Patents Assigned to Advanced Connectek, Inc.
-
Patent number: 8992255Abstract: A connector receptacle includes an insulation body defining a plurality of terminal slots formed thereon, multiple terminals securely received in the plurality of terminal slots of the insulation body and a metal shell which covers the insulation body and includes an upper metal shell and a lower metal shell wherein the lower metal shell is connected to the upper metal shell via a connection portion which is formed on corresponding sides of the upper metal shell and of the lower metal shell.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventor: Ming-Young Chang
-
Patent number: 8961237Abstract: A connector assembly has a plug and socket; the plug includes an insulative body, at least one first power contact, at least one second power contact and a metal shield. The insulative body has a base portion and a tongue portion extending from the base portion. The tongue portion includes a plurality of power contact grooves and penetrates through the base portion, and at least one first convex portion defined in a periphery of the tongue portion. The first power contact and the second power contact are respectively formed on the power contact grooves of the insulative body for connection to a power source in a socket of host device. The metal shield encloses the tongue portion of the insulative body to cover the tongue portion. Consequently, the charging speed can be increased, reducing charging time.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Fu-Yi Xu, Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ju-Chu Hsieh, Hung-Ming Chen, Hisato Takase
-
Patent number: 8956179Abstract: A receptacle connector has an insulator, multiple contacts, a shell, an insulating bracket, and a detection contact. The shell covers the insulator and the contacts and has a cavity to receive the insulator and the contacts. A detection arm is formed on one of two sidewalls of the shell, which is resilient and able to be deformed by external force and recovered after removal of the external force. The insulating bracket is mounted outside of one of the sidewalls of the shell and has mounting slot defined in the insulating bracket. The detection contact is mounted in the mounting slot of the insulating bracket and is capable of contacting the detection arm. When a plug connector is inserted into the receptacle connector, the detection arm is bent to contact the detection contact for detecting the existence of the plug connector and activating signal transmission or power supply.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventor: Alan MacDougall
-
Publication number: 20150024636Abstract: An electrical connector to be connected with an Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF) interface is disclosed, including a base, a plurality of first terminals, and a plurality of second terminals. A plurality of first terminal slots parallel disposed on one side of the base for the first terminals to be plugged thereinto. A plurality of second terminal slots parallel disposed on the other side of the base for the second terminals to be plugged thereinto. The first terminal has a stair-like structure having a first plugging part, a first connecting part, a second connecting, a third connecting part, and a first bonding part. The present invention discloses an improved first terminal structure from having only one abutment piece to having a stair-like structure with a plurality of connecting parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.Inventors: Yu-Lun TSAI, Pin-Yuan HOU
-
Publication number: 20140370756Abstract: A chip card connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has a partition part and a plurality of openings formed on two sides of the partition part. The terminals are disposed in the openings. E ach of the terminals has a first end embedded in or movably attached to the partition part, a second end penetrating a side surface of the housing and exposed from the housing, and a protruding contact part disposed between the first and second end for making contact with a chip card. Therefore, the problem of the prior art is solved that a chip card is likely to hook the contact part pf a conventional chip card connector that has the contact part extending from a cantilever of a terminal when the chip card is plugged into or unplugged from the chip card connector and the terminal are easily deformed or damaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.Inventors: Pin-Yuan HOU, Jin-Fei LI
-
Patent number: 8896486Abstract: A multiband antenna comprises a feeder member, a radiation conductor, a short-circuit member, a grounding plane and a feeder cable. The feeder member has a first coupling side. Two end of the short-circuit member are respectively connected with the radiation conductor and the grounding plane. The short-circuit member has a second coupling side parallel to and conformable to the first coupling side with a gap existing therebetween. The feeder cable has a central wire and an outer wire respectively connected with the feeder member and the grounding plane. The feeder member transmits a high-frequency fed-in signal to the short-circuit member in a capacitive coupling way. The multiband antenna of the present invention has a simplified antenna structure, a miniaturized size and wide frequency bands.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Tsung-Wen Chiu, Fu-Ren Hsiao, Po-Yuan Liao
-
