Patents Assigned to Advanced Connectek, Inc.
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Patent number: 9627796Abstract: A waterproof electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, a metallic shell, and a sealing member (e.g., a waterproof glue block). The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extended from one side of the base portion. The metallic shell includes a tubular portion and an outer peripheral portion. The outer peripheral portion is formed by deep drawing techniques and extended from the rear of the tubular portion. The inner dimension of the outer peripheral portion is greater than the inner dimension of the tubular portion. A filling groove is forming between the inner wall of the outer peripheral portion and the outer surface of the base portion. The sealing member is formed at the filling groove to fill a gap between the inner wall of the outer peripheral portion and the outer surface of the base portion and fill the bottom of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Ya-Fen Kao, Rui Su, Long-Fei Chen
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Patent number: 9620904Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical receptacle connector and an electrical plug connector. The electrical receptacle connector includes a first insulation housing, upper-row plate terminals, and lower-row plate terminals. The first insulation housing includes a first base portion and a tongue portion extending from one side of the base portion. The upper-row plate terminals and the lower-row plate terminals are at an upper surface and a lower surface of the tongue portion, respectively. The electrical plug connector includes a second insulation housing, upper-row elastic terminals, and lower-row elastic terminals. The second insulation housing includes a second base portion, an upper member, a lower member, and a mating room between the upper member and the lower member for receiving the tongue portion. The upper-row elastic terminals and the lower-row elastic terminals are respectively above and below the mating room.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Yu Wang, Wen-Hsien Tsai
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Patent number: 9620882Abstract: A battery connector includes an insulated housing and conductive terminals. The insulated housing includes slots. The conductive terminals are disposed in the slots, respectively. Each conductive terminal includes an elastic connecting portion, a contacting portion, and a fixing portion. The elastic connecting portion includes elastic arms and connecting portions. Each elastic arm is obliquely extending leftwards and rightwards, separated from each other, and arranged sequentially. The connecting portions are formed at two sides of the elastic arms, where each elastic arm forms a rectangular structure by being enclosed from one end to the other end. The contacting portion extends beyond one side of the corresponding slot. The contacting portion includes a bent contacting portion extending from a front side of the elastic connecting portion and bent backwards. The fixing portion extends from a back side of the elastic connecting portion and extends beyond the other side of the corresponding slot.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Ping-Chung Chu, Xiao-Juan Qi
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Patent number: 9577360Abstract: An electrical connector has a base, a terminal set, a pair of holding pieces, an insulating body and a shell. The base has two holding piece slots respectively formed in two sides of the bottom of base. The pair of holding pieces is assembled into the holding piece slots respectively. Each holding piece is C-shaped and has a notch formed in a rear end of the holding piece and serving to hold a PCB board. A front end of each holding piece is assembled into the base. Given the pair of holding pieces with an assemblable structure, the size of the holding pieces can be tailored to the requirement of customers. The shell is formed by a two-stage of drawing process to enhance overall strength of the shell to facilitate the plating process afterwards.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Long-Fei Chen, Yang-Yang Zhou
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Patent number: 9543681Abstract: A terminal for an antenna connector has a soldering base, two wings, a resilient electric contacting arm, and two pre-pressing elements. The wings are formed on the soldering base, and each wing has an opening. The resilient electric contacting arm is formed on and protrudes from a rear end of the soldering base and has an extension section, a resilient section, and an electronic contacting section. The pre-pressing elements are located respectively in the openings of the wings, pre-press the resilient section of the resilient electric contacting arm toward the soldering base, and limit the resilient section to sway in an extent from an inner upper edge of each opening to the soldering base. The terminal with the pre-pressing elements performs an excellent electrical contacting effect to improve signal transmission of the antenna connector and a corresponding antenna module.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Xiao-Juan Qi
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Patent number: 9538652Abstract: An electrical plug connector assembly has an insulative housing, a first terminal set, a second terminal set and a circuit board. The first and second terminal sets are mounted in the insulative housing. The first terminal set has multiple first conductive terminals each including a first soldering section. The second terminal set has multiple second conductive terminals each including a second soldering section. The first and second soldering sections are soldered on an identical surface of the circuit board such that only one single soldering process is required to solder all of the first and second conductive terminals to the circuit board. The production rate of the electrical plug connector assembly is therefore improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Yang-Yang Zhou
