Patents by Inventor DE-CHENG ZOU

DE-CHENG ZOU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9912111
    Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a widen and thicken step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base, two rows of plate contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts, and a metallic shielding plate disposed within a middle level of the mating tongue and occupying most portions of said mating tongue. The shielding plate defines a pair of immoveable and un-deflectable lateral edge sections in front of the step structure, each lateral edge section is configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of a plug connector in a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Chien-Ping Kao, Wei-Hao Su, An-Jen Yang, De-Cheng Zou, Chih-Hsien Chou, Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9698536
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to the printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A complementary plug connector includes a shell with a bull-nose tip. A metallic piece is mounted around a root of the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of spring tangs to contact the relatively rigid bull-nose tip of the shell of the complementary connector for EMI/RFI protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Stephen Sedio, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, De-Cheng Zou, An-Jen Yang
  • Publication number: 20170104296
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to the printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A complementary plug connector includes a shell with a bull-nose tip. A metallic piece is mounted around a root of the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of spring tangs to contact the relatively rigid bull-nose tip of the shell of the complementary connector for EMI/RFI protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Stephen Sedio, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, De-Cheng Zou, An-Jen Yang
  • Publication number: 20170054258
    Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a widen and thicken step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base, two rows of plate contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts, and a metallic shielding plate disposed within a middle level of the mating tongue and occupying most portions of said mating tongue. The shielding plate defines a pair of immoveable and un-deflectable lateral edge sections in front of the step structure, each lateral edge section is configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of a plug connector in a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, CHIH-PI CHENG, CHIEN-PING KAO, WEI-HAO SU, AN-JEN YANG, DE-CHENG ZOU, CHIH-HSIEN CHOU, YUAN ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9496654
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to the printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A complementary plug connector includes a shell with a bull-nose tip. A metallic piece is mounted around a root of the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of spring tangs to contact the relatively rigid bull-nose tip of the shell of the complementary connector for EMI/RFI protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Stephen Sedio, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, De-Cheng Zou, An-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 9490594
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to a PCB, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A metallic shielding plate is embedded within a mid-level of the mating tongue wherein a leg of the shielding plate and a tail of an outermost grounding contact share the same conductive grounding region on the PCB. A plug connector mateable with the receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing defining a mating cavity to receive the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of contacts and a metallic latch beside the mating cavity, wherein a tail of one grounding contact and a leg of the latch share the same conductive grounding region on a paddle card, which is behind the mating cavity and on which tails of the contacts are electrically and mechanically mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Chien-Ping Kao, Wei-Hao Su, An-Jen Yang, De-Cheng Zou, Chih-Hsien Chou
  • Publication number: 20160261076
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to the printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A complementary plug connector includes a shell with a bull-nose tip. A metallic piece is mounted around a root of the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of spring tangs to contact the relatively rigid bull-nose tip of the shell of the complementary connector for EMI/RFI protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, STEPHEN SEDIO, CHIH-PI CHENG, YUAN ZHANG, DE-CHENG ZOU, AN-JEN YANG
  • Publication number: 20160093985
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes plural wafers and the corresponding shielding plates are alternately stacked with one another. Each wafer includes a conductive housing defining plural slots therein, and plural terminal modules received in the corresponding slots, respectively. Each of the terminal modules includes a pair of differential contacts and an insulative holder retaining the pair of differential contacts. A plurality of cable assemblies correspond to the corresponding wafers. Each cable assemblies includes a plurality of cables each including a pair of differential wires respectively connected to the pair of differential contacts, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: YUAN ZHANG, AN-JEN YANG, JIE ZHENG, DE-CHENG ZOU, JUN-BIN HUANG, PEI TSAO, JIM ZHAO
  • Patent number: 9281629
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to the printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A complementary plug connector includes a shell with a bull-nose tip. A metallic piece is mounted around a root of the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of spring tangs to contact the relatively rigid bull-nose tip of the shell of the complementary connector for EMI/RFI protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Stephen Sedio, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, De-Cheng Zou, An-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 9190752
    Abstract: A primary connector (10, 20) includes a primary housing (11, 31) and a number of terminal groups. The primary housing includes a periphery wall (111, 311) and a side wall (112, 312) disposed at opposite sides of the primary housing and extending along a longitudinal direction, a slot (113, 313) defined between the periphery wall and the side wall, and a number of passageways (114, 314) extending along a transverse direction for receiving the number of terminal groups. Each terminal group includes a predetermined terminal (22, 42) having a contact section (221, 421) exposed to the slot and a pair of soldering portions (222, 422) respectively extending from opposite sides of the contact section and inserted outwardly from the periphery wall and the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Wei-Hung Hsu, Ren-Chih Li, Chia-Pin Liu, Margulis Yan, Po-Yuan Lin, De-Cheng Zou
  • Publication number: 20150311610
    Abstract: A primary connector (10, 20) includes a primary housing (11, 31) and a number of terminal groups. The primary housing includes a periphery wall (111, 311) and a side wall (112, 312) disposed at opposite sides of the primary housing and extending along a longitudinal direction, a slot (113, 313) defined between the periphery wall and the side wall, and a number of passageways (114, 314) extending along a transverse direction for receiving the number of terminal groups. Each terminal group includes a predetermined terminal (22, 42) having a contact section (221, 421) exposed to the slot and a pair of soldering portions (222, 422) respectively extending from opposite sides of the contact section and inserted outwardly from the periphery wall and the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, WEI-HUNG HSU, REN-CHIH LI, CHIA-PIN LIU, MARGULIS YAN, PO-YUAN LIN, DE-CHENG ZOU
  • Publication number: 20150171574
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to a PCB, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A metallic shielding plate is embedded within a mid-level of the mating tongue wherein a leg of the shielding plate and a tail of an outermost grounding contact share the same conductive grounding region on the PCB. A plug connector mateable with the receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing defining a mating cavity to receive the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of contacts and a metallic latch beside the mating cavity, wherein a tail of one grounding contact and a leg of the latch share the same conductive grounding region on a paddle card, which is behind the mating cavity and on which tails of the contacts are electrically and mechanically mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, CHIH-PI CHENG, CHIEN-PING KAO, WEI-HAO SU, AN-JEN YANG, DE-CHENG ZOU, CHIH-HSIEN CHOU
  • Publication number: 20150093936
    Abstract: A receptacle connector mounted to the printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A complementary plug connector includes a shell with a bull-nose tip. A metallic piece is mounted around a root of the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of spring tangs to contact the relatively rigid bull-nose tip of the shell of the complementary connector for EMI/RFI protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, STEPHEN SEDIO, CHIH-PI CHENG, YUAN ZHANG, DE-CHENG ZOU, AN-JEN YANG