Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Wei Te Chung
  • Patent number: 8187031
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a mating face, a mounting face, a pair of side walls, a elongated central slot recessed downwardly from the mating face, a first end wall and a second end wall, the central slot being positioned between the side walls, the first end wall and the second end wall, the side walls include a plurality of passageways communicating with the central slot; a plurality of contacts being retained in the passageways respectively and protruding into the central slot; a metal board lock extending downwardly through the first end wall and being attached to the first end wall; a retainer attached to the first end wall to mating with a corresponding card; the board lock is sandwiched between the retainer and the first end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Xiao-Zhi Fu, Ting-Shun Liu
  • Patent number: 8188369
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a housing, a flexible substrate, at least one matching stratum attached on the flexible substrate for regulating the impedance of flexible substrate and a shell. The housing includes a receiving space. The flexible substrate is received in the receiving space of the housing and includes a plurality of golden fingers exposed out the housing. The shell covers the flexible substrate without the golden fingers, the matching stratum and the housing and includes a connecting element electrically connected to the matching stratum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Chang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8182284
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing including a mating portion defining a mating direction and located on the front portion thereof and a supporting portion rearward extending from the mating portion, a plurality of contacts receiving in the housing, a cover assembled on the housing, a plurality of cables electrically connected to the contacts. The housing further includes a pair of wing portions extending from an rear wall of the mating portion and defining substantially a Z-like configuration in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Kuo
  • Patent number: 8177581
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a pair of board locks retained in the housing. The insulative housing defines a mating surface, a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, a plurality of passageways penetrating through the mating surface and a pair of slots penetrating through the mounting face and a first side face of the insulative housing. The terminals are received in the passageways. The board locks are secured in the corresponding slots of the insulative housing. Each board lock includes a retention portion and a lock tail extending from the retention portion beyond the mounting face. The insulative housing further defines a pair of block portions unitarily protruding from the first side face adjacent to the corresponding slots, and each board lock includes a retaining portion abutting against the corresponding block portion on a face opposite to the mounting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei-Xiong Zeng
  • Patent number: 8172623
    Abstract: A compression connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals assembled to the housing. The insulative housing having a first mating surface and a second mating surface opposite to the first mating surface. Each terminal cavity disposed between and running through the first and second mating faces. Each terminal has a deforming portion received in the cavity, an upper contact and a lower contact extending from opposite ends of the deforming portion. The upper contact extending beyond the first mating surface and the lower contact extending beyond the second mating surface. The deforming portions are movably limited in the terminal cavities and will cause compressive deformation when either the upper contact or the lower contact is bearing an external pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8172620
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: an insulative housing (2) having a plurality of passageways (24) arranged into a first row and a second row; a plurality of terminals (3) received into the corresponding passageways of the insulative housing and divided into a first terminal group (31) and a second terminal group (32), and each terminal having a terminating section (303) at a rear end thereof, the terminating sections of the plurality of terminals located on a common plane; a spacer (4) assembled to a rear end of the insulative housing and having a row of grooves (421) formed on an upper surface thereof, the terminating sections of the terminals passing through the spacer and received into the corresponding grooves of the spacer; and a metallic shell (5) assembled to an outer surface of the insulative housing and the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Sheng Su, Feng-Jun Qi, Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 8172621
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and contacts made from metallic wire. The insulating housing includes a front portion with a mating cavity and a rear portion. Each contact includes a contacting portion, a leg portion and a connecting portion connecting with the contacting portion and the leg portion. Each leg portion includes a linking portion, a first soldering portion and a second soldering portion. The linking portion connects with the connecting portion and the first soldering portion, and the second soldering portion connects with the first soldering portion. Two soldering portions are on a same plane and parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: De-Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 8162680
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals secured in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a front face and a rear face opposite to the front face. The housing further includes at least one tongue portion extending forwardly from the front face. At least one receiving space is recessed in the rear face and corresponding to the at least one tongue portion. Each terminal includes a retention portion secured in the insulative housing, a contact portion extending forwardly from one end of the retention portion and a tail portion extending from the other end of the retention portion. The contact portion is located on the at least tongue portion. The tail portions bend toward the front face and are received in the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8164010
    Abstract: A cable assembly (100) comprises a cover (2) having a plurality of retaining slots (216, 226) arranged in a row along a transversal direction; a number of connectors (12, 13, 14, 15) mounted to the retaining slots, respectively; and a switch device (4) mounted to the cover, the switch including a base portion (41), a pushing portion (42) and an operating portion (43) assembled together in serial manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Zhou, Xian-Kui Shi, Chung-Yen Yang
  • Patent number: 8162679
