LIGHT STRING WITH ADJUSTABLE LENGTH
The present disclosure proposes a light string. The light string includes: a first conductive wire; a second conductive wire; and a third conductive wire, wherein the second conductive wire is parallel to the first conductive wire and the third conductive wire throughout an entire length of the second conductive wire. The light string further includes a plurality of light sources, each including two leads, wherein at least one of the two leads of each of the plurality of light sources is electrically coupled to the second conductive wire.
1 . A light string, comprising:
a first conductive wire ;
a second conductive wire;
a third conductive wire, wherein the second conductive wire is parallel to the first conductive wire and the third conductive wire throughout an entire length of the second conductive wire; and
a plurality of light sources, each including two leads, wherein at least one of the two leads of each of the plurality of light sources is electrically coupled to the second conductive wire.
2 . The light string of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive wire, the second conductive wire and the third conductive wire are joined together side by side to form a ribbon wire.
3 . The light string of claim 1 , wherein one of the first conductive wire and the third conductive wire is electrically connected to a power signal, while another of the first conductive wire and the third conductive wire is electrically connected to ground.
4 . The light string of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive wire is partitioned into a plurality of conductive segments separate from each other.
5 . The light string of claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of separators electrically insulating adjacent ones of the conductive segments.
6 . The light string of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of separators comprises a main plate and an insulating plate substantially perpendicular to the main plate, wherein the insulating plate extends into a space between adjacent ones of the conductive segments and electrically insulates the adjacent conductive segments from one another.
7 . The light string of claim 6 , wherein each of the separators comprises a first guide hole, a second guide hole and a third guide hole, wherein the first guide hole and the second guide hole vertically overlap the second conductive wire, and the third guide hole vertically overlaps one of the first conductive wire and the third conductive wire.
8 . The light string of claim 7 , wherein each of the two leads of each of the plurality of light sources is electrically connected to the first conductive wire, the second conductive wire or the third conductive wire through one of the first guide hole, the second guide hole and the third guide hole.
9 . The light string of claim 7 , wherein the main plate further comprises a fourth guide hole vertically overlapping another of the first conductive wire and the third conductive wire.
10 . The light string of claim 7 , wherein the first guide hole and the second guide hole vertically overlap two adjacent ones of the conductive segments.
11 . A light string, comprising:
a first conductive wire;
a second conductive wire, comprising a plurality of conductive segments electrically separate from each other;
a third conductive wire; and
a plurality of light sources, each including two leads, wherein one of the two leads of each of the plurality of light sources is electrically coupled to the first conductive wire, the third conductive wire, or one of the conductive segments of the second conductive wire.
12 . The light string of claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of separators arranged between the first, second and third conductive wires and the corresponding light sources.
13 . The light string of claim 12 , wherein each of the separators comprises a first guide hole, a second guide hole and an insulating plate between the first guide hole and the second guide hole.
14 . The light string of claim 13 , wherein each of the separators further comprises a third guide hole adjacent to the insulating plate between the first guide hole and the second guide hole.
15 . The light string of claim 14 , wherein a first distance between the first guide hole and the second guide hole is substantially equal to a second distance between the first guide hole and the third guide hole.
16 . The light string of claim 11 , wherein the first conductive wire and the third conductive wire are conductive throughout an entire length of the second conductive wire.
17 . The light string of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of light sources comprise at least one first-type light source, a plurality of second-type light sources, and at least one third-type light source, wherein the two leads of each of the first-type light sources are electrically connected to the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire, respectively, the two leads of each of the second-type light sources are electrically connected to adjacent conductive segments of the second conductive wire, and the two leads of each of the third-type light sources are electrically connected to the second conductive wire and the third conductive wire, respectively.
18 . The light string of claim 17 , wherein the first conductive wire, the second conductive wire and the third conductive wire are configured to form a plurality of circuits electrically connected in parallel, wherein each of the circuits comprises a subset of the plurality of light sources electrically connected in series.
19 . The light string of claim 18 , wherein one of the conductive segments of the second conductive wire arranged between two adjacent circuits is electrically floating.
20 . The light string of claim 11 , further comprising a transformer electrically coupled to one end of each of the first, second and third conductive wires.