Publication number: 20140342607Abstract: A crosstalk-proof receptacle connector includes: multiple insulative boards arranged abreast; multiple sets of terminals mounted respectively in and corresponding to the insulative boards, and each set including signal terminals and grounding terminals; multiple shielding plates corresponding to the insulative boards and corresponding to the sets of the terminals, each shielding plate mounted on one of two opposite sides of a corresponding insulative board and having multiple current-path-interrupting holes defined through the shielding plate and kept hollow without being inserted by objects, and each shielding plate connected to the grounding terminals of a corresponding set of the terminals; and an outer casing covering the insulative boards to combine the insulative boards. The crosstalk-proof receptacle connector suppresses crosstalk and improves efficiency and stability of signal transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Yao-Te WANG, Kuo-Ching LEE, Ya-Ping LIANG, Jian-Li GUAN
-
Publication number: 20140322941Abstract: A quick lock connector assembly has a female connector and a male connector. The female connector has a first insulative housing, multiple first terminals, an outer casing and a locking lever. The locking lever is mounted pivotally on the outer casing and has two locking pins. The male connector is engaged detachably with the female connector and has a second insulative housing and multiple second terminals. The second insulative housing has two locking recesses selectively engaged respectively with the locking pins. The locking lever is able to quickly lock the male connector on the female connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Ching LEE, Conrad Yee Yang CHOY, Jian-Li GUAN, Ya-Ping LIANG, Ta-Teh MENG
-
Patent number: 8858265Abstract: A connector has a fixture with multiple slits defined therein, multiple terminals, a metal housing and a metal casing. One ends of the terminals are received in corresponding slits and the other ends of the terminals are exposed from the fixture. The metal housing encloses the exposed other ends of the terminals and connected to the metallic baffle. The metal casing encloses the fixture and a part of the metal housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ping-Chuan Chu, Shun-Hua Zhang, Zhong-Wu Zhu, Xiang-Wei Zhang
-
Publication number: 20140302708Abstract: A receptacle connector has an insulator, multiple contacts, a shell, an insulating bracket, and a detection contact. The shell covers the insulator and the contacts and has a cavity to receive the insulator and the contacts. A detection arm is formed on one of two sidewalls of the shell, which is resilient and able to be deformed by external force and recovered after removal of the external force. The insulating bracket is mounted outside of one of the sidewalls of the shell and has mounting slot defined in the insulating bracket. The detection contact is mounted in the mounting slot of the insulating bracket and is capable of contacting the detection arm. When a plug connector is inserted into the receptacle connector, the detection arm is bent to contact the detection contact for detecting the existence of the plug connector and activating signal transmission or power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventor: Alan MacDougall
-
Publication number: 20140295705Abstract: A crosstalk-proof receptacle connector has multiple insulative boards, multiple sets of terminals, multiple sets of shielding plates and an outer casing. The insulative boards are arranged abreast. The sets of the terminals are mounted respectively in the insulative boards. The terminals of each set are classified into signal terminals and grounding terminals. Each set of the shielding plates is mounted on one of two opposite sides of a corresponding insulative board. The shielding plates of each set are spaced apart without contacting one another. Each shielding plate has multiple folding sections capable of interrupting signal noise. The outer casing covers the insulative boards to combine the insulative boards. The sets of the shielding plates decrease signal interference of the receptacle connector and improve signal transmission efficiency and stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Ching LEE, Jian-Li GUAN, Ya-Ping LIANG, Yao-Te WANG
-
Publication number: 20140242850Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a terminal module assembly. The terminal module assembly includes pairs of first terminal assemblies and second terminal assemblies. Each first terminal assembly comprises a first terminal block with at least one first protrusion and at least one first recess, and a plurality of first terminals securely extending through the first terminal block. Each second terminal assembly comprises a second terminal block with at least one second protrusion and at least one second recess and a plurality of second terminals securely extending through the second terminal block. The first protrusion is engaged with the second recess, the second protrusion is engaged with the first recess, and bottom surfaces of the first and second protrusions are secured in notches on the top surface of a interior wall when the terminal module assembly is received in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: ADVANCED CONNECTEK INC.Inventors: Kou-Ching LEE, Jian-Li GUAN, Ya-Ping LIANG, Yao-Te WANG
-
