Patent ID: 8540391

Claim:
A light emitting diode (LED) assembly comprising: a connector having a LED end and a cable end, the connector including electrical contacts having a cable contact and a LED contact, the cable contacts positioned on the cable end of the connector and configured to terminate a cable and electrically connect to a power pathway of the cable, the LED contacts positioned on the LED end of the connector; a LED circuit board having circuit board contacts mounted to and positioned on an upper surface of the LED circuit board, the LED circuit board including a connector engagement mechanism mounted to and positioned on the upper surface of the LED circuit board, the circuit board contacts and the connector engagement mechanism positioned on an end of the upper surface of the LED circuit board with the connector engagement mechanism disposed on the upper surface of the LED circuit board around the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board and configured to receive the LED end of the connector within the connector engagement mechanism, the connector engagement mechanism configured to engage the LED end of the connector so that the LED contacts of the connector electrically engage the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board; and a LED mounted on the LED circuit board, the LED electrically coupled to the circuit board contacts of the LED circuit board, the circuit board contacts and the electrical contacts of the connector forming electrical pathways between the connector and the LED, a first electrical pathway configured to direct an electrical current from the power pathway of the cable to the LED, a second electrical pathway configured to direct the electrical current from the LED back to the power pathway of the cable.