Patents by Inventor Xue Wu Bu

Xue Wu Bu 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: 20180069334
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulative housing with a pair of opposite side walls extending along a longitudinal direction with a central slot therebetween in the transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A pair of towers are located at two opposite ends of the housing in the longitudinal direction. The housing is essentially obliquely mounted upon a printed circuit board. Each tower has a lower/first part and an upper/second part in the vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction. The width dimension in the transverse direction of the upper part is smaller than that of the lower part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: ZHUANG-XING LI, WEN-JUN TANG, XUE-WU BU
  • Patent number: 9806460
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing extending in a longitudinal direction and defining at least one tower portion extending upwardly from a longitudinal end thereof, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and an ejector received in the at least one tower portion for latching with or ejecting a memory card. The ejector has a base portion rotatably attached to the tower portion and a locking portion rotatably attached to the base portion, the at least one tower portion has a slot, the locking portion is rotatable inward to face towards the top surface of the insulative housing in order to reduce a height of the card edge connector, the base portion has a lower ejecting section, and the locking portion has an upper locking section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu, Hung-Chi Yu, Qin Xu
  • Publication number: 20170012389
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing extending in a longitudinal direction and defining at least one tower portion extending upwardly from a longitudinal end thereof, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and an ejector received in the at least one tower portion for latching with or ejecting a memory card. The ejector has a base portion rotatably attached to the tower portion and a locking portion rotatably attached to the base portion, the at least one tower portion has a slot, the locking portion is rotatable inward to face towards the top surface of the insulative housing in order to reduce a height of the card edge connector, the base portion has a lower ejecting section, and the locking portion has an upper locking section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: ZHUANG-XING LI, WEN-JUN TANG, XUE-WU BU, HUNG-CHI YU, QIN XU
  • Patent number: 9515416
    Abstract: A card edge connector for receiving a memory card includes an insulative housing with a central slot for receiving the memory card and a plurality of terminal contacts retained in a plurality of grooves defined by the insulative housing and a retainer positioned on the housing. The retainer defines a body portion mounted on the housing, a locking portion extending into the housing from the body portion and a elastic engaging portion extending downwardly into the central slot from inner side of the body portion for steadily locking the memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Xue-Hai Shen, Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu
  • Patent number: 9400533
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises an electrical connector and a bracket for retaining a fan. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the housing and a retaining device retained on one end of the housing. Said retaining device includes a locking portion, one end of the housing defines an outside face, the locking portion located at an interior of the outside face. It can reduce the installation space of fixing the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xue-Hai Shen, Er-Ying Guo, Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu
  • Patent number: 9325090
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and an ejector retained the insulative housing to lock an electronic card. The insulative housing includes a central slot for receiving the electronic card and two end portions located on opposite sides of the central slot respectively. The card edge connector also includes a metal member located on the end portion of the insulative for electrically connecting to the metal member. Thus, The card edge connector having a higher electrical function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xue-Hai Shen, Zhuang-Xing Li, Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu
  • Patent number: 9270063
    Abstract: A card edge connector for mating with a memory card includes a longitudinal insulative housing, a plurality of contact terminals received in the insulative housing, at least one pair of ejectors and two detect pins having spring and being moveable relatively each other. The ejectors are moveable between locking station and release station. One of the detect pins defines an engaging portion protruding into an inserting slot of the insulative housing for engaging with a bottom edge of the memory card and pushing the detect pins to connect disconnect with each other. Furthermore LED is combined with the detect pins for testing if the memory card is inserted into the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu
  • Patent number: 9261921
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1) with tower portions (12) extending upwards, a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing with contacting portions for contacting with the memory module and an ejector (4) pivoting between an opening station and a locking station. The tower portion defines a blocking portion (125) and a sliding recess (126) located on outside of the blocking portion for providing an enough sliding space for the ejector (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Xue-Wu Bu
  • Publication number: 20160043487
    Abstract: A card edge connector for receiving a memory card includes an insulative housing with a central slot for receiving the memory card and a plurality of terminal contacts retained in a plurality of grooves defined by the insulative housing and a retainer positioned on the housing. The retainer defines a body portion mounted on the housing, a locking portion extending into the housing from the body portion and a elastic engaging portion extending downwardly into the central slot from inner side of the body portion for steadily locking the memory card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: ZHUANG-XING LI, XUE-HAI SHEN, WEN-JUN TANG, XUE-WU BU
  • Publication number: 20160020540
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises an electrical connector and a bracket for retaining a fan. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the housing and a retaining device retained on one end of the housing. Said retaining device includes a locking portion, one end of the housing defines an outside face, the locking portion located at an interior of the outside face. It can reduce the installation space of fixing the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: XUE-HAI SHEN, ER-YING GUO, WEN-JUN TANG, XUE-WU BU
  • Patent number: 9240640
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a longitudinal housing with a pair of sidewalls and an inserting slot therebetween, a plurality of contacts and three metallic retainers, each of the retainers has a base portion retained in the insulative housing and a pair of board locks defining a central line L in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The retainer includes a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion disposed at both sides of the central lines L and different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xue-Hai Shen, Zhuang-Xing Li, Xue-Wu Bu
  • Patent number: 9240639
    Abstract: A card edge connector assembly includes a connector with a central slot and a daughter card having an inserted end for being inserted into the central slot. The connector includes an elongated housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the elongated housing, and at least one lock mechanism for locking the daughter card. The lock mechanism has a locking portion for locking the daughter card and an elastic projection projects from the locking portion for downwardly pressing the daughter card. It can prevent the daughter card from shaking shake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu, Yi-Lei Qin
  • Patent number: 9172164
    Abstract: A card edge connector which could be inserted by an electrical card with a pair of slopes in its bottom edge includes an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing. The insulating housing includes a top surface, an elongated passageway which recesses from the top surface, and a pair of ladder sections or protruding portions which protrude into the passageway for supporting the slopes. Therefore, it can enhance the stability when the electrical card is inserted into the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu, Xian-Wei Feng
  • Patent number: 9022809
    Abstract: A card edge connector (100) for mounted on a PCB (200) includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2, 6) arranged two arrays opposite to each other in the width direction. Each of the contacts has a retaining portion (24, 64), a contacting portion extending from the retaining portion and a soldering tail (66) extending outwards for being soldered to the PCB (200). The retaining portion (24, 64) of each array contact are coplanar to each other and disposed at a vertical plane in the longitudinal direction, while the soldering tails (26, 66) of each array contact are arranged at least three tail lines (L1, L2, L3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu, Chi-Tung Mo
  • Publication number: 20140377972
    Abstract: A card edge connector which could be inserted by an electrical card with a pair of slopes in its bottom edge includes an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing. The insulating housing includes a top surface, an elongated passageway which recesses from the top surface, and a pair of ladder sections or protruding portions which protrude into the passageway for supporting the slopes. Therefore, it can enhance the stability when the electrical card is inserted into the passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: WEN-JUN TANG, XUE-WU BU, XIAN-WEI FENG
  • Publication number: 20140364000
    Abstract: A card edge connector assembly includes a connector with a central slot and a daughter card having an inserted end for being inserted into the central slot. The connector includes an elongated housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the elongated housing, and at least one lock mechanism for locking the daughter card. The lock mechanism has a locking portion for locking the daughter card and an elastic projection projects from the locking portion for downwardly pressing the daughter card. It can prevent the daughter card from shaking shake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: WEN-JUN TANG, XUE-WU BU, YI-LEI QIN
  • Publication number: 20140363994
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1) with tower portions (12) extending upwards, a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing with contacting portions for contacting with the memory module and an ejector (4) pivoting between an opening station and a locking station. The tower portion defines a blocking portion (125) and a sliding recess (126) located on outside of the blocking portion for providing an enough sliding space for the ejector (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: ZHUANG-XING LI, XUE-WU BU
  • Patent number: 8900001
    Abstract: A card edge connector (100) includes an insulative housing, a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing and an ejector (3). The insulative housing has a central slot (12) and one tower portion (13) having a receiving slot (135). The contacts protrude into the central slot. The ejector has a main portion (31) received in the receiving slot, an ejecting portion (34) extending from a lower end (35) of the main portion, a locking portion (32) extending inwardly from an upper end of the main portion, and a lever portion (37) extending outwardly from the upper end of the main portion. The locking portion has a pair of vertical portions (324), and a transverse portion (323). The transverse portion connects the vertical portions and divides the vertical portions into upper and lower retaining parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Xue-Hai Shen, Xin-Wei Wang, Xue-Wu Bu
  • Patent number: 8858257
    Abstract: A card edge connector (100) includes an elongated insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) and an ejector (3) assembled in the insulative housing (1). The ejector (3) has a base (31) and two gripping portions (34) extending upwardly from the base (31). The gripping portions have an accommodating slot (340) therebetween for receiving a bottom edge of a memory module (200). The accommodating slot (340) has a first accommodating slot (3401) and a second accommodating slot (3402) for receiving a vertical bottom edge (211) and a transverse bottom edge (212) of the memory module (200), respectively. Thereby the memory module (200) could be stably inserted in the card edge connector (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Tung Mo, Xiao-Zhi Fu, Ze-Lin Yao, Xue-Wu Bu, Ming-Chang Tsai, Jui-Chi Su
  • Publication number: 20140287608
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a longitudinal housing with a pair of sidewalls and an inserting slot therebetween, a plurality of contacts and three metallic retainers, each of the retainers has a base portion retained in the insulative housing and a pair of board locks defining a central line L in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The retainer includes a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion disposed at both sides of the central lines L and different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XUE-HAI SHEN, ZHUANG-XING LI, XUE-WU BU