Patents Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8142201
    Abstract: A pick-up cap includes a main portion having a planar top surface with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Four latches are positioned at the two ends of the main portion and extend from the main portion, respectively. Each latch has a hook extending downwardly. And a supporting portion extending downwardly and being adjacent to the hook. The supporting portion is lower than the hook in a vertical direction to engage with an insulative housing to protect the hook during the pick-up cap is disassembled from the insulative housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 8133071
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes an electrical connector, a flat cable, a flexible printed circuit electrically connecting the flat cable to the electrical connector, and a spacer fastened on the electrical connector for supporting the flexible printed circuit. The electrical connector includes an insulation housing and a plurality of terminals receiving in the housing and each of which has an tail exposed out of the housing. The flexible printed circuit includes a vertical connecting portion connected to the terminals of the electrical connector and a horizontal connecting portion separated from the vertical connecting portion and connected to one end of the flat cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Huang, Hao Tang, Zhi-Guo Wang
  • Patent number: 8133079
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion, and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the base portion defining a cavity recessed from an upper surface thereof and communicating with a mating port, a bottom wall below the cavity and having a plurality of receiving slots, and a plurality of retaining slots which each is communicated with each two adjacent receiving slots. A plurality of first contacts each has a contact portion, a retaining portion extending rearwardly from the contact portion, and a pair of projections protruding outwardly from two lateral sides of the retaining portion along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction. The retaining portions are received in the corresponding receiving slots downwardly. The projections are positioned in the corresponding retaining slots to prevent the first contacts from moving along the front-to-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jia-Yong He
  • Patent number: 8133072
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cover, a first connector, a cable, and a second connector. The first connector includes a housing, a plurality of terminals received in the housing, and a metal shell. The cable includes a first end electrically connected to the first connector and a second end. The second connector is electrically connected to the second end of the cable. The first connector is attached on the cover and includes a mating surface parallel to the cover. The first end of the cable is arranged on one side of the first connector and the second connector includes a mating surface perpendicular to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Huang, Zhi-Guo Wang, Zhi-Feng Lin, Yang-Chu Guo, Chun-Guang Wan
  • Patent number: 8133078
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a set of first terminals for eSATA and a set of second terminals for USB. The housing defines a mating cavity with a front opening and a mating tongue in the mating cavity, the mating tongue defines a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. Each of the first terminals includes a first contacting section disposed on the first mating face, a second contacting section bending from the first contacting section to be in the second mating face and a leg portion. Each of the second contacts includes a contacting section disposed on the second mating face and a leg portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Nan Lin, Hung-Chi Yu, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Jui-Kuang Chung
  • Patent number: 8133062
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises an insulative housing, a center pin having a first end protruding out of the insulative housing and a second end disposed in the insulative housing, a metallic sleeve enclosing the center pin for forming a receiving room therein and a protection member. The center pin is configured as a hollow structure and defines a center space therein with an opening at the second end thereof. The metallic sleeve comprises a solder portion disposed in the insulative housing. The protection member completely blocks the opening of the center pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuai Li, Yung-Chang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8133067
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a flexible printed circuit board comprises an insulator, a plurality of terminals and an actuator mounting onto the insulator. The insulator comprises a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall and a pair of side wall joining with the top wall and the bottom wall thereby defining a cavity therebetween. The terminals arranged exposed into the cavity. The actuator can rotate between an opened position where the flexible printed circuit board can be inserted into the cavity and a closed position where the flexible printed circuit board can be abutted against the terminals. A post protrudes from the bottom wall. The actuator defines a locking beam for locking with the post and a through hole for receiving the post when the actuator is located at the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Ching Tsai, Xiao-Dong Wang
  • Patent number: 8130151
    Abstract: A monopole antenna includes a base board with a first side and a second side, a radiating element, a grounding element and a feeding line. The radiating element and the grounding element are located on the first side of the base board. The grounding element is two times longer than the radiating element. The feeding line includes an inner conductor connected to the radiating element and an outer conductor connected to the grounding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lung-Sheng Tai, Chun-Ming Chiu
  • Patent number: 8130150
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a grounding element, a first antenna connected to the grounding element, a second antenna connected to the grounding element and a coupling radiating arm extending from the grounding element. The grounding element extends along a lengthwise direction and includes first and second lengthwise sides. The first antenna includes a first connecting element extending from the grounding element and a first radiating element electrically connected to the first connecting element. The second antenna includes a second connecting element extending from the grounding element and a second radiating element electrically connected to the second connecting element. The first radiating element includes a first radiating portion extending from the first connecting element in both a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and a second radiating portion substantially being leptosomatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Yean Wang, Chen-Ta Hung, Yun-Lung Ke
  • Patent number: 8125404
    Abstract: A monopole antenna includes a base board having a first side and a second side, a grounding element attached on the first side of the base board, a coupling element attached on the first side of the base board and being spaced apart from the grounding element, and a radiating element connected to the coupling element and exposed out the base board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Jen Chen, Lung-Sheng Tai, Chun-Ming Chiu, Shu-Yean Wang
