Light emitting diode assembly
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1. A diode mounting assembly, comprising:
- first and second conductive carrier strips, each having a projecting series of electrically conducting contacts bent outwardly of the plane of a respective carrier strip, with portions of the series of said contacts overlapping corresponding portions of the series of said contacts on the other carrier strip to define cooperating pairs of resilient gripping fingers adapted for engaging and gripping opposite sides of miniature electronic circuit devices, andwith said devices being supported by cooperating pairs of said fingers in positions outwardly of the plane of each said carrier strip and in alignment with clearance spaces defined between said carrier strip and between cooperating pairs of said fingers, so that said devices are exposed for access thereto from directions across the plane of each said carrier strips.
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Abstract
Light emitting diodes are mounted in an assembly of electrical leads and lenses, the leads having a common carrier strip attached thereto and pairs of resilient contact fingers, the diodes being resiliently gripped between pairs of contact fingers and then encapsulated in a light transmitting material which itself forms a diffusing lens; a separate lens alternatively being provided by a rigid outer shell of light transmitting material.
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6 Claims
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1. A diode mounting assembly, comprising:
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first and second conductive carrier strips, each having a projecting series of electrically conducting contacts bent outwardly of the plane of a respective carrier strip, with portions of the series of said contacts overlapping corresponding portions of the series of said contacts on the other carrier strip to define cooperating pairs of resilient gripping fingers adapted for engaging and gripping opposite sides of miniature electronic circuit devices, and with said devices being supported by cooperating pairs of said fingers in positions outwardly of the plane of each said carrier strip and in alignment with clearance spaces defined between said carrier strip and between cooperating pairs of said fingers, so that said devices are exposed for access thereto from directions across the plane of each said carrier strips. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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