Patents Assigned to Advanced Connectek, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12294168
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical plug connector and an electrical receptacle connector. The electrical plug connector includes plug fixation members. The electrical receptacle connector includes receptacle fixation members. Through the engagement between the plug fixation member and the receptacle fixation member, upon using the electrical connector assembly, the electrical plug connector can be ensured not to detach from the electrical receptacle connector. Moreover, with simple operations of the plug fixation member and the receptacle fixation member, the electrical plug connector can be detached from the electrical receptacle connector smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Meng Liu, Ping Shi, Man Ge
  • Patent number: 12261388
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided, including an insulating body, multiple terminals, and a metallic plate. The insulating body has a base portion and a tongue portion. The terminals are disposed at the insulating body and extending from the base portion to the tongue portion, respectively. Portions of the terminals exposed from the tongue portion are configured to be mated with terminals of another electrical connector. The metallic plate is disposed in the insulating body. The terminals are divided into two groups by the metallic plate. The metallic plate has at least one strip connecting portion, and the strip connecting portion exposes at the base portion of the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Fen Wang, Yu-Chai Yeh, Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 12244085
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector assembly includes: a plug connector having: a second body having a second slot and a second sidewall; and third metal members; and a socket connector having: a first body having an island, a first slot, and a first sidewall; and first and second metal members. The first metal members are disposed in the first body and extend from a bottom of the first sidewall to the island through the first slot. The second metal members are disposed in the first body, and straddles and covers a portion of the first sidewall. The third metal members are disposed in the second body, and straddle and cover a portion of the second sidewall. When the connectors are mated, the second sidewall is inserted into the first slot, the island is inserted into the second slot, and the third metal members are pressed against the first and second metal members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Ping Shi, Meng Liu, Jing Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 12230928
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing in the metallic shell, a plurality of terminals at the insulated housing, and a metallic plate. The terminals are arranged in two rows, and the metallic plate is at the insulated housing and between the terminals in the two rows. The metallic plate includes a through hole at a front portion of the tongue portion. The through hole has several through portions and a communication portion between the through portions. By allowing that the communication portion to be in communication with the through portions to form a through hole in an elongated shape, the molding efficiency for forming the tongue portion with the filling of the plastic materials can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Shu-Fen Wang, Yu-Chai Yeh, Guan-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 12224532
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, a plurality of terminals, and a metallic plate. The terminals and the metallic plate are at the insulated housing. The terminals are held at the insulated housing and arranged into two rows. The metallic plate is at a tongue portion of the insulated housing and between the terminals which are arranged into two rows. The metallic plate has a main body and a plurality of extension portions. Each of the extension portions extends outwardly from the main body and corresponds to a protrusion of a corresponding one of the terminals. A distance between each of the protrusions and a corresponding one of the extension portions is less than a distance between each of the contact portions and the corresponding one of the extension portions. A retaining spacing is between the protrusions of the terminals and the extension portions of the metallic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Shu-Fen Wang, Yu-Chai Yeh, Yu-Bin Li, Tao Wu
  • Patent number: 12179616
    Abstract: A vehicle electrical connector includes an outer shell, an inner shell, and a conductive assembly. The outer shell includes a groove and assembling channels. The assembling channel extends from an opening on an outer side of the groove toward an inner tubular wall surface of the groove. The inner shell is in the outer shell and includes a base and a casing. The casing extends outward from one side of the base. The inner shell includes buckle blocks outside the casing. The buckle block is guided in the assembling channel through a path of the assembling channel, so that the buckle block is positioned in the assembling channel. Hence, after the inner shell is axially inserted into the outer shell and then rotated into a predetermined position, the inner shell and the outer shell can be stably held with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsiang Huang, Yu-Feng Ke, Ming-Lung Chien
  • Patent number: 12051866