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Publication number: 20160306125Abstract: A quick unlocking optical fiber plug connector has a casing, an optical fiber plug module, a pull lever and a cable assembly. The optical fiber plug module is mounted on a front end of the casing and has a module case and an optical fiber shaft assembly. The module case has a locking arm, a resilient linking tab and a connecting member formed on the module case and connected to one another. The pull lever has a drive member formed on a front end of a lever body. The drive member has a connecting slot and a through slot to accommodate the connecting member and part of the resilient linking tab. The drive member and the connecting member are securely connected to prevent the pull lever from being inadvertently disengaged from the resilient linking tab. The pull lever is straight and strap-like to facilitate pulling action for unlocking.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Jun WU, Yangyang CUI
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Publication number: 20160294108Abstract: A waterproof and interference proof receptacle connector has an upper insulative housing, a lower insulative housing, a first terminal set, a second terminal set, a shell, a watertight casing and an interference proof rear guard. The first and second terminal sets are mounted respectively on the upper and lower insulative housings. The shell is mounted on the upper and lower insulative housings. The watertight casing is mounted around the shell. The interference proof guard is mounted on the watertight casing. The watertight casing provides a waterproof function to allow the waterproof and interference proof receptacle connector to operate in humid or underwater environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Yu Lun TSAI, Pin-Yuan HOU, Chung-Fu LIAO, Ya-Fen KAO, Rui SU, Long-Fei CHEN
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Patent number: 9461413Abstract: An interference proof electrical receptacle connector has an insulative housing, a mounting bracket, a first terminal set, a second terminal set, a shell and a metal cover. The mounting bracket is mounted on the insulative housing. The first terminal set is mounted on the mounting bracket. The second terminal set is mounted on the insulative housing. The shell is mounted on the insulative housing and the mounting bracket and has a cavity. The metal cover is mounted securely on the shell and has a cover body and multiple soldering feet. The cover body is mounted securely on a top surface of the shell. The soldering feet are formed on and protrude downward from the cover body. The metal cover enhances the structural strength of the shell to improve the durability of repeated engagement and disengagement of the interference proof electrical receptacle connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Shu-Lin Duan, Fu-Yi Xu, Ching-Tien Chen, Wei Wan
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Patent number: 9450341Abstract: An electrical plug connector has an insulative housing, two terminal sets, a shielding-grounding plate and a shell. The terminal sets are mounted in the insulative housing and each terminal set has multiple conductive terminals. The shielding-grounding plate is mounted in a rear end of the insulative housing and has a shielding body mounted in the rear end of the insulative housing and located between the terminal sets and two resilient hooking arms formed on and protruding forward respectively from two opposite sides of the shielding body and extending in the insulative housing. The shielding-grounding plate is located above the conductive terminals of the two terminal sets and shields the terminal sets such that each terminal set would not interfere with the other terminal set with cross talk when implementing signal transmission.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek, Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Yang-Yang Zhou
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Patent number: 9450337Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes an insulating housing, two terminal sets, and a metallic component. The insulating housing includes a front portion and a rear portion, and a receiving cavity is formed inside the front portion. The two terminal sets separately include a plurality of terminals and are arranged in an upper-row terminal set and a lower-row terminal set. Each terminal includes a contact portion disposed in the receiving cavity, a retaining portion retained in the insulating housing, and a soldering portion disposed in the rear of the insulating housing. The metallic component includes a plate body and two latches. The plate body is disposed in the rear portion and clamped between the upper-row and lower-row terminal sets. The two latches are separately disposed at two sides of the plate body and symmetrical to each other. The plate body and the two latches are formed in one piece.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Wen-Hsien Tsai
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Patent number: 9444161Abstract: A multiple-in-one receptacle connector used for an audio equipment includes an insulating housing, receptacle connectors, and sealants. The insulating housing has a top surface having cavities disposed thereon and a bottom surface. Each cavity has a bottom having through holes disposed thereon and penetrating through the bottom surface. Each receptacle connector accommodated in the corresponding cavity includes terminals. Each terminal has a soldering section extending backward out of the corresponding receptacle connector. The soldering sections of each receptacle connector pass through the through holes disposed on the bottom of the corresponding cavity, respectively, to be out of the bottom surface. Each sealant disposed on the bottom surface seals gaps formed between the soldering sections of each receptacle connector and the through holes disposed on the bottom of the corresponding cavity. Sounds are prevented from leaking from gaps by the sealants sealing the gaps.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventor: Fan-Cheng Huang
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Patent number: 9444201Abstract: An electric connector includes an insulation body, a shielding shell, first and second conductive terminals, and an organizer. The insulation body has a base portion and a tongue portion extended horizontally forward from the base portion. The shielding shell encloses the insulation body. Each first or second conductive terminal has a retaining section fixedly located in the insulation body, a contact section extended forward from the retaining section and located on the tongue portion, and a soldering section bent upward from the retaining section and extended outside the base portion. The organizer located on the base portion has an elongate slot and apertures that penetrate the base portion. The elongate slot allows the soldering sections of the first conductive terminals to pass through and anchor therein. Each aperture allows the soldering section of each second conductive terminal to pass through and anchor therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Fu-Yi Xu, Pei-Hsuan Huang
