Patents Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
  • Electrical connector assembly with assembled main shell and sub-shell
    Patent number: 8011960
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises an insulative body (1) integrally including a forward part (12) and a backward part (11). A main shell (32) includes a front pocket (320) enclosing the forward part (12), and a back segment (322) covering an upper portion of the backward part (11) of the body (1). A sub-shell (31) is assembled with the main shell (32), and includes a lower piece (316) covering a lower portion of the backward part (11). Therefore, the main shell (32), the sub-shell (31) are assembled with each other to provide a good shielding enclosure for the insulative body (1), where the contact terminals (2) are held therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Xiao, Tsuneki Watanabe
  • Electrical card connector
    Patent number: 8011965
    Abstract: An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (3) assembled in the insulative housing, a pair of metal pads (5) assembled to the side walls of the insulative housing, and a metallic shell (2). The insulative housing has a base portion (10) and a pair of side walls (11) extending from the base portion. Each metal pad has a cavity (501) and an elastic tongue portion (53) extending into the cavity. The metallic shell forms a pair of pivots (220) extending through and movable in the cavity. The elastic tongue portion is resiliently engageable with the pivot in response to a movement of the pivot along an inner edge of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei-De Zhang
  • Electrical connector with contact modules
    Patent number: 8011969
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing including a base portion and mating tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base portion; two contact modules being retained with each other and each including an insulative block, and a row of contacts being insert molded in the insulative housing, and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing and the contact modules. A receiving space is formed between the shell and the tongue plate. The insulative blocks each defines a front portion inserted in the cavity of the insulative housing for the contact modules being retained with the insulative housing reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Jiang Wang, Jia-Yong He, Zhong-Hua Yao, Qi-Sheng Zheng
  • Press-fit mounted electrical connector
    Patent number: 8011957
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulating housing (240) and a number of plate wafers (200) vertically stacked behind the insulating housing (240). Each of the plate wafers (200) includes a frame (22) and a plurality of conductive contacts (23) secured by said frame (22). The conductive contacts (23) of each plate wafer (200) have press-fit portions (236) disposed along a first length. The frame (22) forms a rib (221) extending over the first length along said lower edge of the frame (22) so that a tooling (600) can press on a top face of the rib (221) when the electrical connector (100) is mounted onto the printed circuit board. The insulating housing (240) forms a plurality of engaging portions (244) extending a second length backwardly from the rear face (248) above said rib (221).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng Pan
  • Cable connector assembly with an improved ring member
    Patent number: 8011935
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100) comprises a mating member (3), a printed circuit board (2), a LED (24) attached to the printed circuit board, a cable (6), a light pipe (4) having a visible area (431), an insulative shell (1), and a ring member (5). The cable has a positive wire (61) and a negative wire (62) connected with the mating member (3), and a strain relief portion (64) molded on the wires and neighboring to said light pipe. A detective contact (631) is connecting with the cable. The insulative shell encloses the printed circuit board, the cable and the mating member. The visible area (431) is exposed out of the insulative shell. The ring member has a slick loop portion (51) located in said light pipe and a retaining portion (52) with a rugged exterior surface, and said strain relief portion is molded on the retaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David Ko
  • Multi-band antenna
    Patent number: 8013793
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna, being made from an integrated metal patch, includes a grounding element, a first antenna and a second antenna, both of which are works in wireless local area net, and a third antenna working in wireless wide area net. The first, second, and third antennas extends from the grounding element and substantially along a lengthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Ta Hung, Yun-Lung Ke, Po-Kang Ku
  • Cable assembly with grounding pieces
    Patent number: 8011961
    Abstract: A cable assembly comprises an insulative housing defining a first and second receiving room therein, and a mounting platform disposed at one side of the insulative housing. A first and second electrical connectors are respectively received into the first and second receiving rooms, the first electrical connector defines a metallic shell. At least one cable is electrically connected with the first and second electrical connectors. And a grounding piece is assembled to the mounting platform of the insulative housing and has a contacting arm received into the first receiving room and electrically contacted with the metallic shell of the first electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heng Liu, Xian-Kui Shi, Chung-Yen Yang
  • Electrical connector with latch
    Patent number: 8007305
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an elongated insulative housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the housing. The housing defines a mating face, a rear wall opposite to the mating face, two slots opening to the mating face and arranged side by side. A plurality of terminals are secured in the insulative housing. Each terminal defines a contact portion exposing to the corresponding slot. A latch integrally extends from the rear wall forwardly and is located between the two slots, the latch has two arms separated by a groove thereby providing resiliency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: De-Jin Chen
  • Cable connector assembly with an improved shell
    Patent number: 8007317
