| 摘要 |
An integrally formed single piece light strip having no internal voids, comprising first and second bus elements (630a, 630b) spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance for operative connection to a power source. A substrate strip (616) includes a top surface and a bottom surface having a printed circuit (618) thereon. At least one light emitting diode (LED) (626), including electrical contact prongs (634), is provided, with the LED being mounted on the top surface of the substrate strip, and with the electrical contact prongs contacting the printed circuit on the bottom surface of the substrate strip. The printed circuit (618) is in electrical contact with the bus elements to conduct electricity thereon. An extruded plastic material (614) completely encapsulates the first and second bus elements, the substrate strip and the LED to thereby provide a protective barrier and thereby make the light strip impervious to moisture. Alternatively, an integrally formed light strip (700) is provided that includes a plastic material (714) extruded over first and second bus elements, a substrate strip (716) including a printed circuit (718) and at least one LED (726) mounted thereon to completely encapsulate the components to provide a light strip protective barrier, with the extruded plastic material being extruded to form a bottom surface defining a channel (738) therein for facilitating connection of the strip with other like strips through a channel engaging electrical connector (742). |
