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Patent No.:

US 12777580 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2023

Shared footprint for frontside and through-board connector on an led module

Applicant:

Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Pieter Joseph Clara Van Der Wel, Heerlen, NL;

Assignee:

SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Paresh Paghadal

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/181 (2026.01); H05K 3/00 (2006.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H05K 1/0292 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 3/0011 (2013.01); F21V 19/001 (2013.01);

Abstract

The invention provides a system () comprising a printed circuit board (), wherein: (a) the printed circuit board () comprises one or more electrically conductive tracks (); the printed circuit board () comprises a first side () and a second side (); wherein the printed circuit board () comprises a main part () and an auxiliary part (); wherein the main part () is configured to host one or more electrical components (), functionally coupled to at least one of the one or more electrically conductive tracks (); wherein the main part () comprises a through hole (), wherein the through hole () at least partially encloses the auxiliary part (); (b) the printed circuit board () comprises a breakaway structure () configured between the auxiliary part () and the main part (); wherein the breakaway structure () is configured to facilitate disconnection of the auxiliary part () from the main part (); (c) the main part () comprises a first connecting hub () and a second connecting hub (), both configured at the first side (), and configured at opposite sides of the through hole (); wherein at least one of the first connecting hub () and the second connecting hub () is electrically connected to at least one of the one or more electrically conductive tracks (); (d) the auxiliary part () comprises a third connecting hub (), configured at the first side (), and configured between the first connecting hub () and the second connecting hub (); (e) the printed circuit board () is functionally connectable to (i) a front-facing connector unit () in a front-facing connector configuration (), wherein the front-facing connector unit () is connected to (a) the first connecting hub () or second connecting hub () and (b) the third connecting hub (), and (ii) a back-facing connector unit () in a back-facing connector configuration (), wherein the auxiliary part () is absent, and wherein the back-facing connector unit () is partly configured in the through hole () and connected to the first connecting hub () and the second connecting hub ().

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