Patent ID: 9039442
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: F21V,F21Y,H01M,H01R,H05K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electrical assembly, comprising: a first block housing; a ribbon block; a printed circuit board (“PCB”) having a surface with a plurality of electrically conductive elements located between a first end of the PCB and a second end of the PCB; and a ribbon wire assembly held within the ribbon block by an interference fit; wherein the ribbon wire assembly is comprised of one or more wires having an insulated covering with a stripped portion at an end thereof; wherein the first block housing and the ribbon block are connected by a snap fit to form a completed assembly which holds first and the second ends of the PCB; wherein the first end of the PCB is held within a PCB opening in the first block housing and the second end of the PCB is held within the ribbon block; and wherein each stripped portion of the one or more wires of the ribbon wire assembly is held in electrical contact with one of the electrically conductive elements of the surface of the PCB without the use of any solder by the ribbon block when the second end of the PCB is held within the ribbon block.