Patents by Inventor Wei-Hung Hsu

Wei-Hung Hsu 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: 9178319
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with a plug and mounting to a printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing with a forwardly extending mating tongue thereof. A terminal module includes an insulator associated with a plurality of contacts commonly assembled into the housing. Those contacts are categorized with the differential pairs, the grounding contacts and the power contacts while each of the contacts includes a front contacting section exposed upon the mating tongue, a middle retention section retained to the insulator, and a rear tail section extending out of the housing. A metallic shielding/reinforcement plate associated with the terminal module is assembled into the housing, and includes a front region inserted into the mating tongue, a middle region with a spring tang to mechanically and electrically connected to the selected grounding contact, and a rear tail section extending out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, An-Jen Yang, Stephen Sedio, Richard Lee Malehorn, II, Chien-Ping Kao, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9142915
    Abstract: An electrical contact (2) for electrically connecting an IC package having solder balls (4) with a substrate and includes a base portion (21), a spring arm (24) extending upwardly from the base portion (21) and a rear portion (23) extending downwardly from the base portion (21), the spring arm (24) defines a contact portion (25) at the end thereof to connect with the solder ball (4) of the IC package, the contact portion (25) includes a wide portion (252) with a width larger than other portions of the contact portion (25), the wide portion (252) includes a pair of higher end portions (2520) at opposite ends thereof and a lower middle portion (2521) between the pair of end portions (2520).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 9130321
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting an IC package to a circuit board includes an insulating housing having a plurality of receiving holes and a plurality of contacts received in the receiving holes. Each of the contacts includes a retaining portion engaging with the insulating housing, and a spring arm deforming freely in a certain range, wherein the spring arm includes an elastic deformation portion, a recess portion protruding downwardly from the elastic deformation portion for contacting with a ball grid array (BGA) package and a protrusion portion protruding upwardly from the recess portion for contacting with a land gird array (LGA) package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150177355
    Abstract: A compensating apparatus for installing variation of a non-contact current sensor on a two-wire power cable includes a non-contact current sensor, a sensing element characteristic measuring unit and a non-contact current measurement module. The non-contact current sensor mounted top to the two-wire power cable further has a first current sensor, a second current sensor, and a third current sensor. The sensing element characteristic measuring unit is to construct a space characteristic measuring database for the non-contact current sensor respective to the two-wire power cable. The non-contact current measurement module is to pair the space characteristic measuring database so as to compute and further output a measured value of the current I in the two-wire power cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: SHIH-HSIEN CHENG, PEI-FANG LIANG, LIEN-YI CHO, WEI-HUNG HSU
  • Patent number: 9028279
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of first contacts arranged in a side-by-side manner, and a resilient contact retained in the housing. The housing defines a mating face, a blocking face and a mating cavity disposed between the mating face and the blocking face. Each first contact defines a first contacting portion projecting into the mating cavity. The resilient contact defines a blocking piece abutting against the blocking face, a retaining leg extending out of the mating cavity, and latching arms extending into the mating cavity from the blocking piece. The latching arms can be easily released from a mating connector so as to realize a better retaining effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsu Chen, Wei-Hung Hsu, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140335729
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly in a front-to-rear direction from the base, the mating tongue defining a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. A plurality of contact strips are disposed around the outer surface of the mating tongue of the insulative housing, each contact strip is stamped a metal sheet and defines a first contacting section exposed upon the first surface and arranged along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, and a second contacting section exposed upon the second surface and arranged along the transverse direction. The first and second contacting sections of each contact strip extend along the front-to-rear direction and rearwardly extending into the base of the insulative housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, CHIH-PI CHENG, STEPHEN SEDIO, CHIEN-PING KAO, MING-LUN SZU, CHUN-YI CHANG, WEI-HUNG HSU
  • Patent number: 8864506
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative housing including two sidewalls and a mating slot defined between the two sidewalls, and a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing. The terminals include contacting portions exposed to the mating slot and connecting portions behind a rear end of the insulating housing. The two sidewalls are loaded with a first row and a second row of the plurality of terminals respectively. The first row includes signal terminals and grounding terminals. A grounding plate is inserted in the insulating housing and between two rows of terminals. The grounding plate defines resilient arms and connecting legs, the resilient arms slant to the first row and touch with the grounding terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, An-Jen Yang, Stephen Sedio, Richard Lee Malehorn, II, Chien-Ping Kao, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Wei-Hung Hsu, Qing-Man Zhu, Jian-Jun Zhu, Li-Shing Hou
  • Publication number: 20140248785
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative housing including two sidewalls and a mating slot defined between the two sidewalls, and a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing. The terminals include contacting portions exposed to the mating slot and connecting portions behind a rear end of the insulating housing. The two sidewalls are loaded with a firs row and a second row of the plurality of terminals respectively. The first row includes signal terminals and grounding terminals. A grounding plate is inserted in the insulating housing and between two rows of terminals. The grounding plate defines resilient arms and connecting legs, the resilient arms slant to the first row and touch with the grounding terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, AN-JEN YANG, STEPHEN SEDIO, RICHARD LEE MALEHORN, II, CHIEN-PING KAO, KUO-CHUN HSU, WEI-HUNG HSU, QING-MAN ZHU, JIAN-JUN ZHU, LI-SHING HOU
  • Patent number: 8814603
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module with a printed circuit board includes an upper component, a lower component assembled on the upper component and a number of terminals, the upper component includes a number of upper tabs and the lower component includes a number of lower tabs. The terminals include a number of upper terminals and a number of lower terminals matched with the upper terminals. The upper terminals received in the upper component and the lower terminals received in the lower component; wherein the pressing of the terminal can transform the vertical movement of the upper terminal to the horizontal movement of the lower terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140194005
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with a plug and mounting to a printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing with a forwardly extending mating tongue thereof. A terminal module includes an insulator associated with a plurality of contacts commonly assembled into the housing. Those contacts are categorized with the differential pairs, the grounding contacts and the power contacts while each of the contacts includes a front contacting section exposed upon the mating tongue, a middle retention section retained to the insulator, and a rear tail section extending out of the housing. A metallic shielding/reinforcement plate associated with the terminal module is assembled into the housing, and includes a front region inserted into the mating tongue, a middle region with a spring tang to mechanically and electrically connected to the selected grounding contact, and a rear tail section extending out of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, AN-JEN YANG, STEPHEN SEDIO, RICHARD LEE MALEHORN II, CHIEN-PING KAO, KUO-CHUN HSU, WEI-HUNG HSU
  • Publication number: 20140162471
    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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TZU-YAO HWANG, YEN-CHIH CHANG, KE-HAO CHEN, WEI-HUNG HSU
  • Publication number: 20140106599
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of first contacts arranged in a side-by-side manner, and a resilient contact retained in the housing. The housing defines a mating face, a blocking face and a mating cavity disposed between the mating face and the blocking face. Each first contact defines a first contacting portion projecting into the mating cavity. The resilient contact defines a blocking piece abutting against the blocking face, a retaining leg extending out of the mating cavity, and latching arms extending into the mating cavity from the blocking piece. The latching arms can be easily released from a mating connector so as to realize a better retaining effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-HSU CHEN, WEI-HUNG HSU, KUO-CHUN HSU
  • Publication number: 20140080330
    Abstract: An electrical contact (2) for electrically connecting an IC package having solder balls (4) with a substrate and includes a base portion (21), a spring arm (24) extending upwardly from the base portion (21) and a rear portion (23) extending downwardly from the base portion (21), the spring arm (24) defines a contact portion (25) at the end thereof to connect with the solder ball (4) of the IC package, the contact portion (25) includes a wide portion (252) with a width larger than other portions of the contact portion (25), the wide portion (252) includes a pair of higher end portions (2520) at opposite ends thereof and a lower middle portion (2521) between the pair of end portions (2520).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, WEI-HUNG HSU
  • Publication number: 20140038465
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module with a printed circuit board includes an upper component, a lower component assembled on the upper component and a number of terminals, the upper component includes a number of upper tabs and the lower component includes a number of lower tabs. The terminals include a number of upper terminals and a number of lower terminals matched with the upper terminals. The upper terminals received in the upper component and the lower terminals received in the lower component; wherein the pressing of the terminal can transform the vertical movement of the upper terminal to the horizontal movement of the lower terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih CHANG, Tzu-Yao HWANG, Wei-Hung HSU
  • Publication number: 20130267104
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting an IC package to a circuit board includes an insulating housing having a plurality of receiving holes and a plurality of contacts received in the receiving holes. Each of the contacts includes a retaining portion engaging with the insulating housing, and a spring arm deforming freely in a certain range, wherein the spring arm includes an elastic deformation portion, a recess portion protruding downwardly from the elastic deformation portion for contacting with a ball grid array (BGA) package and a protrusion portion protruding upwardly from the recess portion for contacting with a land gird array (LGA) package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, WEI-HUNG HSU
  • Patent number: 8432318
    Abstract: A capacitive antenna structure comprises a substrate and a sheet-shaped capacitor. The substrate has a radiating metal layer and a grounding metal layer thereon. The radiating metal layer has a first groove to expose the front surface of the substrate, the first groove having a signal feeding hole therein and having a second groove on the edge. The grounding metal layer has a third groove on the edge to expose the substrate, the third groove being opposite to the second groove, the third groove having a first contact and a second contact on two sides respectively to electrically connect to the capacitor. The third groove may connect to a fourth groove to expose the substrate, the fourth groove having a signal transmission line therein, and the signal transmission line having the signal feeding hole to connect a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Cirocomm Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsai-Yi Yang, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 8269681
    Abstract: A sheet-like dipole antenna includes a substrate (1), an F-shape antenna (2), and a cable (3). The substrate (1) has a copper clad surface (11) and a slot (12). An insulating film (13) is provided on the copper clad surface (11) and the slot (12). A first soldering region (14), a second soldering region (15), and a third soldering region (16) are positioned adjacent to the slot (12). The cable (3) has a core (31) coated with an insulating layer (32). The insulating layer (32) is coated with a grounding layer (33). The grounding layer (33) is coated with an outer skin (34). One end of the cable (3) is electrically connected to a connector (35). The core (31) is connected to the second soldering region (15). The grounding layer (33) is soldered to the third soldering region (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Cirocomm Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsai-Yi Yang, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: D732481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Wei-Hung Hsu