Electrical connector, LED assembly, and method of assembly therefor
First Claim
1. An electrical connector comprising:
- a first body part;
a second body part configured to resiliently mate with said first body part;
said first and second body parts configured to receive insulated conductors therebetween; and
apertures formed in said first body part in a direction orthogonal to said insulated conductors, said apertures configured to receive contacts;
wherein said contacts are configured to penetrate an insulation layer of said insulated conductors when said contacts are inserted into said apertures.
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Abstract
An electrical connector for connecting multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) in parallel to a two-wire electrical supply bus, made up of upper and lower halves that snap together and contact pins that pass through holes in the upper half to make insulation displacement connections with the conductors of the supply bus. Assemblies including large numbers of LEDs are made by snapping connectors onto the bus, inserting contacts into the connectors, and connecting LEDs to the contact pins, although not necessarily in that order. The contact pins may be hollow to receive the LED leads. Also, the positions of the holes in the upper halves of the connectors, and therefore of the contact pins, may be staggered, so that the spacing between the contacts can be made equal to the pitch between the leads of the LEDs without spacing the conductors of the supply bus further apart.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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a first body part;
a second body part configured to resiliently mate with said first body part;
said first and second body parts configured to receive insulated conductors therebetween; and
apertures formed in said first body part in a direction orthogonal to said insulated conductors, said apertures configured to receive contacts;
wherein said contacts are configured to penetrate an insulation layer of said insulated conductors when said contacts are inserted into said apertures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An assembly for connecting a plurality of light emitting devices in parallel, said assembly comprising:
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an electrical supply bus, said bus comprising a pair of insulated electrical conductors;
a plurality of electrical connectors configured to be resiliently attached to said bus;
said connectors comprising a pair of contacts configured to penetrate an insulation layer of said insulated electrical conductors, said contacts configured to receive leads of said light emitting devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of connecting a plurality of light emitting devices in parallel, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing an electrical supply bus, said bus comprising a pair of insulated electrical conductors;
attaching a plurality of electrical connectors to said bus;
penetrating an insulation layer of each said insulated electrical conductor with an electrical contact, and connecting leads of said light emitting devices to each said contact. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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