Patents by Inventor Ke-Hao Chen

Ke-Hao Chen 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: 9257790
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing unit and a contact unit received therein. The housing unit includes a shielding member and an insulating member retained on the shielding member. The shielding member defines opposite upper end and lower end while the insulating member includes a first portion and a second portion seated on the upper and lower ends respectively and defines a cavity therebetween. The contact unit includes a plurality of contacts, a metal plate defining a plurality of through holes and an insulating body retaining the contacts and the metal plate. The metal plate divides the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, the contact runs through the through hole of the metal plate and comprises a first arm above the metal plate received in the first cavity and a second arm under the metal plate received in the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9225121
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes contact units and housing units for retaining the contact units. The contact unit includes an insulating body and a plurality of contacts retained therein. The housing unit includes a shielding member defining an upper end and a lower end opposite to each other, an insulating cover seated on the upper end of the shielding member, and an insulating base seated on the lower end of the shielding member. A cavity is defined between the insulating cover and the insulating base for decreasing the plastic content so as to reduce the crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9178322
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (1) with a plurality of signal contacts (31) and a plurality of grounding contacts (30) received therein, a shielding member (2) and a connecting member (4) set in the insulating housing (1), the shielding member (2) locates around the signal contacts (31), each of the grounding contacts (30) includes a body portion (300), a spring arm (301) extending upwardly from the body portion (300) and a tail portion (302) extending downwardly from the body portion (300), the spring arm (301) includes a contact portion (3010) at the end thereof, the connecting member (4) connects the contact portion (3010) and the tail portion (302) with the shielding member (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9147980
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a number of walls formed with passageways thereof. An insulative cover defines a plurality of windows corresponding to the passageways. A shield frame has openings corresponding to the passageways and shield walls formed with the openings. A number of contacts are disposed in the passageways and have spring portions at upper portions. The shield frame is located between the insulative housing and the insulative cover. The spring portions of the contacts extend upwardly out of the openings and the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9099819
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a CPU with a PCB includes a frame, a plurality of base units assembled onto the frame and a plurality of contacts retained in the base units. The base units extend in a longitudinal direction and are assembled side by side in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each of the base units includes an insulating housing and a shielding member embedded within the insulating housing. The shielding member includes a first portion extending in the longitudinal direction and multiple second portions extending in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction, the second portions together with the first portion define multiple chambers. The contacts are located in the chambers defined by the shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yao Hwang, Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 9065216
    Abstract: An electrical connector electrically connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing including a number of receiving slots and a number of passageways spaced with the receiving slot and located beside the receiving slot and a number of terminals each received in the receiving slot of the insulative housing, the electrical connector further includes a number of absorbing material blocks received in the passageways, the passageway has an inner surface coated with an metal layer and the absorbing material block is located inside the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9048591
    Abstract: An electrical connector electrically connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing including a top insulative housing and a bottom insulative housing matched with the top insulative housing, a number of terminals received in the top insulative housing and the bottom insulative housing and at least one shielding plate fixed in the insulative housing and located beside the terminal, the electrical connector further employs a grounding plate assembled between the top insulative housing and the bottom insulative housing, the grounding plate electrically connects with the shielding plate and the shielding plate has a pair of clips fixed to the grounding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 8951049
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a printed circuit board, an electrical connector assembled on the printed circuit board and an interposer assembled between the electrical connector and the printed circuit board, the electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals and a shielding element received therein, and wherein the interposer electrically connect the terminals and the shielding element and electrically connect the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 8932080
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting an IC package to a circuit board includes a first insulating housing, a second insulating housing and a plurality of contacts received therein. The contact includes a base portion received in the first insulating housing, and a contacting portion extending upwardly from the base portion and received in the second insulating housing. The first insulating housing includes a first shielding member around the base portion of the contact while the second insulating housing includes a second shielding member around the contacting portion of the contact so that an electrical connector with improved shielding means is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen, Chun-Yi Chang
  • Patent number: 8926194
    Abstract: An optical board (100) includes a base layer (1), an optical module (4) assembled to the base layer, and an optical layer (2) attached to the base layer and defining a receiving recess (23). The optical module includes a ferrule (41) received in the receiving recess and defining a number of grooves (4131), and a number of optical circuits (42) positioned in the grooves of the ferrule. The optical circuits extend outside of the ferrule and into the optical layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Wen-Yi Hsieh, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20140377992