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical plug connector and an electrical receptacle connector corresponding to the electrical plug connector. The electrical plug connector includes a plug insulated housing as well as plug terminals and buckling portions on the plug insulated housing. The electrical receptacle connector includes a receptacle insulated housing as well as receptacle terminals and locking components on the receptacle insulated housing. The locking components at the two sides of the electrical receptacle connector are firmly buckled with the buckling portions at the two sides of the electrical plug connector. Therefore, during the use of the electrical connector assembly, the electrical plug connector can be prevented from detaching off the electrical receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Xu-Kun Li, Meng Liu, Bo-Wen Xu, Jia-Ying Wu, Man Ge
  • Patent number: 12027798
    Abstract: An angle connector, including an angle holder, a cable, and multiple contacts, is provided. The angle holder includes a first receiving portion, a second receiving portion, and a first bending portion connected therebetween. Each of the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion has multiple receiving grooves. The cable includes multiple core wires. Each of the contacts includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, and a second bending portion connected therebetween. The first connecting portions for electrically connecting to another electrical connector are embedded in the receiving grooves of the first receiving portion. The second connecting portions electrically connected to the core wires are embedded in the receiving grooves of the second receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsiang Huang, Yu Feng Ke
  • Patent number: 12009610
    Abstract: An electrical connector configured to be assembled to a circuit board is provided. The electrical connector includes an insulating body having a base and a tongue, a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body, a first metal shell covering the insulating body, and a second metal shell covering the insulating body and the first metal shell. The first metal shell has a plurality of soldering feet soldered to the circuit board, and the second metal shell has a plurality of second metal pin soldered to the circuit board. The first and the second metal pin are beside the base and away from the tongue. At least one of the first metal shell and the insulating body has a supporting portion abutting against a non-conducting portion of the circuit board. The supporting portion is close to the tongue and away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Fen Wang, Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 11973297
    Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulating body, a first metallic member, a second metallic member, a plurality of terminals, and a metallic shell is provided. The insulating body has a base portion, a thickened step portion, and a tongue portion. The thickened step portion is located at a root of the base portion. The first metallic member and the second metallic member are disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the insulating body. The metallic shell is disposed on an exterior of the insulating body to surround the first metallic member, the second metallic member, and the terminals, wherein the front flat contact portion of each of the terminals is exposed out of the tongue portion, and a portion of the first metallic member and a portion of the second metallic member are exposed out of the thickened step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Chingtien Chen, Wei Wan, Hua-Yan Wu
  • Patent number: 11929574
    Abstract: An electrical connector with HDMI 2.1 specification, including an insulating body, multiple terminals, and a metallic shell partially enclosing the insulating body and the terminals, is provided. The terminals include ten terminals located in an upper row and nine terminals located in a lower row. The ten terminals are sequentially a first terminal Data2+, a third terminal Data2?, a fifth terminal Data Shield, a seventh terminal Data0+, a ninth terminal Data0?, a eleventh terminal Data3 Shield, a thirteenth terminal CEC, a fifteenth terminal SCL, a seventeenth terminal DDC/CEC Ground, and a nineteenth terminal Hot Plug Detec1 along an arrangement direction. The nine terminals are sequentially a second terminal Data2 Shield, a fourth terminal Data1+, a sixth terminal Data1?, an eighth terminal Data0 Shield, a tenth terminal Data3+, a twelfth terminal Data3?, a fourteenth terminal Utility, a sixteenth terminal SDA, and an eighteenth terminal +5V Power along the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Chingtien Chen, Wei Wan, Xiaojuan Qi
  • Publication number: 20230411893
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mini type FAKRA connector, which includes a metal housing, a plastic housing, a pin, and multiple terminals. The plastic housing is assembled to the metal housing, and a portion structure of the metal housing and a portion structure of the plastic housing are overlapped to form a tunnel. The pin is inserted into the tunnel to fix the metal housing and the plastic housing together. The terminals penetrate the metal housing and the plastic housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Jiaqi Li, Qihui Zhu, Pin-Yuan Hou, Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 11791586
