Patents by Inventor SHENG-PIN GAO

SHENG-PIN GAO 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).

  • Publication number: 20220368048
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including a plurality of mating terminals, an insulating carrier with an accommodating cavity, plural intermediate terminals fixed on one side of the insulating carrier and electrically connected to the mating terminals, plural pin terminals fixed on the other side of the insulating carrier, and a magnetic module accommodated in the accommodating cavity and electrically connected to the intermediate terminals and the pin terminals, wherein the insulating carrier is a two-piece housing, the intermediate terminals are held in one housing piece, and the pin terminals are held in the other housing piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: SHENG-PIN GAO, CHIH-CHING HSU, HUNG-CHI YU, YONG-CHUN XU, JIE ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220311160
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body having an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including plural pin terminals, each pin terminal having a pin for mounting on the external circuit board, wherein the terminal module is capable of being modified to support 1G or 2.5G or 5G or 10G or 25G or 40G signal transmission while keeping arrangement pattern of the pins unchanged in order to be mounted on the same external circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: SHENG-PIN GAO, YONG-CHUN XU, HUNG-CHI YU, CHIH-CHING HSU, JIE ZHANG, CHIN-JUNG WU
  • Publication number: 20220311188
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: SHENG-PIN GAO, YONG-CHUN XU, HUNG-CHI YU, CHIH-CHING HSU, JIE ZHANG, CHIN-JUNG WU
  • Patent number: 10096931
    Abstract: The plug connector includes an insulative housing and a terminal module wherein the terminal module is able to be moveable relative to the housing via sliding or rotation or translation or even detachment so as to have the front mating portion of the terminal module independently mated with the thin receptacle connector or cooperate with the housing to be mated with the regular RJ-45 modular jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Stephen Sedio, Wei-Hao Su, Sheng-Pin Gao, Chih-Ching Hsu, Wei-Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 9825380
    Abstract: An optical module includes an optical transceiver and the fastening structure wherein the optical transceiver includes a body, a plurality of first connecting legs extending along a first direction from the body, a plurality of second connecting legs extending initially from the body along the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and successively along the first direction. The fastening structure includes a plurality of through holes through which the first connecting legs and the second connecting legs extend so as to be mounting to an external printed circuit board under said optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhi-Hui Tang, Sheng-Pin Gao
  • Publication number: 20170222341
    Abstract: An optical module includes an optical transceiver and the fastening structure wherein the optical transceiver includes a body, a plurality of first connecting legs extending along a first direction from the body, a plurality of second connecting legs extending initially from the body along the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and successively along the first direction. The fastening structure includes a plurality of through holes through which the first connecting legs and the second connecting legs extend so as to be mounting to an external printed circuit board under said optical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: ZHI-HUI TANG, SHENG-PIN GAO
  • Patent number: 9531143
    Abstract: An RJ45 socket connector includes an insulative housing having a receiving chamber; and a plurality of conductive terminals held in the insulative housing, the conductive terminal having an elastic contact section oblique upwardly and backwardly extending along an insertion direction. The elastic contact section has a first part extending oblique upwardly, a second part downwardly and backwardly bent from the first part, and a third part upwardly extending from the second part. A connecting portion between the first part and the second part is adapted to contact mating contacts of an inserted RJ45 plug, and the connecting portion is adapted to resist a lower insulative body surface of a mistakenly inserted RJ11 plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Hai-Long Fu
  • Patent number: 9531109
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a lower mating contact module, and an upper mating contact module. The insulative housing has a lower receiving cavity, an upper receiving cavity, and an intermediate wall located therebetween. The lower mating contact module has a lower insulating carrier and a set of lower mating contacts secured to the lower insulating carrier. The upper mating contact module has an upper insulating carrier and a set of upper mating contacts secured to the upper insulating carrier. The intermediate wall defines a lower passageway extending along a front-to-back direction and an upper passageway disposed above the lower passageway. The lower insulating carrier has a lower fixing arm inserted and fixed in the lower passageway, and the upper insulating carrier has an upper fixing arm inserted and fixing in the upper passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Dao-Kuan Zhang, Chih-Ching Hsu
