Patent ID: 7090529

Claim:
A miniature connector for LED (light emitting diode) having a dome lamp portion with an annular flat bottom and a pair of conductor leads extending outwardly of said flat bottom comprising: a. a first connector member having an outer round surface and an inner rectangular flat surface with its latitudinal profile corresponding to one half of said annular bottom area of said light emitting diode, said inner flat surface including inlaying sections for said conductor leads of said light emitting diode to extend longitudinally under predetermined depths of said inner flat surface; b. a second connector member shaped symmetrical to said first connector member to have a mirror image of said inlaying sections; c. a fastening means to releasably join said first and second connector members together having a number of posts protruding perpendicularly from said inner flat surface of said first connector section and pinholes at corresponding locations on said second connector section, each of said posts and pinholes being individually sized and located to guide the correct relative orientations of said first and second connector members during their mating process of assembly; and d. a conduction means for connecting said leads to a pair of electric wires, said conduction means having a pair of conductive terminal members adapted to be held apart from each other longitudinally in said first and second connector members and having slitting edges for making secured electrical contacts with said wires, which are clipped forcibly in between said first and second connector members, whereby desired number of said connectors can be positioned laterally in close proximity during and after assemblies of said light emitting diodes in an array along said electric wires.