    Abstract: An electrical connector complied with HDMI 2.1 including an insulating body, multiple terminals, and a metallic shell enclosing portions of the insulating body and the terminals is provided. The ten terminals includes a first terminal Data2+, a third terminal Data2?, a fifth terminal Data Shield, a seventh terminal Data0+, a ninth terminal Data0?, an eleventh terminal Data3 Shield, a thirteenth terminal CEC, a fifteenth terminal SCL, a seventeenth terminal DDC/CEC Ground, and a nineteenth terminal Hot Plug Detec1 arranged in an arrangement direction in sequence. The nine terminals includes a second terminal Data2 Shield, a fourth terminal Data1+, a sixth terminal Data1?, an eighth terminal Data0 Shield, a tenth terminal Data3+, a twelfth terminal Data3?, a fourteenth terminal Utility, a sixteenth terminal SDA, and an eighteenth terminal +5V Power arranged in an arrangement direction in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Chingtien Chen, Wei Wan, Xiaojuan Qi
  • Publication number: 20230327366
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector including an insulator, a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulator, a first housing surrounding the insulator and the terminals, a waterproof sealant, and a second housing disposed on the first housing. The first housing has a connecting port and a flange. The connecting port is configured to connect to another electrical connector, and the flange is disposed along the connecting port. The waterproof sealant is disposed onto the first housing along the connecting port and abutting the flange. The waterproof sealant is kept at a distance from the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Yubin Li, Yao Mei Wang, Shu-Fen Wang
  • Publication number: 20230327370
    Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulating body, multiple terminals, a first housing, and a sealing ring is provided. The terminals are disposed in the insulating body. The first housing is assembled to the insulating body and surrounds the insulating body and the terminals. An exterior wall of the first housing is divided into a first area and a second area which are different from each other. A coating layer is disposed onto a surface of the second area. A surface of the first area is a raw material surface of the first housing. The sealing ring is disposed in the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Yubin Li, Guan Liao, Shu-Fen Wang
  • Publication number: 20230327367
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical connector configured to be mated with another electrical connector along a mating axis. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, a first shell, and a water-proof member. The insulating body includes a first part and a second part separated from each other along the mating axis to form a gap between the first part and the second part along the mating axis. The plurality of terminals are disposed through the insulating body. The first shell is sleeved on the insulating body. The first shell, the first part, and the second part form a closed space at the gap. The water-proof member is disposed at the insulating body and located in the closed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Yubin Li, Yao Mei Wang, Shu-Fen Wang
  • Patent number: 11742598
    Abstract: An electrical connector for soldering with a cable is provided. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and a metallic shell. The terminals are disposed in the insulating body and arranged in a lateral direction. Each of the terminals has a clip section, a connecting section, and a soldering section. The metallic shell is assembled to the insulating body to form an interface of the electrical connector for connecting to another electrical connector, the clip section is close to the interface, the soldering section is away from the interface, and the cable is soldered to the soldering section of at least one of the terminals in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu Hao Li, Chia Cheng He
  • Patent number: 11735877
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is enclosed by an outer shell. The outer shell includes a rear covering plate, side plates, and top plates. Two turned portions are at two sides of the rear covering plate. The side plates outwardly extend from the turned portions, respectively. Each of the top plates is bent from a top portion of the corresponding side plate and extends away from the corresponding side plate. The rear covering plate and the side plates are integrally formed as a one-piece member. Hence, the steps of manufacturing process for the connector can be reduced, the production of defective products can be reduced, and the structural strength of the connector can be improved. Moreover, numbers of holes or cracks between the rear covering plate and each of the side plates can be reduced, thereby reducing the EMI issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu-Hao Li, Chia-Cheng He
  • Patent number: 11715897
    Abstract: A power connector socket includes a main body and a lamella cage. The main body includes a socket, an opening at a side portion of the socket, and a chamber inside the socket. The lamella cage passes through the socket. The lamella cage includes a ring portion and contact lamellae. The contact lamellae outwardly extend from a side portion of the ring portion and are annularly arranged. The ring portion is in an inner side of the chamber. One of two ends of each of the contact lamellae includes a fixed end formed on the ring portion, a free end outwardly extends from the other end of each of the contact lamellae, and the free ends are positioned at a portion of the main body adjacent to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsiang Huang, Yu-Feng Ke
  • Patent number: D1073951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Yung Chang, Chun Huang