  • Patent number: 9520687
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing including a plug-receiving receptacle, a set of mating contacts each having a mating portion extending in the plug-receiving receptacle and a first connecting portion, a set of mounting contacts each having a second connecting portion, an insulative carrier having opposed front and rear walls and a receiving chamber, and a set of magnetic components each having a magnetic core received in the receiving chamber and a number of conductive wires winding therearound. The mating contacts are held by a bottom section of the front wall, and the mounting contacts are held by a bottom section of the rear wall. Each conductive wire has a first end connecting with the first connecting portion of the mating contact and an opposite second end connecting with the second connecting portion of the mounting contact. The electrical distance from the mating contacts to the mother board is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Yong-Chun Xu, Chih-Ching Hsu, Hao Han
  • Publication number: 20160322767
    Abstract: The plug connector includes an insulative housing and a terminal module wherein the terminal module is able to be moveable relative to the housing via sliding or rotation or translation or even detachment so as to have the front mating portion of the terminal module independently mated with the thin receptacle connector or cooperate with the housing to be mated with the regular RJ-45 modular jack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, STEPHEN SEDIO, WEI-HAO SU, SHENG-PIN GAO, CHIH-CHING HSU, WEI-KANG LIU
  • Patent number: 9484691
    Abstract: An RJ45 socket connector includes an insulative housing and a terminal module received in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a receiving space, a number of partitions, and a number of receiving passageways each formed between every two adjacent partitions. The terminal module comprises an insulative body and a row of conductive terminals insert molded in the insulative body, the conductive terminal having a fixed portion fixed in the insulative housing and an elastic contact portion extending from the fixed portion and received in a corresponding receiving passageway. The insulative body defines a trough and a number of tubers disposed in the trough, every two adjacent tubers defining a groove for accommodating a downwardly moved conductive terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Hai-Long Fu
  • Patent number: 9431769
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a shielding shell; an insulative housing received in the shielding shell, the insulative housing having two rows of mating ports in a vertical direction and a receiving slot between the two rows of mating ports; a contact module mounted in the insulative housing, the contact modules comprising an inner circuit board and a plurality of mating contacts mounted on an upper surface and a lower surface of the inner circuit board, the inner circuit board comprising a conductive area at a front end thereof; and a conductive foam received in the receiving slot and compressed between the conductive area of the inner circuit board and the shielding shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Zhi-Cheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160181747
    Abstract: An RJ45 socket connector includes an insulative housing and a terminal module received in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a receiving space, a number of partitions, and a number of receiving passageways each formed between every two adjacent partitions. The terminal module comprises an insulative body and a row of conductive terminals insert molded in the insulative body, the conductive terminal having a fixed portion fixed in the insulative housing and an elastic contact portion extending from the fixed portion and received in a corresponding receiving passageway. The insulative body defines a trough and a number of tubers disposed in the trough, every two adjacent tubers defining a groove for accommodating a downwardly moved conductive terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin GAO, Hai-Long FU
  • Publication number: 20160056595
    Abstract: An RJ45 socket connector includes an insulative housing having a receiving chamber; and a plurality of conductive terminals held in the insulative housing, the conductive terminal having an elastic contact section oblique upwardly and backwardly extending along an insertion direction. The elastic contact section has a first part extending oblique upwardly, a second part downwardly and backwardly bent from the first part, and a third part upwardly extending from the second part. A connecting portion between the first part and the second part is adapted to contact mating contacts of an inserted RJ45 plug, and the connecting portion is adapted to resist a lower insulative body surface of a mistakenly inserted RJ11 plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: SHENG-PIN GAO, HAI-LONG FU
  • Publication number: 20160056596
