Patent ID: 6027952
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y,H01L

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a string of electrically connected light emitting diodes, comprising the steps of:providing a number of base members, each of which is made of an insulator material and includes a base plate that is formed with a pair of first terminal holes, and a spaced pair of side walls that extend upwardly from the base plate and that confine a space therebetween;providing a work table having a working surface formed with a number of spaced recesses, each of the base members being received in a respective one of the recesses, each of the recesses having a bottom formed with a pair of second terminal holes that are aligned with the first terminal holes in the respective one of the base members;providing a number of light emitting diodes, each of which has a light emitting portion and a pair of terminals that extend from the light emitting portion and that are partially extended into the aligned first and second terminal holes in the respective one of the base members and the respective one of the recesses such that the light emitting portion is initially spaced apart from the respective one of the base members;providing a pair of electrical conductors, each of which has a conductive core and an insulating sheath around the conductive core, each of the electrical conductors extending through the spaces in the base members and being disposed between a corresponding one of the terminals of the light emitting diodes and a corresponding one of the side walls of the base members; andpushing each of the light emitting diodes toward the respective one of the base members such that movement of the terminals further into the second terminal holes results in a cutting action of the terminals into the insulating sheaths to establish electrical contact between the terminals and the conductive cores of the electrical conductors while holding tightly the electrical conductors between the terminals of the light emitting diodes and the side walls of the base members.