Solder-Less Electrical Assembly

摘要

An electrical component with two conductive leads and two conductive wires are held within a housing. Each lead is inserted into a housing hole to make electrical contact with a wire conductor. Multiple additional electrical components (which may or may not be LEDs) can be held in similar housings attached their own pairs of wires. A PCB assembly can be attached to hold one or more such assemblies. A resilient PCB housing holds a PCB by an interference fit while conductive wires are inserted into its wire cavity so that exposed portions of conductive wires make electrical contact with electrical traces of the PCB which is biased by wire insulation. Two conductors can be held by the PCB housing which are forced into electrical contact with the PCB when it is inserted into the resilient PCB housing which then biases such contacts. Insertion of a battery into the PCB housing creates an interference fit and causes each of the conductors (which can have a u shape before assembly and then have one or more leads bend over during assembly) to make mechanical and electrical contact with the battery. A switch can also be held by a switch interference fit with the resilient PCB housing such that its leads are biased against the PCB by the resilient PCB housing. The entire assembly is solder-less and can have multiple strings of two or more LEDs, and other electrical components, energized by the battery.

主权项

1. An assembly, comprising:
an electrical component having two conductive leads; a first and a second conductive wire, each of which is comprised of a conductor and an insulator; and a housing; wherein the first and the second conductive wires are inserted into and held by a wire cavity of the housing; wherein each of the two conductive leads is inserted into a different one of two lead holes of the housing; wherein an electrical contact is made by each of the two conductive leads with the conductor of one of the first and the second conductive wires; and wherein the electrical component is held by the housing.