Wire-clasping light-emitting diode lights

摘要

A lead frame for a light-emitting diode (LED). The lead frame includes a first lead and a second lead. Each lead includes a top portion and an integrated wire-clasping portion. The first and second top portions each angle away from the center of the lead frame to form an increasingly larger gap between the two leads. The wire-clasping portions of each lead initially lie in a common plane and are adjacent one another. After securing the wire to the wire-clasping portions of the lead frame, the leads of the lead frame are rotated or twisted approximately 90 degrees such that the wire-clasping portions of the leads are opposite one another, rather than lying in the same plane. The wires and attached lead frame are inserted into a lampholder, the lampholder recesses receiving the top tabs of the lead frame and holding the wires and lead frame in place.

主权项

1. A wire-clasping lead frame for a light-emitting diode (LED), comprising: a first lead including a top portion and a wire-clasping portion, the top portion having an anode portion and an extension, the wire-clasping portion affixed to the extension of the top portion and having a plurality of tabs for clasping a first wire having an insulator and a conductor; and a second lead including a top portion and a wire-clasping portion, the top portion having a cathode portion and an extension, the wire-clasping portion affixed to the extension of the top portion, the wire-clasping portion having a plurality of tabs for clasping a second wire having an insulator and a conductor; wherein the first lead is adjacent the second lead such that a first gap is formed between the anode portion and the cathode portion, and a second gap is formed between the extension of the top portion of the first lead and the extension of the top portion of the second lead;
wherein the wire-clasping portion of the first lead includes a middle portion, and the plurality of tabs of the wire-clasping portion of the first lead includes a bottom pair of tabs extending orthogonally from the middle portion and for clasping the insulation of the first wire, and includes a middle pair of tabs extending orthogonally from the middle portion and for clasping the insulation and the conductor of the first wire.