For Flat Cable Patents (Class 439/607.49)
  • Patent number: 11929578
    Abstract: An electrical connection device is provided and includes a cable-end connector and a board-end connector. The cable-end connector includes an insulative housing and a circuit board. The insulative housing includes a housing body and a mating plate, the housing body has a front end face, the mating plate has a front end portion. The board-end connector includes an insulative base, a plurality of terminals and a metal outer shell. A mating groove is formed between the metal outer shell and the insulative base and is used to allow the mating plate to mate therewith. One of the insulative base and the metal outer shell is provided with a protruding member and when the cable-end connector reversely inserts into the board-end connector, the protruding member stops the front end portion of the mating plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Ting-Chang Tseng, Wei-Che Sun
  • Patent number: 11533814
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a housing; a first electronic component inside the housing; a second electronic component arranged inside the housing and spaced apart from the first electronic component; a female connector electrically connected to the second electronic component, the female connector comprising multiple conductive pins; a male connector electrically connected to the first electronic component and configured to contact at least some of the multiple conductive pins of the female connector, the male connector comprising a base film, a conductive layer formed on one surface of the base film, and an adhesive layer formed on the back surface of the base film, thereby forming a lamination structure; and multiple reinforcement members provided on at least one of one surface of the base film and the back surface thereof so as to form a peripheral portion of the lamination structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeongho Kim, Taeuk Kang, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 10177467
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a backshell. The electrical connector includes a housing and electrical conductors held in the housing. The electrical conductors are terminated to a cable that extends from a cable end of the electrical connector. The backshell has an overmolded body and a latch assembly for removably coupling the cable connector assembly to one or more of a panel or a mating connector. The overmolded body is a unitary, one-piece body that surrounds the electrical connector around a full perimeter of the electrical connector. The latch assembly includes a latch frame and a latch member. The latch frame is embedded in the overmolded body. The latch member is held by the latch frame. The latch member includes a deflectable spring beam configured to engage the panel or the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher William Blackburn, Richard Elof Hamner
  • Patent number: 8851931
    Abstract: A plug connector compatible to type-A USB 3.0 standard includes an insulative housing having a supporting portion, and a number of contacts divided into a first contact group and a second contact group on the insulative housing. The first contact group includes a number of first contacts compatible to USB 2.0 standard. The second contact group includes a number of second contacts compatible to USB 3.0 standard together with the first contacts. Each first contact and each second contact includes a flat first soldering section and a flat second soldering section, respectively. The flat first soldering sections and the flat second soldering sections are supported by and exposed on a single side of the supporting portion. As a result, cables can be easily and simultaneously soldered to the first and the second soldering sections for improving assembling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang-Chen Pan, Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 8834197
    Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a metallic housing defining a receiving room and a number of protruding plates formed in the receiving room, and a printed circuit board received into the receiving room. The printed circuit board defines a front mating portion and a rear terminating portion defining a number of slits formed thereon for the protruding plates to pass through. And a cable comprises a plurality conductive wires electrically connected with the printed circuit board and spaced apart from each other by the protruding plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Chien-Chiung Wang, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
  • Patent number: 8794995
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly, comprising comprises: a plurality of contacts (2) defining a plurality of first contacts (27) which may be used as power contacts and a plurality of second contacts (28), an insulative housing (1) molding outside the contacts (2), a flat-shaped cable (3) connecting with the contacts (2), the cable (3) comprises a plurality of coaxial wires arranged along the level direction, each coaxial wire comprises a plurality of inner conductors (30), two inner conductors (30) are connected with a first contact (27), and one inner conductor (30) is connected with a second contact (28), a metallic shell (4) shielding outside the insulative housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8721361
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100), comprises: a plurality of first contacts (2), an insulative housing (1) molding outside the first contacts (2), a plurality of second contacts (3) received in the housing (1), a flat cable (4) connecting with the first contacts (2) and the second contacts (3), and the cable (4) comprising a plurality of inner conductors (40) arranged on upper and lower row, the upper row of the inner conductors (40) soldered to the second contacts (3) and the lower row of the inner conductors (40) soldered to the first contacts (2), a metallic shell (5) shielding outside the insulative housing (1). The two inner conductors (40) are soldered to a single power contact (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8403698
    Abstract: A cable assembly, comprising a housing, a plurality of conductive terminals received in the housing; a metal shell enclosing the housing; a cable electrically connected to the conductive terminals and a foil. The cable has a number of wires, a braided layer enclosing the wires and an outer insulative pin enclosing the braided layer, each wire has a conductor and an inner insulative pin enclosing the conductor, the braided layer is turned back and encloses a surface of the outer insulative pin. The foil encloses the braided layer which is turned back, and is sandwiched in the metal shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Sheng Su, Fan-Bo Meng, Qing Wang
  • Publication number: 20120142218
