Patent ID: 8562175
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H01L,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A light-emitting diode (LED) illumination assembly, comprising: a retention housing defining an LED lamp-receiving recess; an LED lamp including a wire-piercing LED lead frame having first and second leads, the LED lamp inserted into the LED lamp-receiving recess; a first wire including a conductor and an insulator, and a second wire including a conductor and an insulator; and wherein the first lead of the LED lead frame includes a first cutting member and a second cutting member, and the first lead pierces at least a portion of the first insulator and the second lead of the LED lead frame pierces at least a portion of the second insulator, such that the first LED lead contacts the conductor of the first wire and the second LED lead contacts the conductor of the second wire.