Reeled L.E.D. assembly
First Claim
1. A lighting system comprising a plurality of rigid circuit boards, each of said circuit boards having a plurality of light emitting diodes dispersed on one face thereof, said diodes being electrically connected between first and second terminals on their respective circuit board, said circuit boards being electrically connected in parallel with each other and structurally connected in series with each other by a plurality of pairs of flexible conductors connecting said first and second terminals of said circuit boards, said structural series connection providing a flexible chain of said circuit boards and conductors.
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Abstract
A reeled L.E.D. lighting system has a plurality of rigid circuit boards, each circuit board having a plurality of light emitting diodes dispersed on one face thereof, the diodes being electrically connected between positive and negative terminals of their respective circuit board, the circuit boards being electrically connected in parallel with each other and structurally connected in series with each other by a plurality of pairs of flexible conductors connecting the positive and negative terminals of the circuit boards, the structural series connection providing a chain of the circuit boards and conductors, the chain being spirally wound about a spool of a reel for every dispersion into and attachment to a light housing.
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- 1. A lighting system comprising a plurality of rigid circuit boards, each of said circuit boards having a plurality of light emitting diodes dispersed on one face thereof, said diodes being electrically connected between first and second terminals on their respective circuit board, said circuit boards being electrically connected in parallel with each other and structurally connected in series with each other by a plurality of pairs of flexible conductors connecting said first and second terminals of said circuit boards, said structural series connection providing a flexible chain of said circuit boards and conductors.
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14. A lighting system comprising a plurality of rigid circuit boards, each of said circuit boards having a plurality of light emitting diodes dispersed on one face thereof, said diodes being electrically connected between first and second terminals on their respective circuit board, said circuit boards being electrically connected in parallel with each other and structurally connected in series with each other by a plurality of pairs of flexible conductors connecting said first and second terminals of said circuit boards, said structural series connection providing a flexible chain of said circuit boards and conductors and a plurality of channel clips, one engaged with each of said circuit boards, each of said clips having a tab extending from an edge thereof parallel to a direction of said chain.
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