Patent ID: 7789529

Claim:
An LED light unit comprising: a tile; a plurality of discrete LED light sources that are on and dispersed across a major surface of the tile and are electrically connected to electrical pads along an edge region of the tile; and an edge connector comprising a plurality of contacts that are connected to a plurality of flexible wires extending away from the edge connector, the edge connector is configured to releasably connect to an edge of the tile so that the contacts directly connect to the pads and electrically connect the wires of the edge connector to the LED light sources, wherein the edge connector comprises a body that is configured to guide a portion of each of the flexible wires away from the tile, wherein each one of the LED light sources comprises at least one LED chip and wavelength conversion element, the at least one LED chip is electrically connected to at least one tile pad, and the edge connector is configured to electrically connect at least one of the flexible wires to the at least one LED chip via the at least one tile pad.