Patents Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR C
  • Patent number: 10153594
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an elongated insulative housing; plural contacts secured to the housing; an upper shell attached to the housing, the upper shell having a latching piece (12) secured to a middle portion of the housing; and a lower shell attached to the housing and connected to the upper shell at both end portions thereof in a longitudinal direction, the lower shell having a protruding piece (22) secured to the middle portion of the housing, wherein the upper shell includes a connecting piece (13) secured to a middle portion of the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Yang-Tsun Hsu, Jun Chen, Xiao Fan
  • Patent number: 10153596
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and two grounding members. The insulative housing defines an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and two end walls connected to both ends of the upper and lower sidewalls to form a mating cavity. Each grounding member defines a body portion fixed to the outside of the insulative housing and a plurality of contacting arms. Each contacting arm defines a connecting portion extending forwardly from the body portion and a contacting portion bent inwardly from the connecting portion, and the upper and lower sidewalls of the insulative housing defines a plurality of channels and a plurality of ribs, the contacting portion of the grounding member protrudes into the mating cavity and the connecting portion abuts against the top surface of the rib to form a certain pre-pressure to the contacting arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Lin, Zhi-Jian Chen, Lai-Ang Hu
  • Patent number: 10148050
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly including: a first electrical connector comprising a frontal first mating member for inputting a first voltage, a first voltage point for outputting the first voltage, and a second voltage point for outputting a second voltage different from the first voltage; a second electrical connector comprising a frontal second mating member and a second printed circuit board, the second mating member comprising a power contact; and a cable connecting the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector electrically, the cable comprising a first wire and a second wire, the first wire connecting the first voltage point and the power contact electrically, the second wire connecting the second voltage point and the second printed circuit board electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guang-Yu Ma, Dou-Feng Wu, Xiao-Li Li, Chien-Hsun Huang
  • Patent number: 10148043
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector for mating with a complementary receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing enclosed within a metallic shell and forming a mating cavity and two rows of contacts disposed in the housing by opposite sides of the mating cavity in the vertical direction. The grounding contact includes a first contacting section for contacting the corresponding terminal of the complementary receptacle connector and a second contacting section in front of the first contacting section for contacting the grounding collar of the complementary receptacle connector wherein the second contacting section is optionally connected to the metallic shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10148029
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base. The mating tongue forms opposite mating surfaces extending forwardly and vertically converging toward each other. The terminal includes a front contacting section, a middle retaining section rearwardly extending from the front contacting section, and a rear soldering section extending rearwardly from the middle retaining section. The front contacting section has two contacting faces respectively exposed upon the opposite mating surfaces of the mating tongue. Each terminal is made via stamping sheet metal and extends in a plane with a through hole in the front contacting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao-Xian Tian, Jian-Kuang Zhu, Wen-Fang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10148022
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: a plug connector including plural conductive terminals; a cable including plural core wires, a braided layer coated the core wires, a cap coated the braided layer, and a metal member; a printed circuit board (PCB) including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the plug connector being mounted on the first surface of the PCB; wherein the first surface of the PCB has three grounding holes at one end of the PCB, the second surface has plural conductive pads, the metal member includes a ring clamping the braided layer and a grounding portion extending from the ring, the grounding portion includes three grounding fingers inserted into the three grounding holes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuai-Hui Huang, Ru-Yang Guo, Qing-Man Zhu, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 10141693
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing having an upper contact module and a lower contact module. A row of upper contacts are retained in the upper contact module and a row of lower contacts are retained in the lower contact module. The row of upper contacts and the row of lower contacts includes plural conductive contacts and a pair of grounding contacts located at opposite sides of the conductive contacts. Each conductive contact is covered by matching surfaces of the upper contact module and the lower contact module, and each grounding contact is exposed on the matching surfaces of the upper contact module and the lower contact module. A shielding plate contacts the pair of grounding contacts in an up-to-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Tao Yao, Cai-Yun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10134507
    Abstract: A cable (100) includes a plurality of wires (10) and a jacket (20) enclosing the wires. The wires includes a plurality of differential signal wires (11) for transmitting high speed signal, a detection signal wire (12), at least one auxiliary signal wire (13), and a plurality of lower speed signal wires (14). All of the differential signal wires, the detection signal wire and the at least one auxiliary signal wire are arranged at an outer peripheral of and enclosing the lower signal wires. Each two adjacent differential signal wire pairs are separated by one of the detection signal wire and the at least one auxiliary signal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
  • Patent number: 10135196
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a terminal module comprising an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion, an upper and a lower rows of conductive terminals, and a metallic shielding plate clamped between the two rows of conductive terminals; each row of conductive terminals including plural grounding terminals located on both sides of the tongue portion, and plural power terminals located on the inside of the grounding terminals; each conductive terminal having a contacting section, a tail section, and a retaining section; wherein an upper power terminal and a corresponding lower power terminal are an integral block structure and extending along a thickness direction of the tongue portion in the tongue portion, a thickness of the contacting section of each power terminal is at least twice the thickness of the contacting section of each grounding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Wen, Jun Zhao, Jin-Guo Qiu
  • Patent number: 10135163
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing defining a mating cavity upwardly communicating with an exterior through a top mating face thereof along an up-to-down direction, the mating cavity including a pair of side walls facing each other in a lengthwise direction perpendicular to the up-to-down direction; and a pair of flat power terminals retained in the two side walls of the mating cavity, respectively; wherein each flat power terminal includes a pair of elastic arms extending on two opposite sides thereof in the up-to-down direction, the pair of elastic arms of each flat power terminal are staggered in a transverse direction perpendicular to the up-to-down direction and the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xin-Tian Li, Bin Peng, Zhi-Jian Chen
