Patents Assigned to Bellwether Electronic Corp.
  • Patent number: 11888252
    Abstract: A current transmission assembly and a current transmission system are provided. The current transmission system includes the current transmission assembly and a circuit board structure. The current transmission assembly includes a pluggable component, at least one conductor component, and at least one electrically connecting component. The pluggable component includes a housing, two sets of electrically conductive arms, and two connecting members. Each of the two sets of electrically conductive arms is disposed inside the housing. Each of the conductor components includes an electrical insulator and a wire main body. The electrical insulator encircles the wire main body, so that a first terminal and a second terminal are exposed from the wire main body, and the first terminal is connected to one of the two connecting members. Each of the electrically connecting components includes a connecting portion, to which the second terminal of the wire main body is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Bellwether Electronic (Kushan) Co., Ltd, BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Hsiang Chang, Xiang-Biao Tang, Yen-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11515672
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes a metal plate, a first-row terminal assembly, and a second-row terminal assembly. A hollow area of the metal plate has a first projection area on a projection plane that is parallel to the metal plate, and a contact area of the second power terminal set has a second projection area overlapping the first projection area on the projection plane. The first projection area has a first border line and a second border line. The second projection area has a third border line and a fourth border line. The first border line and the third border line have a first projection distance therebetween. The second border line and the fourth border line have a second projection distance therebetween. The first projection distance and the second projection distance are both 0.2 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventor: Yen-Jang Liao
  • Patent number: 11257608
    Abstract: A cable structure including at least one conductor, a cladding layer, a low dielectric constant (Dk) resin layer, and a shielding layer is provided. The cladding layer includes a low Dk adhesive layer and two insulation layers. The low Dk adhesive layer is coated around the at least one conductor. The two insulation layers respectively are adhered to two opposite surfaces of the low Dk adhesive layer. Each of the low Dk adhesive layers and the two insulation layers has a dielectric constant between 1.3 and 3. The low Dk resin layer is adhered to the cladding layer through a first adhesive layer. The shielding layer is adhered to the low Dk resin layer through a second adhesive layer. The at least one conductor is disposed in the low Dk adhesive layer and positioned between the two insulation layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Feng-Jen Tsai, Yen-Jang Liao
  • Patent number: 11177598
    Abstract: A full-shielding cable connector includes an insulated body, a metal frame, a shielding conductive body, and a pull rod. The insulated body has a plurality of terminal slots for receiving a plurality of terminals, respectively. The metal frame is fixed to the insulated body. The metal frame has pins that are electrically connected to a grounding circuit of a circuit board. The shielding conductive body is detachably assembled to the insulated body and arranged above the metal frame. The shielding conductive body has a cable receiving chamber for receiving a cable, and contacts a top and bottom surface of the cable. The pull rod is rotatable with respect to the shielding conductive body. The pull rod can be rotated to a front end of the insulated body to be fastened thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventor: Yung-Liang Chi
  • Patent number: 10879634
    Abstract: A plug connector having a protective member replacing a gold finger on a circuit board includes an insulation base, a cable terminal block, and a grip. The insulation base includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls. The cable terminal block includes at least one cable including multiple conductors. The circuit board includes a contact section and a solder section, and the width of the solder section is greater than the width of the contact section. Two stopping and grounding parts are respectively formed on both sides of the solder section adjacent to the contact section. The circuit board includes multiple conductive pads on a surface of the contact section and multiple solder pads on a surface of the solder section. The conductors of the cable are separately soldered to solder pads. The protective member is clipped to the contact section of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Yen-Jang Liao, Wei-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 10847911
    Abstract: An electrical connector for receiving an FFC/FPC includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, a pair of retaining pins, and a metal cover. The insulating housing includes a main body and a pair of shoulder parts. Each shoulder part has a guiding bump, and a pre-pressing board. An oblique-entry space is formed between the guiding bump and the pre-pressing board. The pair of retaining pins are respectively fixed in the pair of shoulder parts. A bottom end of the retaining pin is exposed from the bottom surface of the insulating housing. The metal cover is slidably disposed on the top surface of the insulating housing, and includes a top pressing plate and a pair of side sliding rails. A front end of the top pressing plate has a pressing rib. The metal cover is movably arranged between an initial position and a pressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventor: Ung-Liang Chi
  • Patent number: 10756468