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (1) with a plurality of signal contacts (31) and a plurality of grounding contacts (30) received therein, a shielding member (2) and a connecting member (4) set in the insulating housing (1), the shielding member (2) locates around the signal contacts (31), each of the grounding contacts (30) includes a body portion (300), a spring arm (301) extending upwardly from the body portion (300) and a tail portion (302) extending downwardly from the body portion (300), the spring arm (301) includes a contact portion (3010) at the end thereof, the connecting member (4) connects the contact portion (3010) and the tail portion (302) with the shielding member (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, TZU-YAO HWANG, KE-HAO CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140349518
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing unit and a contact unit received therein. The housing unit includes a shielding member and an insulating member retained on the shielding member. The shielding member defines opposite upper end and lower end while the insulating member includes a first portion and a second portion seated on the upper and lower ends respectively and defines a cavity therebetween. The contact unit includes a plurality of contacts, a metal plate defining a plurality of through holes and an insulating body retaining the contacts and the metal plate. The metal plate divides the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, the contact runs through the through hole of the metal plate and comprises a first arm above the metal plate received in the first cavity and a second arm under the metal plate received in the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, TZU-YAO HWANG, KE-HAO CHEN
  • Patent number: 8888525
    Abstract: A contact includes a base portion having an upper end and a lower end opposite to the upper end, a first spring arm extending obliquely and upwardly from the upper end of the base portion, and a second spring arm extending obliquely and upwardly from the lower end of the base portion and towards the first spring arm, wherein the second spring arm locates under the first spring arm, a supporting portion is defined on a distal end of the second spring arm and slides along the first spring arm to support the first spring arm when the first spring arm is pressed down by an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chi Yeh, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20140335731
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of walls formed a plurality of passageways thereof, a plurality of contacts received in the passageways, and a capacitor series connecting with the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, TZU-YAO HWANG, KE-HAO CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140329408
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes contact units and housing units for retaining the contact units. The contact unit includes an insulating body and a plurality of contacts retained therein. The housing unit includes a shielding member defining an upper end and a lower end opposite to each other, an insulating cover seated on the upper end of the shielding member, and an insulating base seated on the lower end of the shielding member. A cavity is defined between the insulating cover and the insulating base for decreasing the plastic content so as to reduce the crosstalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, TZU-YAO HWANG, KE-HAO CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140322974
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a number of walls formed with passageways thereof An insulative cover defines a plurality of windows corresponding to the passageways. A shield frame has openings corresponding to the passageways and shield walls formed with the openings. A number of contacts are disposed in the passageways and have spring portions at upper portions. The shield frame is located between the insulative housing and the insulative cover. The spring portions of the contacts extend upwardly out of the openings and the windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, TZU-YAO HWANG, KE-HAO CHEN
  • Patent number: 8851904
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module with a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing and a number of contacts fixed in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes an upper component and a lower component cooperated with the upper component. The upper component has a protruding portion and the lower component has a hole cooperated with the protruding portion. The protruding portion is in touch with the hole and the contacting area is plated with a metal fillings. It is easy to assemble and it has better shielding effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 8821188
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing has a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, a plurality of receiving holes penetrated from the mating surface to the mounting surface, a plurality of terminals received in the receiving holes and a grounding route assembled on the mating surface, wherein a shielding device exposed in the receiving holes and electrically connecting with the grounding route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen, Chun-Yi Chang
  • Patent number: 8821192
    Abstract: An electrical connector electrically connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing that a number of contacting terminals and a number of grounding terminals received therein, the insulative housing includes a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, the grounding terminal is adjacent to the contacting terminal, and wherein the insulative housing also comprises a plurality of retention slots depressed from the matching surface thereof for fixing a retention portion of the grounding terminals, the retention slot has a sidewall that plated with a metal layer, the retention portion comprises a tongue and elastic contacted with the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20140179160
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a seat having a signal contact receiving slot and a grounding contact receiving slot, and a signal contact and a grounding contact retained therein. The seat includes a first insulating member and a second insulating member surrounding the first insulating member, wherein the grounding contact receiving slot is defined on the first insulating member, the first insulating member further includes a through hole substantially parallel to the grounding contact receiving slot, a shielding member is defined on at least the inner surfaces of the grounding contact receiving slot and the through hole, the second insulating member includes a column formed into the through hole, the signal contact receiving slot is defined on the column of the second insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TZU-YAO HWANG, YEN-CHIH CHANG, KE-HAO CHEN