Patent ID: 11906144
Assignee: SEASONS 4, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A lighting-element socket connector for connecting a lighting element to a flat ribbon cable having a plurality of wires, the lighting-element socket connector comprising:
a cable interface configured to mechanically and electrically connect the socket connector to the flat ribbon cable;
a plurality of wire contacting members that includes a common contacting member and a plurality of power-channel contacting members located along a circle about the common contacting member at a common radial distance therefrom, each of the plurality of wire contacting members configured to pierce insulation of corresponding ones of the plurality of wires of the flat ribbon cable when the cable interface mechanically connects the lighting-element socket connector to the flat ribbon cable;
a lighting-element socket configured to receive a lighting element and to provide electrical connection between electrodes of the lighting element and contacts of the lighting-element socket, and
a channel selector configured to rotatably select and electrically connect a selected one of the plurality of power-channel contacting members to one of the contacts of the lighting element socket.