US Patent 7789529 LED lighting units and assemblies with edge connectors

Patent 7789529 was granted and assigned to Wolfspeed on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Wolfspeed

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7789529

Date of Patent

September 7, 2010

Patent Application Number

12582372

Date Filed

October 20, 2009

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 11842138 Integrated routing assembly and system using same

Patent Primary Examiner

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Sandra L. O'Shea

Patent 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 contacts 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.