US 7,556,405 B2
Mounting light emitting diodes
Howard A. Kingsford, Amherst, N.H. (US); Kristel L. Ferry, Methuen, Mass. (US); William P. Clune, Hillsborough, N.H. (US); Mark A. Clarner, Concord, N.H. (US); and Bryan H. Blackmon, Hooksett, N.H. (US)
Assigned to Velcro Industries B.V., Curacao (Netherlands Antilles)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/495,043.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/703330, filed on Jul. 28, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0025108 A1, Feb. 01, 2007
Int. Cl. F21V 29/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—294  [362/249; 362/391; 362/800; 361/600; 361/739; 361/807; 361/809; 361/704] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. For a lighting installation, a flexible circuit comprising:
a roll-molded thermoplastic resin base sheet having an integrally molded mounting structure configured to receive a light emitting diode device, the mounting structure comprising device receptacles integrally molded with and protruding from the base sheet, the receptacles configured to receive pins of the light emitting diode device; and
an electrically conductive portion carried by the resin base sheet, the electrically conductive portion positioned for electric connection to conductors of the device.