Patents Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR C
  • Patent number: 9761987
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an insulative housing defining a base which includes a first region and a first recess and a plurality of terminal grooves; and a terminal module which received in said first recess, including a plurality of terminals received in said terminal grooves respectively and a substrate insert-molded upon said terminals; wherein said first recess communicates with said first region and said terminal grooves are surrounded commonly by said first region and said first recess; wherein said electrical connector includes a main portion over-molded in said first region and said first recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chien-Jen Ting, Zhi-Feng Wang, Zu-Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9761995
    Abstract: A plug connector mateable with the receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing enclosed in a metallic shell, defining a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue, and equipped with a plurality of contacts on opposite sides in the vertical direction. A latch forms a pair of locking heads extending into two opposite lateral sides of the receiving cavity to lock with a shielding plate embedded within a mating tongue of the complementary receptacle connector during mating. The plug connector is equipped with a pair of locking screws symmetrically located by two sides of the metallic shell and aligned with the pair of locking heads in the transverse direction, and the receptacle connector is equipped with a pair of screw holes to receive the pair of locking screws in a locked manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Wei-Hao Su
  • Patent number: 9755371
    Abstract: The electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of upper/first contacts and lower/second contacts retained in the housing, a reinforcement piece located between the upper contacts and the lower contacts in the vertical direction, and a metallic shield enclosing the housing. The housing includes a first insulator carrying the first contacts with a first tongue thereof, and a second insulator carrying the second contacts with a second tongue thereof, and the reinforcement piece is located between the first insulator and the second insulator wherein the reinforcement piece includes a relatively thin conductive film or layer located between the first mating tongue and the second mating tongue in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Jing-Jie Guo
  • Patent number: 9755369
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100) comprises a cable (300) and a connector (100) connecting to said cable (300). The connector (100) includes a contact module (1) and a shell (2) installed at the outside of the contact module (1), the shell (2) including a base (21) extending in a transverse direction and a pair of side covers (22,23) assembled to two sides of the base (21) in the transverse direction. Each of the base (21) and side covers (22,23) includes an insulating layer (211,221,231) and a shield layer (212,222,232), the shield layers (212,222,232) of the base (21) and the side covers (22,23) form a shield space surrounding the contact module (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuai-Hui Huang, Ru-Yang Guo, Qing-Man Zhu, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 9755338
    Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a receiving cavity (10), a number of first contacts (21) and second contacts (22) retained in the insulative housing, and a metal sheet (20). The receiving cavity has a first space (101) and a second space (102) configured in a card-inserting direction. Each first contact has a first contacting portion (210) rising into the first space. Each second contact has a second contacting portion (220) rising into the second space and a soldering portion (222). One of the first contacts is connected with one of the second contacts via the metal sheet to share the soldering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Qiang Ning
  • Patent number: 9751144
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a PCB defining some second conductive pads disposed on a rear end portion of the PCB and some third conductive pads disposed behind the second conductive pads, a cable defining a number of coaxial wires and single wires, and a housing. Each coaxial wire has a first inner conductor, an inner insulative layer enclosing the first inner conductor, a metal braided layer soldered to the corresponding third conductive pads, and an outer insulative layer. Part of the coaxial wires and single wires adjacent to the coaxial wires are disposed on at least one surface of the PCB. Each single wire has a second conductor, a first insulative layer, and a second insulative layer. The first insulative layer is made of heat-resisting material to prevent the adjacent single wires from being damaged when soldering the metal braided layer of the coaxial wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
  • Patent number: 9755348
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a terminal module including an upper and lower module parts; a metallic plate positioned between the upper and lower module parts; an insulative base insert molding the upper and lower module parts with the metallic plate; a shielding shell enclosing the upper and lower module parts; and a fastener extending through the upper module part, the metallic plate, and the lower module part and beyond a bottom of the lower module part for mounting to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing-Jie Guo, Jun Zhao, Cai-Yun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9755368
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a connector body defining a front mating cavity with a first inner side and a second inner side opposite to the first inner side, and a rear cable supporting platform with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first inner side and a plurality of terminals. The terminals include two rows of contacting sections arranged along the first and second inner sides of the mating cavity and soldering legs extending to the platform to be welded to a cable. The soldering legs are arranged in one row and exposing to the first surface of the platform while the second surface of the platform has no soldering legs to be welded to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Wen He, Quan Wang, Feng Zeng
  • Patent number: 9755336
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a first terminal assembly and a second terminal assembly which are formed on a same metal material. The first and the second terminal assemblies respectively comprise a plurality of first and second conductive terminals. The plurality of first and second conductive terminals respectively connect with each other by a first contact carrier and a second contact carrier which are connected by a third contact carrier formed on the metal material. Bending the third contact carrier at 180 degrees such that the first and the second terminal assemblies are arranged in parallel and up-and-down to each other. Providing an insulating material injecting molding on the first and the second terminal assemblies to form an insulating housing. Cutting and dislodging the first, the second and the third contact carriers to forming the electrical connector. The electrical connector is simple in manufacture and low in production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Ming-Lun Szu, Chao-Chieh Chen, Wen He, Quan Wang, Yue Zhou
  • Patent number: 9755370
    Abstract: A plug connector mateable with the receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing enclosed in a metallic shell, defining a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue, and equipped with a plurality of contacts on opposite sides. A pair of mounting ears are located on two opposite lateral ends of the housing in a transverse direction. A securing/shield plates forms a pair of locking heads extending into two opposite lateral sides of the receiving cavity to lock with a shielding plate embedded within a mating tongue of the complementary receptacle connector during mating. A metallic EMI shield encloses the metallic shell and includes a front wall with there in a front opening through which the metallic shell with the housing forwardly extends and a pair of side walls with therein a pair of slots through which the mounting ears laterally extend outwardly away from each other in the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 9755380