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes an insulated housing, and a flexible flat cable assembly. The flexible flat cable assembly includes a first flat cable, a second flat cable, and a reinforced board. The reinforced board is sandwiched between the first flat cable the second flat cable. An inner shielding layer is disposed between conductors of the first flat cable and the reinforced board, and between conductors of the second flat cable and the reinforced board, respectively. A positioning plate protrudes outward from each of two sides of the reinforced board. The insulated housing has a displacement-preventing mechanism formed on an inner side thereof for blocking the positioning plate, so as to limit the displacement of the reinforced board along the inserting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Yen-Jang Liao, Jie-Yau Tan
  • Patent number: 10490320
    Abstract: A long straight high-frequency transmission cable includes a plurality of transmission wires, at least one ground wire, first and second insulating laminates, and first and second shielding layers. The transmission wires and the ground wire are parallel to each other. The first insulating laminate and the second insulating laminate are laminated with each other to cover the transmission wires and the ground wire. The first shielding layer and the second shielding layer are respectively laminated on the first insulating laminate and the second insulating laminate. The first insulating laminate has a plurality of first conductive plugs separately arranged along a length direction of the ground wire, and each two adjacent ones of the first conductive plugs have a spacing therebetween that is at least greater than 50 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP
    Inventor: Jie-Yau Tan
  • Patent number: 10141621
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high frequency transmission cable which includes at least one conductor, an insulating layer, a polyolefin resin layer, and a shielding layer. The at least one conductor is covered with the insulating layer. The polyolefin resin layer is coated on an external surface of the insulating layer by a low-k dielectric adhesive layer, and the shielding layer is coated on an external surface of the polyolefin resin layer by another low-k dielectric adhesive layer, wherein the low-k dielectric adhesive layers have a dielectric constant (Dk) less than 3 and a dissipation factor (Df) less than 0.01. Whereby, the high frequency transmission cable can provide high frequency data transmission quality, and can meet the requirement of miniaturization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP
    Inventors: Hsing-Yu Lee, Jen-Hsu Hu
  • Patent number: 10096920
    Abstract: A power connector includes an insulated housing and at least one electrical terminal assembly. The insulated housing has at least one terminal receiving hole. The at least one electrical terminal assembly is inserted in the at least one terminal receiving hole. Each electrical terminal assembly has an inner terminal, and an outer terminal. Each inner terminal has a connecting section, and an elastic section connected to the connecting section. Each outer terminal has a conductive portion, a leg portion arranged at one end of the conductive portion, and a curve portion arranged between the conductive portion and the leg portion. The leg portion is exposed outside of the insulated housing. The connecting section of the inner terminal is fixedly connected to the conductive portion of the outer terminal. The present disclosure further has an electrical terminal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP
    Inventor: Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 10027065
    Abstract: An electrical connector with an edge protective structure is provided, which includes a shielding housing and a tongue board module. The shielding housing has a receiving space for receiving the tongue board module therein. The tongue board module has an insulated retaining member, a protection board and a plurality of terminals. The insulated retaining member has a front edge and two side edges. The insulated retaining member has a slit, which passes through the front edge and extends toward the two side edges. The protection board is disposed in the slit. The terminals include at least two elongated terminals and at least two shortened terminals. The elongated terminals are used to transmit power or to ground. The protection board has a protrusive edge, which is protruded outside the front edge of the insulated retaining member and is exposed to an outside of the two side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP
    Inventor: Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9660369
    Abstract: An assembly of cable and connector includes a flat flexible cable, an input-output connector and a paddle card. The flat flexible cable has parallel conductor wires, an insulated layer wrapped around the conductor wires. The conductor wires have at least one first integrated power wire and signal wires. A width of the first integrated power wire is larger than two times the width of one signal wire. The input-output connector has terminals separated into an upper-side terminal and a lower-side terminal. A number of the terminals is larger than a number of the conductor wires. The paddle card has a base board, and transferring circuits distributed on the base board. The transferring circuits has first pads on one side of the base board which are correspondingly connected to the conductor wires, and second pads on the other side of the base board which are correspondingly connected to the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP
    Inventors: Hsing-Yu Lee, Han-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 9614329
    Abstract: A power plug including an insulation main body is provided. A first pillar and a second pillar arranged at the insulation main body. Only a first channel for inserting a first plug terminal is defined on the first pillar and multiple second channels for inserting second plug terminals are defined on the second pillar. A power receptacle including an insulation base is provided. A first slot and a second slot respectively corresponding to the first pillar and the second pillar are defined at the insulation base. Only a first receptacle terminal is inserted in the first slot. Multiple second receptacle terminals arranged at interval and parallel with each other are inserted in the second slot. The first receptacle terminal and the second receptacle terminals are arranged in a row. The power plug and the power receptacle are thereby limited to correctly couple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9431773