Patent number: 8747149Abstract: An electrical connector plug includes a casing an output/input port mounted having multiple upper terminals and multiple lower terminals, a trough defined between the upper terminals and the lower terminals, a circuit board inserted in the trough of the casing and having, a metal plate electrically connected to the ground terminal and a metal housing to entirely enclose the casing and to electrically connect to the metal plate such that the metal plate is able to transmit electromagnetic interference out via the metal housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Hua Yan Wu, Wei Wan, Shu Lin Duan, Fu Yi Xu
-
Patent number: 8730107Abstract: A multi-frequency antenna comprises a first conductor, a second conductor, a grounding member, and a third conductor. The first and second conductors are respectively arranged on a first plane and a second plane. The grounding member is arranged on a third plane existing between the first and second planes. The third conductor is connected with the first conductor and arranged on the first plane also. The first and third conductors are respectively coupled to the radiated signals of the second conductor to form a first electrical path and a second electrical path. The first electrical path and the second electrical path have a phase difference of 180 degrees. The present invention features the additional third conductor. The third conductor and the first conductor are coupled to the radiated signals of the second conductor to generate opposite-phase signals. Thus are counterbalanced the interferences among the antenna systems of an identical frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Advanced Connectek, Inc.Inventors: Yen-Hao Yu, Shih-Chia Liu, Tsung-Wen Chiu, Fu-Ren Hsiao
-
Patent number: 8721353Abstract: An electrical connector socket includes a casing, a main body received in the casing, a first power contact terminal one distal end of which is mounted inside the power transmission body, a first power detect terminal, a second power detect terminal, a second power contact terminal, a ground terminal, upper terminals, lower terminals, an upper enclosure provided to enclose the bents of the upper terminals and a lower enclosure provided to enclose the bents of the lower terminals and to combine with the upper enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Fu Yi Xu, Wei Wan, Shu Lin Duan, Hua Yan Wu
-
Publication number: 20140120781Abstract: A micro-connector socket which is capable of being connected with a predefined connector plug includes an insulating main body, a plurality of terminals and a metal housing. The insulating main body includes a base portion, a positioning portion and a tongue plate. The positioning portion is formed by extending the base portion backwardly, and the tongue plate is formed by extending the base portion forwardly and has a terminal groove passing through the base portion and the positioning portion. The terminals are inserted into the terminal groove of the insulating main body. The metal housing encloses out of the insulating main body. The terminals are positioned by the positioning portion, so that the terminals are in their corresponding true positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.Inventors: FEI-WU DONG, WEI WAN, SHU-LIN DUAN, Ching-Tien CHEN
-
Patent number: 8708756Abstract: A connector includes terminal elements each having a base, multiple terminals securely received in the base with first ends and second ends, positioning blocks formed on one side face of the base and cutouts defined in a top portion of the base, a casing having receiving spaces defined in the casing for receiving the second ends of the terminals, positioning holes each defined to communicate with a corresponding one of the receiving spaces to position therein the second end of the terminals and ribs formed inside the casing to isolate each of the terminals from influence from the other terminals and an insert having receiving holes defined to receive therein the terminal elements and transverse columns corresponding to the cutouts of the terminal elements such that with the transverse columns received in the corresponding cutouts, connection between the insert and the terminal elements is secured.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Kou-Ching Lee, Jian-Li Guan, Ya-Ping Liang, Yao-Te Wang
-
Patent number: 8704722Abstract: A monofrequency antenna integrated with a coaxial feed cable comprises a first conductor, a second conductor and a feed cable. The feed cable includes a coating layer, an outer conductor, an insulating layer and a central conductor. The coating layer is formed on the outmost surface of the feed cable. The outer conductor is formed on the inner surface of the coating layer, extends in two opposite directions, and connects with the second conductor. The insulating layer is formed on the inner surface of the outer conductor and extends in two opposite directions. The first conductor is formed on the inner surface of the insulating layer and extends along one direction. The central conductor is formed on the inner surface of the insulating layer and extends along a direction opposite to the direction along which the first conductor extends. The present invention simplifies antenna structure and promotes transmission efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Advanced Connectek, Inc.Inventors: Chiu Tsung-Wen, Hsiao Fu-Ren
-
Patent number: D723475Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Ping-Chuan Chu, Xiao-Juan Qi
-
Patent number: D724543Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Ping-Chuan Chu, Xiao-Juan Qi