Patent ID: 8608342
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H01L,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A decorative light string, comprising: a first wire including a first conductor and a first insulator; a second wire including a second conductor and a second insulator; and a plurality of illumination assemblies electrically connected to the first wire and the second wire, each illumination assembly including a light-emitting diode (LED) lamp having a a first lead, a second lead and an LED, the first lead in electrical connection with an anode of the LED and including a wire-piercing portion defining a first planar surface and the second lead in electrical connection with a cathode of the LED and including a wire-piercing portion defining a second planar surface, the first planar surface being coplanar with the second planar surface; wherein each wire-piercing portion of each first lead of each LED lamp pierces a portion of the first insulator to make an electrical connection with the first conductor, and each wire-piercing portion of each second lead of each LED lamp pierces a portion of the second insulator to make an electrical connection with the second conductor, thereby causing each of the plurality of LED lamps to be in parallel electrical connection to the other.