    Abstract: A probe-type connector includes an insulating body having a receiving space and a plugging slot which both communicate with each other, a probe set received in the receiving space and including a probe terminal, an insulating part, and an elastic part, and a connecting plate plugged into the insulating body corresponding to the plugging slot and having a connecting portion. The probe terminal has a connecting segment, and a flexible connecting arm extending from the connecting segment toward the plugging slot. The insulating part is connected between the connecting segment and the elastic part that enables the insulating part and the probe terminal to reciprocate in the receiving space. The flexible connecting arm is electrically connected to the connecting portion. Therefore, the probe terminal can transmit electrical signals directly to the connecting plate, which can be applied to the transmission of high-frequency signals or electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Chia-Hung Kuo, Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9350104
    Abstract: A connector structure with a retractable terminal includes an insulative main body having a receiving portion and a through hole. A terminal assembly includes a push pin and a connecting terminal, the connecting terminal having a connecting portion, the push pin having a contact portion and an attachment portion, the contact portion protruded out of the through hole, the attachment portion disposed inside the receiving portion; an elastic unit arranged inside the receiving portion and indirectly abutted the push pin protruded out of the through hole; an electrical insulating member covering an outer of the attachment portion of the push pin and disposed between the push pin and the elastic unit for insulation; the electrical insulating member slidably contacts the receiving portion, and a cut-out slot formed on the electrical insulating member, the connecting portion of the connecting terminal penetrating the cut-out slot to electrically contact the push pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9219321
    Abstract: An anti-deformation low profile card edge connector includes an insulation body having a transverse elongated shape and a plurality of terminals. The insulation body has a top portion and a bottom portion forming along a transverse direction of the insulation body. An insertion slot is indentedly formed between the top portion and the bottom portion. The bottom portion is connected to a terminal base protruding further out than the top portion. Each terminal is respectively arranged on the terminal base to insert into the insertion slot. The insulation body and the terminal base are connected in such a manner that a space is reserved between them, and thereby the even contact between each terminal and the circuit board is not affected by deformation during a process of welding the card edge connector and a circuit board together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP., BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC (KUNSHAN) CORP.
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9153904
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a female connector (10) and a male connector (20). The female connector (10) includes a female connector body (11) and a vertical wall (12) that define an accommodating space (17), a positioning block (13) disposed in the accommodating space (17), a latch edge (121) and a blocking wall (122) protruded from the vertical wall (12), and a latch space (18) defined by the latch edge (121) and female connector body (11). The male connector (20) having front, rear, and side end surfaces (211, 212, 213) is plugged into the accommodating space (17) and includes a male connector body (21), an extension plate (22), and a hook (23) latched to the latch edge (121), and the rear end surface (212) abuts the blocking wall (122), and the side end surface (213) has a positioning notch (217) for positioning the positioning block (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 8998651
    Abstract: An electric power plug includes an insulative body having a first bar and a second bar at a space. The first bar is longitudinally formed with only one first channel for receiving a first plug terminal. The second bar is longitudinally formed with a plurality of second channels for receiving a plurality of second plug terminals. An electric power receptacle includes an insulative seat having a first trough for connecting the first bar and a second trough for connecting the second bar. The first and second troughs are arranged at a space. The first trough is provided with only one first receptacle terminal. The second trough is provided with a plurality of second receptacle terminals which are parallel with each other and arranged at a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Bellwether Electronic Corp.
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Hsing-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 8403710
    Abstract: An electric connector includes a socket and a plug. The socket includes a first insulating block and a first terminal and the first insulating block has a positioning notch and a positioning hole. The plug includes a second insulating block and a second terminal, and the second insulating block has a plug end and a fool-proof block protruded from the plug end and extended towards the socket. The second insulating block includes a positioning hook arm formed on the other opposite side. When the second insulating block is plugged into the first insulating block, the fool-proof block is stopped at the positioning notch, and the positioning hook arm is latched into the positioning hole, such that the first terminals are electrically coupled to the second terminals, so as to assure a proper connection of the electric connectors and prevent damages caused by improper connection of the electric connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bellwether Electronic Corp.
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Chia-Hung Kuo
  • Patent number: D815048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP
    Inventor: Hsing-Yu Lee