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation

InventorsChristopher George Daily, John Michael Landis

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Abstract

An LED electrical connector is attachable to a display panel or surface. The LED connector includes a housing having a base, a backplate, and a contact arrangement. The base and backplate form a housing for the contact arrangement and a channel for a cable. The base has a collar to receive an LED, with apertures for the LED contact legs. The contact arrangement includes a first contact having points, and a first terminal in common with the points. The first terminal engages the anode or cathode leg of the LED. A second contact has points and a second terminal interconnected to the points by a resistor. The second terminal configured to frictionally engage an anode or cathode leg. The first and the second contact points pierce insulation on the electrical cord to electrically engage the respective conductors of the cable, to energize the LED.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A light emitting diode (LED) electrical connector comprising:

a housing portion having a base portion and a backplate portion, and a contact arrangement, the base portion and backplate portion detachably coupled to form a hollow interior for housing the contact arrangement and a channel for receiving an electrical cable;
the base portion having a collar portion disposed on a first surface for receiving an LED, a pair of apertures for receiving a pair of contact legs of the LED, and at least one latching arm for coupling to the backplate portion;
the contact arrangement comprising:
a first contact portion having one or more points formed thereon, and a first mating terminal electrical common with the one or more points, the first mating terminal frictionally engaging one of an anode and a cathode of the LED;
and
a second contact portion having one or more points formed thereon and a second mating terminal interconnected to the one or more points by a resistor, the second mating terminal configured to frictionally engage one of an anode and a cathode of the LED;
wherein the first contact portion points and the second contact portion points penetrate an insulating jacket of the electrical cable to electrically engage a first conductor and second conductor of the cable, to energize the LED;
and
wherein the second contact portion further includes a first contact segment and a second contact segment, the first contact segment and the second contact segment being connected in series through the resistor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/943,356Filed 20 Nov 2007
Published: US 2009/0130889 A121 May 2009
Granted: 3 Nov 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H01R 4/2404
Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands: the contact members having teeth, prongs, pins or needles…
F21V 21/002
Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices ; Hand grips: making direct electrical contact, e.g. by piercing
H01R 33/09
With two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other: for baseless lamp bulb
H01R 33/945
Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection…

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