LED lighting units and assemblies with edge connectors

Details LED lighting units and assemblies with edge connectors LED lighting units and assemblies with edge connectors

2006-11-16

2009-11-24

Truong, Bao Q (Department: 2875)

Illumination

Plural light sources

With support

C362S240000, C362S249060, C362S800000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07621655

ABSTRACT:
An LED light unit includes a tile, a plurality of discrete LED light sources, and an edge connector. The LED light sources are on and dispersed across a major surface of the tile and are electrically connected to electrical pads along an edge region of the tile. The edge connector includes a plurality of contracts that are connected to a plurality of wires extending away from the edge connector, and is configured to releasably connect to an edge of the tile so that the contacts directly connect to the pads and electrically connect the wires of the edge connector to the LED light sources. An LED lighting assembly includes a plurality of the discrete tiles mounted to a plurality of bars, and a plurality of edge connectors that are each connected to an end one of the tiles along different ones of the bars.

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U.S. Appl. No. 11/408,648, filed Apr. 21, 2006.

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