    Abstract: Disclosed is a structure of electromagnetic wave resistant connector for flexible flat cable. A flexible flat cable defines an insertion device mounting section to which an insertion device is mounted. The insertion device includes a metal member that is at least partly formed of a metal material. The flexible flat cable forms thereon conductive traces on which an insulation layer is provided. The insulation layer has a surface, which forms, in at least a portion thereof, a conductive shielding layer. The conductive shielding layer extends to the insertion device mounting section, so that when the insertion device is mounted to the insertion device mounting section, electrical connection is formed between the metal member of the insertion device and the conductive shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: GWUN-JIN LIN, KUO-FU SU, CHIH-HENG CHUO
  • Patent number: 8052461
    Abstract: A bayonet type electronic connector (1) comprises metal contacts arranged on the upper and lower surfaces of the connector (1). Metal contacts all are U-shaped bayonets (2). The U-shaped bayonet's terminal forms a right angle. The adjacent U-shaped bayonets (2) on each surface are staggered fore and aft in two rows. Enough functional space is arranged between the two rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventor: Fengliang Wang
  • Patent number: 8002572
    Abstract: In some PCB connector embodiments the internal pins of the probe or wire terminal end could be set at between about 0.4 mm to about 2.0 mm provided that the contact point between the male probe end and the mating female connector is about 1.0 mm. Such embodiments would adjust for alternate connector configurations for connectors while maintaining the required HDMI specifications for the contact point. In other embodiments intermediate distances could be used of about 0.4 mm to about 0.5 mm; about 0.5 mm to about 0.6 mm; about 0.6 mm to about 0.7 mm; about 0.7 mm to about 0.8 mm; about 0.8 mm to about 0.9 mm; about 0.9 mm to about 1.0 mm; about 1.0 to about 1.1 mm; about 1.1 to about 1.2 mm; about 1.2 mm to about 1.3 mm; about 1.3 mm to about 1.4 mm; about 1.4 mm to about 1.5 mm; about 1.5 mm to 1.6 mm; about 1.6 mm to 1.7 mm; about 1.7 mm to 1.8 mm; about 1.8 mm to 19 mm and about 1.9 mm to 2.0 mm once again provided that the probe pins are finally configured to meet the about 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Luxi Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Xiaozheng Lu, Senhua Hu
  • Patent number: 7952676
    Abstract: Provided is a connection structure capable of reducing the distortion of a signal. The connection structure includes a first interconnection layer including a plurality of signal lines configured to transmit an operating signal generated by a driver to a receiver; a second interconnection layer including at least one ground line configured to connect the driver and ground terminals of the receiver; and an insulating layer interposed between the first and second interconnection layers to electrically insulate the signal lines from the ground line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Bae Lee, Jung-Man Lim, Se-ll Kim
  • Patent number: 7934957
    Abstract: A connector is mountable on a circuit board and matable with a mating connector inserted from a front end of the connector toward a rear end of the connector. The connector has a plurality of contacts, a holder for holding the plurality of contacts so that the plurality of contacts is arranged in a lateral direction, and a shell for covering at least part of the holder. The shell has a lower plate facing the circuit board when the connector is mounted on the circuit board. The lower plate includes a front edge, an inner back edge located away from the front edge by a predetermined distance, inner side edges connecting the inner back edge to the front edge, and a ground portion projecting frontward from the inner back edge. The inner back edge and the inner side edges define a recessed area recessed rearward from the front edge by a predetermined distance. The ground portion is connectable to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takamitsu Nakajima, Takeshi Shindo, Koji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7892020
    Abstract: An electric flat cable wire connection structure for connecting to a mating connector has a plurality of individual electric wires, a plate-shaped intermediate member, a contact part, and a coupler. The plurality of individual electric wires are arranged in a row. The plate-shaped intermediate member has an electric wire connecting part to which the respective ends of the plurality of individual electric wires are connected. The contact part is received by the mating connector. The coupler grasps the intermediate member to which the plurality of individual electric wires are connected for guiding the intermediate member to a predetermined position of the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Isao Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20100216342
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative housing defining a mounting chamber, a bottom surface positioned at the bottom of mounting chamber and a number of longitudinal ribs formed on the bottom surface while extending upwardly beyond the bottom surface. Multiple contacts are fixed in the insulative housing and include a number of soldering tails under an arrangement that each adjacent two soldering tails are separated by one of the ribs. A space between adjacent edges of the adjacent two soldering tails is much bigger than a width of the corresponding rib which is located between the adjacent two soldering tails for preventing short circuit of the soldering tails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Pei-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 7736172
    Abstract: A cable assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises an insulative housing defining a supporting portion with an upper surface and a pair of fixing portions disposed at two sides of the supporting portion with a top surface higher than the upper surface, and a receiving space defined by the supporting portion and the pair of fixing portions; a flexible flat cable supported by the supporting portion of the insulative housing and received into the receiving space; an upper shell assembled to the insualtive housing and defining a main body portion covering to the flexible flat cable and a pair of positioning portions respectively attached to the pair fixing portions thereof, the upper shell having a recessed main body portion relative to the pair of fixing portions and received into the receiving space; and a pair of latch members respectively mounted on the pair of fixing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Inc. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Guo-Hua Yang, David Ko, Su-Feng Liu
  • Patent number: 7637779
    Abstract: A connector includes an elongated body having a plurality of contacts arranged in spaced relation along a length thereof and a shield member for shielding the body. The shield member includes a first shield portion for shielding first thicknesswise end of the body and a second shield portion for shielding a second thicknesswise end of the body. At least one of the first and second shield portions is partly or entirely embedded in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Nagata, Hayato Kondo