Patent ID: 8398261

Claim:
A lighting strip comprising: a flexible electrically insulated cable including a plurality of spaced apart parallel electrical conductors bound together by electrical insulation as a cable, the electrical conductors including at least first and second power conductors and a series electrical conductor; and a plurality of lighting units secured to and spaced apart along the flexible electrically insulated cable, each lighting unit including (i) one or more light emitting devices, (ii) power regulating electrical circuitry configured to regulate electrical power delivered to the lighting unit from the power conductors of the cable, and (iii) insulation displacing conductors connecting the lighting unit with at least the first and second power conductors, each lighting unit further comprising a first terminating sub-unit including insulation displacing conductors electrically contacting at least the first power conductor and the series electrical conductor of the plurality of spaced apart parallel electrical conductors, and a second terminating sub-unit including insulation displacing conductors electrically contacting at least the second power conductor and the series electrical conductor of the plurality of spaced apart parallel electrical conductors the power regulating electrical circuitry including power regulating circuitry disposed on only one of the first or second terminating sub-unit to maintain a constant current along the portion of the series electrical conductor disposed between the first and second terminating sub-units; wherein each lighting unit further comprises a printed circuit board on which at least the power regulating electrical circuitry is disposed.