    Abstract: A receptacle includes an insulating housing including a base and a mating tongue, upper contacts and lower contacts, a metallic shell and a shielding plate. The contacts include plate contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue. The shielding plate is disposed in the mating tongue and the base and isolated from the upper and lower contacts. The metallic shell is retained on the base and surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating port which is inserted with a plug connector in either of two insertion orientations. The front sides of the shielding plate is exposed to the front side of the mating tongue and the lateral sides of the shielding plates is exposed to the corresponding lateral sides of the mating tongue for protection under an improper angular mating of the plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Shuo-Hsiu Hsu, Chih-Kai Yang, An-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 9748706
    Abstract: An electrical connector connecting with a cable electrically includes a mating member, a printed circuit board connected with the mating member and the cable electrically, a light source positioned on the printed circuit board, a detector controlling the light source, a light transmissive member permitting transmission of a light emitted from the light source therethrough, a metal shell enclosing the light transmissive member and the printed circuit board, and a detective member connecting the detector and the metal shell electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wen-Feng Lv, Yi-Wen Cheng, Dou-Feng Wu, Xiao-Li Li, Chien-Hsun Huang
  • Patent number: 9748702
    Abstract: A method of making a receptacle connector includes: Step 1: providing an upper terminal module making via a first inserting molded process; Step 2: providing an lower terminal module making via another first inserting molded process; Step 3: stacking the upper and lower terminal modules together in a vertical direction so as to provide a main basis; Step 4: applied an insulative filler on the main basis via a second insert molding process, wherein the insulative filler fills and completes the front tongues of the upper and lower terminal module thereby forming a mating tongue for inserting a plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Hsueh-Lung Hsiao, Ming-Lun Szu, Chao-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 9748712
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of first contacts and second contacts, an insulator inset-molded with the first contacts, a metallic shielding plate retained in the insulative housing, and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing. The housing has a base portion defining a receiving cavity located at a back-end thereof and extending forwardly and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The tongue portion defines a first surface carrying the first contacts and a second surface located oppositely and a number of terminal-receiving slots located at the first surface and the second surface and communicated with receiving cavity. The second contacts are inserted into terminal-receiving slots located at the second surface. The insulator is received in the receiving cavity to insert the first contacts into the terminal-receiving slots located at the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing-Jie Guo, Cai-Yun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9748161
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base, a fin assembly mounted on a top surface of the base, and a heat absorber arranged at a bottom surface of the base. The bottom surface of the base defines a recess corresponding to the heat absorber. The heat absorber is embedded in the recess. A fixing plate is positioned at the bottom surface of the base to cover the recess and define a sealed/airtight cavity between the fixing plate and the base. A top end of the heat absorber is received in the sealed/airtight cavity. A top end of the heat absorber extends through the fixing plate to expose out of the sealed/airtight cavity. A flexible sheet is totally received in the sealed/airtight cavity to buffer a stress generated by assembling the heat dissipation device with external elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei-Hang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9742122
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module including an insulative housing, and upper contacts, lower contacts and a shielding plate embedded in the housing. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defines an upper surface, a lower surface and a front face thereof. The upper and lower contacts includes contacting sections exposing to the upper and lower surfaces of the mating tongue and soldering sections out of the base and connecting section jointing the contacting sections and the soldering sections, respectively. The shielding plate is disposed between the upper and lower contacts and includes a pair of side latches. The housing includes an insulative sub-housing and an insulative coat, the whole upper surface and the whole front face of the mating tongue and part of the lower surface of the mating tongue are formed with the coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chao-Chieh Chen, Chih-Pi Cheng
  • Patent number: 9742125
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of first contacts and second contacts carried by the housing, a metallic shielding plate received in the housing, and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing. The first contacts and the second contacts have a number of grounding contacts. Each grounding contact of the first contacts has a first end portion located at a front end thereof. Each grounding contact of the second contacts has a second end portion located at a front end thereof and corresponding to the first end portion. The metallic shielding plate respectively is contacted with the first end portion and the second end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Jing-Jie Guo
  • Patent number: 9742119
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes a bottom metallic shell having a lower wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall, and defining a receiving slot. The front wall has an inserting groove extending therethrough along a front-to-back direction and a mounting slit extending downwardly from a top edge of the front wall and communicating to the inserting groove. A top metallic shell assembled to the bottom metallic shell along a top-to-bottom direction has a plurality of side walls, an opening defined by the side walls, and a front wall extending downwardly from of the side walls and abutting against the front wall of the bottom metallic shell to seal the mounting slit. A printed circuit board (PCB) is located in the receiving slot and enclosed by the bottom and top shells. A connector connects with a top section of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao Fan, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 9742098
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts accommodated in the insulative housing, a metal shell attached to the housing and defining a receiving space and a waterproof portion formed behind the receiving space. The insulative housing includes a groove, a tongue portion located in front of the groove, and a holding potion located behind the groove. The holding portion has a dispensing port communicating with the groove and an exterior. Each contact has a contacting section exposed on the tongue portion, a connecting section exposed from the groove, a holding section accommodated in the holding portion of the insulative housing, and a soldering section extending from the holding portion. The waterproof portion is received in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Jing-Jie Guo
  • Patent number: D796514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yin-Chao Xu