US 8,540,391 B2Granted

Light emitting diode interconnection system

AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation

InventorsMatthew Edward Mostoller, Ricky Edward Brown, Christopher George Daily, Rohan Narang, Robert D. Rix

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Abstract

A light emitting diode (LED) interconnection system is provided. The system includes a cable having a driver end and a termination end. The cable has conductive pathways extending between the driver end and the termination end. The driver end is configured to engage a driver to carry an electrical current to the conductive pathways. The termination end is configured to terminate the conductive pathways. A connector is provided having a cable contact and a LED contact joined to the cable contact. The cable contact pierces the cable and engages the conductive pathways to electrically join the connector to the conductive pathways. A LED board is provided having a circuit board including circuit board contacts. A LED is positioned on the circuit board and electrically joined to the circuit board contacts. The LED contact of the connector engages the circuit board contacts to electrically join the connector to the LED.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A light emitting diode (LED) assembly comprising:

a connector having a LED end and a cable end, the connector including electrical contacts having a cable contact and a LED contact, the cable contacts positioned on the cable end of the connector and configured to terminate a cable and electrically connect to a power pathway of the cable, the LED contacts positioned on the LED end of the connector;
a LED circuit board having circuit board contacts mounted to and positioned on an upper surface of the LED circuit board, the LED circuit board including a connector engagement mechanism mounted to and positioned on the upper surface of the LED circuit board, the circuit board contacts and the connector engagement mechanism positioned on an end of the upper surface of the LED circuit board with the connector engagement mechanism disposed on the upper surface of the LED circuit board around the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board and configured to receive the LED end of the connector within the connector engagement mechanism, the connector engagement mechanism configured to engage the LED end of the connector so that the LED contacts of the connector electrically engage the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board;
and
a LED mounted on the LED circuit board, the LED electrically coupled to the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board, the circuit board contacts and the electrical contacts of the connector forming electrical pathways between the connector and the LED, a first electrical pathway configured to direct an electrical current from the power pathway of the cable to the LED, a second electrical pathway configured to direct the electrical current from the LED back to the power pathway of the cable.

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A light emitting diode (LED) interconnection system comprising:

a cable having a driver end and a termination end, the cable having power pathways and return pathways extending between the driver end and the termination end, the driver end configured to engage a driver to carry an electrical current to the power pathways, the termination end configured to join the power pathways and the return pathways and configured to return the electrical current to the driver;
a connector having a cable contact and a LED contact joined to the cable contact, the cable contact terminating the cable and electrically connecting to the power pathways to carry the electrical current to the LED contact, wherein the connector includes a LED end, the LED contact extending from the LED end;
and
a LED assembly including a LED circuit board having circuit board contacts joined to a LED, the circuit board contacts mounted to and positioned on an upper surface of the LED circuit board, the LED assembly including a connector engagement mechanism mounted to and positioned on the upper surface of the LED circuit board, the circuit board contacts and the connector engagement mechanism positioned on an end of the upper surface of the LED circuit board with the connector engagement mechanism disposed on the upper surface of the LED circuit board around the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board and configured to receive the LED end of the connector within the connector engagement mechanism, the connector engagement mechanism configured to engage the LED end of the LED connector to electrically connect the LED contact and the circuit board contacts of the LED assembly.

1 more element

A light emitting diode (LED) interconnection system comprising:

a driver configured to produce an electrical current;
a cable having a driver end and a termination end, the cable having power pathways extending between the driver end and the termination end, the driver end engaging the driver to carry the electrical current to the power pathways;
a connector having a LED end and a cable end, the connector including electrical contacts having a cable contact and a LED contact, the cable contacts positioned on the cable end of the connector to terminate the cable and electrically connect to the power pathways of the cable, the LED contacts positioned on the LED end of the connector;
a LED circuit board a having circuit board contacts mounted to and positioned on an upper surface of the LED circuit board, the LED circuit board including a connector engagement mechanism mounted to and positioned on the upper surface of the LED circuit board, the circuit board contacts and the connector engagement mechanism positioned on an end of the upper surface of the LED circuit board with the connector engagement mechanism disposed on the upper surface of the LED circuit board around the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board and configured to receive the LED end of the connector within the connector engagement mechanism, the connector engagement mechanism configured to engage the LED end of the connector so that the LED contacts of the connector electrically engage the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board;
and
a LED mounted on the LED circuit board, the LED electrically coupled to the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board, the circuit board contacts and the electrical contacts of the connector forming electrical pathways between the connector and the LED, a first electrical pathway directing the electrical current from the power pathway of the cable to the LED, a second electrical pathway directing the electrical current from the LED back to the power pathway of the cable.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/818,814Filed 18 Jun 2010
Published: US 2011/0310628 A122 Dec 2011
Granted: 24 Sep 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

F21V 19/004
Fastening of light source holders, e.g. of circuit boards or substrates holding light sources: by deformation of parts or snap action mountings,…
F21S 4/10
Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources: with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
F21V 23/007
The elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array: enclosed in a casing
F21V 23/06
Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices: the elements being coupling devices , e.g. connectors

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US 2011/0310628 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Dec 2011
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