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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Jlj, Inc., Bellbrook, OH (US);
Inventor:
John L. Janning, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Assignee:
JLJ, Inc., Bellbrook, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/089 (2013.01); H05B 33/0821 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dual color series-wired LED light string formed of a plurality of sockets, each of which receives an LED housing containing a pair of LEDs connected in anti-parallel configuration. Each LED socket includes a protective resistive component which is electrically connected across each pair of anti-parallel LEDs of the respective LED housing to protect each LED of the pair from reverse voltage breakdown damage in the event of a failure of the other LED in the housing. The protective resistive component also further serves as a shunt to electrically bypass a failed LED to keep the remaining LEDs in the light string fully illuminated.