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Patent number: 9431754Abstract: An electrical connector structure includes a housing and signal modules mounted therein. Each signal module includes an insulating body, conductive terminals and a ground shield. The insulating body has a first side having a guide projection, and a second side opposite to the first side and having a guide groove. When a first signal module has been mounted in the housing, a second signal module is guided and moved to mount into the housing by the guide groove of the second signal module receiving the guide projection of the first signal module, or by the guide projection of the second signal module sliding into the guide groove of the first signal module, whereby reducing relative movement between signal modules in the housing. The signal modules may be mounted one by one in the housing, or may be stacked side by side and then mounted in the housing as a whole.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Ching Lee, Ya-Ping Liang, Ruei-Si Hong, Chih-Chieh Chang
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Publication number: 20160181733Abstract: An interference proof electrical receptacle connector has an insulative housing, a mounting bracket, a first terminal set, a second terminal set, a shell and a metal cover. The mounting bracket is mounted on the insulative housing. The first terminal set is mounted on the mounting bracket. The second terminal set is mounted on the insulative housing. The shell is mounted on the insulative housing and the mounting bracket and has a cavity. The metal cover is mounted securely on the shell and has a cover body and multiple soldering feet. The cover body is mounted securely on a top surface of the shell. The soldering feet are formed on and protrude downward from the cover body. The metal cover enhances the structural strength of the shell to improve the durability of repeated engagement and disengagement of the interference proof electrical receptacle connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Shu-Lin DUAN, Fu-Yi XU, Ching-Tien CHEN, Wei WAN
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Publication number: 20160156114Abstract: An electrical plug connector assembly has an insulative housing, a first terminal set, a second terminal set and a circuit board. The first and second terminal sets are mounted in the insulative housing. The first terminal set has multiple first conductive terminals each including a first soldering section. The second terminal set has multiple second conductive terminals each including a second soldering section. The first and second soldering sections are soldered on an identical surface of the circuit board such that only one single soldering process is required to solder all of the first and second conductive terminals to the circuit board. The production rate of the electrical plug connector assembly is therefore improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen KAO, Yu-Lun TSAI, Pin-Yuan HOU, Chung-Fu LIAO, Yang-Yang ZHOU
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Patent number: 9337578Abstract: A quick ejecting card connector has an insulative housing, an auto ejecting assembly and a tray. The insulative housing has a cavity, a front opening and multiple terminals. The auto ejecting assembly is mounted on the insulative housing and has a locking lever, a resilient locking element and a resilient card ejecting element. The locking lever is mounted pivotally on the insulative housing and has a locking hook. The tray is mounted slidably in the cavity and has a locking hole selectively engaged with the locking hook of the locking lever to lock the completely inserted tray. When the locking hook of the lock lever is disengaged from the locking hole of the tray, the resilient card ejecting element ejects the tray and an electrical card thereon out of the front opening. The insertion and ejection of the tray and the electrical card are implemented without any assistant tools.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventor: Hsu-Fen Wang
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Patent number: 9318823Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector assembly comprising a first connector and a second connector. The first connector comprises a first insulating body and first terminals. The first insulating body comprises an inserting wall. The first terminal comprises a U-shaped segment fixed to the inserting wall and a first soldering foot. Two outer surfaces of the U-shaped segment respectively comprise a coupling part. The second connector comprises a second insulating body and second terminals. The second insulating body comprises a receiving trough, separating plates, and separating troughs. The receiving trough matches the inserting wall. The separating plate comprises a first chamfer and a second chamfer. The second terminal comprises a pair of elastic arms, a main arm, and a second soldering foot. The pair of elastic arms is fixed in the receiving trough and matches the U-shaped segment. The main arm is disposed in the separating trough.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Ching Lee, Ta-Teh Meng, Shuang-Lin Yuan, Mei Shi, Chiah-Siang Chang
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Patent number: 9312644Abstract: An electrical connector plug for electrical connection to an electrical connector socket. The electrical connector plug includes: an insulation body extending in a longitudinal direction and including a base portion a mounting portion fixed to the base portion; two rows of resilient conductive terminals mounted in the insulation body and arranged symmetrically in pivotal rotation with respect to the longitudinal direction, each comprising a horizontal segment fixed on the base portion and a bended protrusion contact segment extending from the horizontal segment; an electrical conductive plate mounted on the mounting portion including a front segment and an impedance drop segment, extending from the front segment toward the base portion; and a shielding case mounted on the base portion and electrically connected to the metal housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Wen-Hsien Tsai, Mao-Sheng Chen
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Patent number: D769197Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Fu-Yi Zu