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing including a plug-receiving receptacle, a set of mating contacts each having a mating portion extending in the plug-receiving receptacle and a first connecting portion, a set of mounting contacts each having a second connecting portion, an insulative carrier having opposed front and rear walls and a receiving chamber, and a set of magnetic components each having a magnetic core received in the receiving chamber and a number of conductive wires winding therearound. The mating contacts are held by a bottom section of the front wall, and the mounting contacts are held by a bottom section of the rear wall. Each conductive wire has a first end connecting with the first connecting portion of the mating contact and an opposite second end connecting with the second connecting portion of the mounting contact. The electrical distance from the mating contacts to the mother board is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: SHENG-PIN GAO, YONG-CHUN XU, CHIH-CHING HSU, HAO HAN
  • Patent number: 9246276
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a lower inserting port, an upper inserting port stacked thereon, and a mounting port located behind the lower and upper inserting ports. The inserting module is assembled from the mounting port to the inserting ports. The inserting module comprises a set of upper mating contacts each having a contacting portion extending into the upper inserting port, a set of lower mating contacts each having a contacting portion extending into the lower inserting port, a first magnetic module received in the mounting port and electrically connecting with the upper mating contacts, a second magnetic module received in the mounting port and electrically connecting with the lower mating contacts, and a conductive shielding member disposed between the first and second magnetic modules for shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI) therebetween. The conductive shielding member is a flexible member and connecting with the PCBs through pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sheng-Pin Gao
  • Patent number: 9172189
    Abstract: A modular jack includes an insulative housing, a set of central shields, and a set of insert modules. The modular jack defines a mounting port. Each insert module includes a printed circuit broad assembly (PCBA) disposed horizontally in the mounting port and a terminal module located below the PCBA. The terminal module has a set of first terminals, a set of second terminals, and an insulative carrier holding the first and second terminals. Each central shield is disposed between two adjacent insert modules and mounted to the insulative housing. The central shield has a metal wafer and an insulative body for holding the metal wafer. The insulative body includes a pressing face extending along a front-to-back direction and the insulative carrier has a receiving pressure face extending along the front-to-back direction. Each terminal has a mounting portion for electrically and mechanically engaged with an exterior PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Chih-Ching Hsu, Dao-Kuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150147914
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a lower mating contact module, and an upper mating contact module. The insulative housing has a lower receiving cavity, an upper receiving cavity, and an intermediate wall located therebetween. The lower mating contact module has a lower insulating carrier and a set of lower mating contacts secured to the lower insulating carrier. The upper mating contact module has an upper insulating carrier and a set of upper mating contacts secured to the upper insulating carrier. The intermediate wall defines a lower passageway extending along a front-to-back direction and an upper passageway disposed above the lower passageway. The lower insulating carrier has a lower fixing arm inserted and fixed in the lower passageway, and the upper insulating carrier has an upper fixing arm inserted and fixing in the upper passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: SHENG-PIN GAO, DAO-KUAN ZHANG, CHIH-CHING HSU
  • Publication number: 20150056826
    Abstract: A modular jack includes an insulative housing, a set of central shields, and a set of insert modules. The modular jack defines a mounting port. Each insert module includes a printed circuit broad assembly (PCBA) disposed horizontally in the mounting port and a terminal module located below the PCBA. The terminal module has a set of first terminals, a set of second terminals, and an insulative carrier holding the first and second terminals. Each central shield is disposed between two adjacent insert modules and mounted to the insulative housing. The central shield has a metal wafer and an insulative body for holding the metal wafer. The insulative body includes a pressing face extending along a front-to-back direction and the insulative carrier has a receiving pressure face extending along the front-to-back direction. Each terminal has a mounting portion for electrically and mechanically engaged with an exterior PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: SHENG-PIN GAO, CHIH-CHING HSU, DAO-KUAN ZHANG
  • Patent number: D789339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhi-Hui Tang, Sheng-Pin Gao, Chih-Ching Hsu