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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventor:
Gregory S. Bibee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 3/36 (2006.01); H05K 3/30 (2006.01); F21Y 101/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/18 (2013.01); H01R 12/7082 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10681 (2013.01); H05K 1/147 (2013.01); F21V 19/005 (2013.01); H05K 3/363 (2013.01); H05K 3/305 (2013.01); H05K 1/141 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector for connecting surface mount devices, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), to printed circuit boards (PCBs). The connector may be prepackage with an LED assembly or on a PCB to which the LED assembly will be mounted. Connection complexity can be moved from the PCB to the connector, and LED assemblies may be customized differently for different customers. One to many and many to one connections are readily supported with variations on the connector.