Patent ID: 11859805
Assignee: REV-A-SHELF COMPANY, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 8:
9. A tape light termination system comprising:
a terminal comprising an electrically conducting contact area and a termination lug to fixedly connect an electric conductor with the terminal and provide an electrically conducting path between the termination lug and the contact area; and
a housing having a plurality of compartments and a plurality of slots, each of the compartments sized to receive and hold the terminal, and the slots positioned and dimensioned to receive opposing edges of a light emitting diode (LED) tape light comprising a flexible strip having LED diode circuitry mounted in a central area of a planar surface of the flexible strip, the flexible strip also including an electrically conductive pad on the planar surface adjacent at least one edge of the opposing edges of the LED tape light,
wherein each of the slots provide access in the housing to the electrically conductive contact area and alignment of the electrically conducting contact area of the terminal to contiguously contact the electrically conductive pad and enable a current flow path therebetween,
wherein a respective terminal is disposed in respective compartments in the housing to align with opposing planar surfaces of the LED tape light, each of the opposing planar surfaces having the electrically conductive pad adjacent the at least one edge of the opposing edges of the LED tape light to create the current flow path for each respective terminal.