  • Patent number: 10135204
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts mounted in the insulative housing and exposed to an upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, the upper row of contacts and the lower row of contacts being equal in number; and an auxiliary contact disposed among the upper row of contacts. The upper rows of contacts and the lower row of contacts and a metallic shielding sheet are integrally formed within an insulator via a one shot initial insert-molding process to form an initial module. Some of the contacts are equipped with ears viewable upon the corresponding surface of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jian-Li Zhang
  • Patent number: 10135178
    Abstract: An electrical device assembly includes a first connector assembly coupled with a second connector assembly via a sliding arrangement. The first connector assembly includes a first terminal module and a first coupling device. The first terminal module includes a first mating face and the first contacts exposed thereon. The first coupling device includes the sliding rail forming a sliding slot with an insertion opening including a sliding opening so as to expose the sliding slot to an exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dong Li, Zhi-Hui Zhu, Xiao Wang, Shu-Jian Wang, Yen-Chih Chang
  • Patent number: 10135197
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a front cavity for receiving a plug and a rear cavity, a terminal assembly assembled in the rear cavity, and a ground member. The terminal assembly includes an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module, and a shielding module sandwiched therebetween. The upper terminal module includes a pair of upper ground terminals. The lower terminal module includes a pair of lower ground terminals. The shielding module includes a metallic shielding plate. The ground member is associated with the shielding module to mechanically and electrically connect at least one of the upper ground terminals and the lower ground terminals with the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Hsien Chou, Jim Zhao, An-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 10135417
    Abstract: The network filtering circuit includes a cable side for connection with a network cable, a physical side for connection with a mother board, and a plurality of transmission channels connected between the cable side and the physical side. Each of the transmission channels includes a first transmission line and a second transmission line with a CMC linked therebetween. Two filtering (Y type) capacitors are further linked between the first transmission line and the second transmission line with a middle line connected between the two filtering capacitors and having an extension line wherein in such an extension line there are a resistor and an optional adjusting capacitor to a ground node at the end in series connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yong-Chun Xu
  • Patent number: 10135166
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base. The mating tongue forms opposite mating surfaces forwardly extending and vertically converging toward each other. The terminal includes a main body, a pair of beams extending forwardly from a front side of the main body for being respectively exposed upon the opposite mating surfaces, and a pair of soldering sections extending outwardly and laterally for mounting to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao-Xian Tian, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10136526
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a framework extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a number of receiving grooves, a number of modules detachably mounted to the receiving grooves of the framework, and a number of elastic members. Each receiving groove has a notch beside a side edge of the framework. Each elastic member includes a fixed portion attached to the module and a free-end portion mated with the notch of the framework. A gap communicating with the notch is defined between the module and the framework for accessing the free-end portion of the elastic member to elastically deform the free-end portion to separate from the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shun-Jung Chuang
  • Patent number: 10124405
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a metallic housing of an electronic device is provided. The method includes providing a die-casting mold including a male die and a female die; positioning an outer frame in a cavity of the female die, the outer frame including a plurality of latching portions protruding from an inner surface inwardly and a plurality of latching grooves, each latching portion including at least one receiving groove; assembling the male die to the female die; casting pressured molten metal-alloy into the cavity to form an inner structural member embedded in the outer frame, the inner structural member including a plurality of engaging portions respectively embedded in the plurality of receiving grooves, and a plurality of matching portions respectively embedded in the plurality of latching grooves; dissembling the male die from the female die; and removing the outer frame and the inner structural member from the female die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cai-Hua Wang, Yue-Jian Li, Chen-Shen Lin, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Chun-Jung Chang
  • Patent number: 10116071
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and a plurality of electrical contacts received in the insulative housing. Each electrical contact is formed by stamping a metal plate and includes a contacting portion exposed to the top surface, a mounting portion extending out of the bottom surface and an elastic portion disposed between the contacting portion and the mounting portion and in the insulative housing, wherein the elastic portion includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion disposed on two opposite sides of the contacting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xin-Tian Li, Wei Yin, Ji-Wang Jin, Bin Peng, Zhi-Jian Chen
  • Patent number: 10116076
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector with an insulative housing retaining a plurality of conductive contacts therein, and a clip positioned by one end of the housing and adapted to be mounted upon a loading cavity in the housing. The clip includes a mounting section for mounting to the PCB, and a holding section forming a holding cavity for holding the CPU wherein the holding section is rotatable relative to the mounting section and adapted to be downwardly pressed by the load plate which is pivotally mounted by the other end of the housing opposite to the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Fang-Jwu Liao
  • Patent number: 10116098
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a metallic frame having a main part, a board at a rear of the main part, and an upper shield behind the board; an upper and lower contact modules arranged at two opposite sides of the metallic frame main part, each contact module having a row of contacts, each contact having a contacting portion, an intermediate portion, and a tail; an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; a shielding shell accommodating the board of the metallic frame and enclosing the insulative housing, the contact tails of at least one of the upper and lower contact modules extending rearward beyond a rear end of the shielding shell; wherein the upper shield of the metallic frame shields the contact tails of the at least one contact module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao