Patent ID: 8651698

Claim:
Method of making a cable lighting assembly, said method comprising: providing a flexible electrical cable comprising two electrically isolated electrical conductors; providing at least one light emitting diode, with each light emitting diode comprising an anode lead and a cathode lead; mounting the light emitting diode to the flexible electrical cable by forming a solder joint between the anode lead of the light emitting diode and one of the electrical conductors and forming another solder joint between the cathode lead of the light emitting diode and the other electrical conductor; and injection molding a polymeric molding material so as to encapsulate each light emitting diode and a portion of the flexible electrical cable on which each light emitting diode is mounted, wherein the polymeric molding material is injection molded under a sufficiently low injection pressure so as not to damage either solder joint, and at least a portion of each light emitting diode remains exposed enough to emit an illuminating light.