    Abstract: An electric connector for mating with a complementary connector includes an insulation housing, at least an insulation displacement contact, and at least an insulated wire. The insulation housing includes two rows of contact holding portions which are respectively arranged on an upper and lower side of the insulation housing, and two rows of cable holding portions. The cable holding portions are arranged in correspondence with the contacting holding portions and each connected to its corresponding contacting holding portion for forming a passageway along a mating direction. The insulation displacement contact is holed in one of the contact holding portion. The insulated wire extends along the mating direction. And the wire includes a front portion inserted into one of the insulation displacement contact along a vertical direction and a sub-front portion received in one of the cable holding portions along the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Ko, Hong-Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 8162678
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second circuit board mounted with a second electrical connector which is intended to mate the first connector, the first electrical connector further includes a recessed cavity to receive a board edge of the second circuit board when the first electrical connector is mated with the second electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 8162695
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) and a terminal module (20) received in the insulative housing. The terminal module includes a daughter board (21), a choke group, a number of mating terminals (24) mounted on a first side of the daughter board, and a connecting module (22) mounted on a second side the daughter board and having a number of connecting terminals (221). The choke group has a number of transformer chokes (23) mounted to the second side of the daughter board, and a number of surface mount device chokes (25) adapted for being applied in automatic manufacture and mounted the second side of the daughter board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Zhang, Chao-Tung Huang, Yong-Chun Xu, Xiao-Hua Liu
  • Patent number: 8157596
    Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (1) defining a card receiving space; a set of first contacts (21) supported by the insulative housing and adapted for mating with XD card, and the first contacts having at least one grounding contact (211G); a set of second contacts (22) supported by the insulative housing and adapted for mating with SD card, the second contacts having at least one grounding contact (221G); a set of third contacts (23) supported by the insulative housing and adapted for mating with MS card, the third contacts having at least one grounding contact (231G); and at least two of the grounding contacts commonly grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Richard Scott Kline, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Hsueh-Lung Hsiao, Hung-Yang Yeh, Tod M. Harlan
  • Patent number: 8157577
    Abstract: An electrical card connector (100) includes a receiving space (10) for receiving an electrical card, and includes an insulative housing (1) and an ejecting mechanism (4) retained in the insulative housing (1). The ejecting mechanism (4) includes a movable slider (41), a coiled spring (42) urging the slider forwardly and a link rod (43) for controlling the slider to be positioned at a first position or a second position. The slider (41) includes a heart-shape groove (414) for guiding and limiting a movement of the slider (41) and a bulge (417) located at front of the heart-shape groove (414). The bulge (417) defines a second inclined plane (4171), the second inclined plane (4171) faces the heart-shape groove (414) for facilitating inclining movement of the link rod (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Yue Zhu, Li Li, Qi-Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 8157580
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: a housing (1) comprising a first shield part (15), a second shield part (16) assembled with each other; at least one printed circuit board (2) disposed in the housing; a strain relief (5) disposed in the housing and sandwiched by the first shield part and the second shield part; a metallic holder (8) surrounding the housing and binding the first shield part and the second shield part; and a pair of screws (9) respectively assembled to the housing along opposite directions and interlocking the first shield part, the second shield part, the strain relief and the metallic holder together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8157584
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing, a number of connectors retained in the insulative housing and a number of cables retained at a rear side of the insulative housing to electrically connect with the connectors. The insulative housing defines a plurality of first cavities and a second cavity arranged in a row along a transverse direction thereof, and a third cavity at an upper side of the second cavity. The second cavity defines a height which is larger than a width thereof. The connectors include a number of standard USB connectors retained in the first cavities, a lower Audio jack uprightly retained in the second cavity and an upper Audio jack horizontally retained in the third cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Zhou, Xian-Kui Shi, Chung-Yen Yang
  • Patent number: 8157579
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises: a housing (1) comprising a first shield part (15), a second shield part (16) assembled with each other; at least one printed circuit board (2) disposed in the housing; a strain relief (5) disposed in the housing and sandwiched by the first shield part and the second shield part; a metallic shell (8) engaged with the housing; a pair of first screws (91) assembled to the housing along two opposite directions and interlocked with first shield part, the second shield part and the strain relief; and a pair of second screws (92) assembled to the housing along a same direction and interlocked the first shield part, the second shield part, the strain relief and the metallic shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8152569
    Abstract: An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward the four standard USB contacts along a front-to-rear direction. The four conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol and the plurality of differential contacts are adapted for non-USB 2.0 protocol. The extension to USB is capable of mating with a complementary standard USB 2.0 connector and a non-USB 2.0 connector, alternatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Chen, Chong Yi, James M. Sabo, Joseph Ortega, Gary E. Biddle
  • Patent number: 8154470
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) with antenna function comprising: an electrical connector (20) comprising a metal shell (21); a metal patch (30) connecting to the metal shell (20) and comprising a radiating element (32) and a connecting element (31); the connecting element connecting to the metal shell that serve as a grounding element; the radiating element, the connecting element, and the metal shell forming an antenna that serves as a medium for transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jen-Jou Chang, Yao-Pang Lu
  • Patent number: 8154468
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a grounding element located on a first planar, a connecting element, a first radiating portion, and a second radiating portion. The connecting element is substantially of L-shape configuration and located on the first planar. The first radiating portion, with a free end, extends from connecting element. The second radiating portion, with a free end, extends from the connecting element and is separated from the first radiating element. The free end of the first radiating portion and the free end of the second radiating portion extend in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Ke, Po-Kang Ku, Chen-Ta Hung