  • Patent number: 8123574
    Abstract: A contact adapted for electrically connecting with an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a base portion adapted for being retained to an insulating housing, a solder portion extending from a lower end of the base portion and a turned portion bent downwardly from one end of the base portion. The solder portion is adapted for soldering the contact to the printed circuit board. The contact further includes a resilient arm extending upwardly from a bottom end of the turned portion. The resilient arm has an inclined portion and a cantilever beam. The inclined portion is connecting with the turned portion. The cantilever extends upwardly from a top end of the inclined portion and toward the turned portion to lengthen the resilient arm of the contact. Housing cavities may be formed to cause pre-loading of the resilient arms as they are inserted into the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hao-Yun Ma
  • Patent number: 8123559
    Abstract: A stacked pluggable cage (100) in accordance with the present invention is adapted for receiving two transceivers (200). The stacked pluggable cage includes a shielding shroud (11) defining a receiving space (13), and a first and a second intermediate walls (12) inserted in the shielding shroud. The first and second intermediate walls are disposed adjacent to each other to divide the receiving space into a first and a second receiving subspaces (13a, 13b) for receiving the transceivers respectively. Each intermediate wall has a body portion (121), and a number of flexible fingers (124) extending rearwardly from the body portion and tilting toward corresponding receiving subspace for grounding corresponding transceiver to thereby improve EMI performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert W. Brown, Gary E. Biddle
  • Patent number: 8123555
    Abstract: A coaxial electrical connector includes a metallic shell having a tubular section with an axial direction and a soldering leg, a central contacts having a contacting section extending in the axial direction within the tubular section and a dielectric seat molded so as to hold together said metallic shell and the central contact as a unit. The metallic shell defines a filled groove around an inner face thereof and perpendicular to the axial direction. The filled groove is to receive a projection of the dielectric seat during a cool process of a molded process to form the coaxial electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: De-Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 8123543
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a socket with a number of electrical contacts and a loading mechanism surrounding the socket. The loading mechanism includes a stiffener, a load plate, and a latch mounted to opposite ends of the stiffener, respectively. The load plate has a plate portion and a tongue extending downwardly from the plate portion at said opposite end. The load plate and the latch rotate on opposite ends of the stiffener from an open position to a closed position. The latch defines a pair of looped sections snapping a pair of protrusions on the tongue as to lock the load plate on the stiffener at the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Albert Harvey Terhune, IV
  • Patent number: 8123552
    Abstract: A portable storage device box includes a cover, a hard disk in the cover, a transfer module and a control circuit in the cover. The cover comprises an upper cover, a base portion and a cutout. The transfer module comprises a spool, a telescopic plug, a control button and a clockwork device towed by the cable. The control circuit connects the hard disk to the transfer module. The plug comprises an electric connector and a cable connecting the electric connector and winded on the spool. When the electric connector is drawn out the clockwork device would be towed by the cable and be fixed by pressing the control button once, and if the control button is pressed once again, the clockwork device would be released to restore with drawing the plug back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Chung Hsu, Min-Lun Ma
  • Patent number: 8123569
    Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) and a cover (3). the insulative housing has a bottom surface (12), a cavity (14) having a front end exposed to exterior for insertion of an electrical plug, and a plurality of receiving slots (15) recessed upwardly from the bottom surface and communicating with the cavity. The contacts are inserted into the receiving slots from the bottom surface of the insulative housing. the contacts have contacting portions (28, 29) protruding into the cavity for contacting with the electrical plug and soldering tail portions (27) extending outwardly beyond the bottom surface. The cover (3) envelopes the contacts into the receiving slots (15) with the tail portions (27) extending outwardly therefrom to make the audio jack connector communicate with the exterior via only the front end of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Howard Wallace Andrews, Michael McKee
  • Patent number: 8123533
    Abstract: An electrical connector has an insulative housing defining a mating portion defining a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface. A plurality of contacts is secured in the housing and define soldering tails. The contacts include a group of first contacts. A spacer is assembled to position the soldering tails and comprises first mounting holes to be inserted with the soldering tails of the first contacts. The first mounting holes of the spacer are lined in at least two rows and each row has a same number of the first mounting holes to a total number of the first contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Luo, Bo Yan, Wei Yuan
  • Patent number: 8123530
    Abstract: An electrical socket comprises an insulative housing having an upper surface extending along a first direction, a number of contacts received in the insulative housing, and a plurality of solder mass received in the housing and located aside a base portion of a contact, respectively. The contact comprises a base portion for retaining the contact received in the housing, a contacting portion extending from the base portion. The solder mass, the base portion and the contacting portion are disposed in a manner of one by one along the first direction. The electrical contact has a lower profile. The electrical socket is benefited with low profile suitable for compact and thin applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Yue Chen, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 8123562
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) assembled in the insulative housing, a cable (4) welded with the contacts. The insulative housing includes a base portion (11), a tongue portion (12) integral with the base portion for defining a mating direction. The contacts has a number of contacting portions (212, 222) received in the tongue portion and partly extending beyond the tongue portion and a number of soldering portions (211, 221) extending rearward out of the base portion. The soldering portions include at least one pair of upper-and-lower soldering portions (26, 28, 27, 29). Each upper soldering portion opposingly faces a corresponding lower soldering portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the mating direction. The cable is connected with respective soldering portions of the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhou, Yong-Hui Hu
  • Patent number: D654876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Jiang Wang, Zhong-Hua Yao, Qi-Sheng Zheng