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing (1) having a number of contacts (2) received therein, a shielding member (3) enclosing the insulative housing, a printed circuit board (4) connected with tail portions of the contacts, a cable (5) connected with the printed circuit board, and a metallic shell (6) enclosing the printed circuit board. The metallic shell has a top shell (61) and a bottom shell (62) assembled to each other, and the metallic shell also defines a pair of blocking portions (625) bent from a front end thereof, the blocking portions are perpendicular to a mating direction and adjacent to a front surface of the shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Sheng Su, Jun Chen, Feng-Jun Qi
  • Contact strip having pre-break recess with gradient width and deep
    Patent number: 8007304
    Abstract: A contact strip comprises a plurality of contacts, and a connecting carrier having a plurality of connecting portions connecting with the contacts. The contact has a main body, a linking portion extending upwardly from the main body and a mounting portion downwardly bent from the main body. A pair of pre-break recesses are symmetrically defined on a front and a rear surfaces of the connecting portion, the recess laterally extends through the whole connecting portion and substantially has a gradual deeper depth. Operator can quickly and conveniently tear the recesses from the deep side of the recess to the shallow side of the recess to remove the connecting carrier from the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Pi Cheng
  • Electrical connector with improved fastening device
    Patent number: 8007324
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing located in the front of the electrical connector, a plurality of contacts received in the housing, a plurality of cables connected to the contacts, and a cover assembled on the housing. The housing further includes a base portion, a mating portion frontward extending from the base portion and defining a mating direction, and a fastening portion rearward extending from the base portion. The fastening portion includes a bottom surface defining an inclined plane, and an angle is formed between the horizontal plane and the inclined plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Bin Wang, Chin-Pao Kuo
  • Card edge connector with an improved retainer
    Patent number: 8007303
    Abstract: A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing, a number of contacts and a retainer retained to the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls, a central slot between the side walls and a first tower upwardly extending at one end thereof. The first tower defines a first U-shaped cavity downwardly extending from a top end thereof and a mounting slot upwardly extending from a lower end thereof and located at outside of the first cavity. The first cavity communicates with the central slot along a length direction of the housing to receive the electronic card. The retainer has a non-flexible fastening portion retained in the mounting slot and a flexible locking barb obliquely protruding into the first cavity from a top end of the fastening portion to lock with the electronic card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ze-Lin Yao, Zhuang-Xing Li, Ting-Shun Liu
  • Complex electrical connector
    Patent number: 8007320
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first connector interface and a second connector interface arranged side by side and spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction of the electrical connector. The first connector interface is of tongue portion with a plurality of contacts arranged on the tongue portion; the second connector interface is of frame shape. Two end walls are disposed at two opposite ends of the connector along the longitudinal direction and aligned with two connector interfaces and a connecting wall connects with the end walls at one side of the connector interfaces. The second connector interface has at least one mating cavity, which has no wall at one side so that the mating cavity directly faces to one guiding slot on the end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: George Huanyi Zhang, Bin Pan
  • Electrical connector having positioning posts defined on insulative base
    Patent number: 8007327
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative base and a complimentary connector assembled therewith along an up-to-down direction instead of a left-to-right direction. Thus, a small assembly space will be achieved compared to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sheng-Ho Yang, Tsu-Yang Wu, Chun-Chieh Yang, Hsin-Kai Huang
  • Electrical connector to decrease molding flashes
    Patent number: 8002588
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mating port with a mating tongue exposing therein and a base from which the mating tongue extends forwardly. A plurality of grooves is arranged in the mating tongue and extends along a front-to-back direction through the base. A plurality of contacts defines mating sections received in the grooves. Each of the grooves defines a wider portion adjacent to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zhu, Wei Yuan
  • Cable assembly with strain relief member
    Patent number: 8002575
    Abstract: A cable assembly (100) includes a housing having a main portion (11, 21) and a mounting portion (12, 22) extending backwardly from the main portion, the mounting portion defining a positioning cavity (1202, 2202) in an inner side thereof; a cable (4) having a number of wires (41) and a jacket (40), the wires enclosed by the jacket; a strain relief member (7) having an inner ring (71, 72) and an outer ring connected with each other to form a one-piece structure; and the strain relief member mounted to a front segment of the cable, the wires of the cable forwardly extending through the inner ring, the jacket of the cable sandwiched between the outer ring and the inner ring, the outer ring accommodated in the positioning cavity of the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao-Li Li, Ping-Sheng Su
  • Card edge connector having a spring member for locking with a module
    Patent number: 8002563
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing having a receiving slot formed therein and extending in a longitudinal direction for insertion of a module; a set of contacts retained in the insulative housing and protruding into the receiving slot for mating with the module; an ejector rotatably attached to one longitudinal end of the insulative housing for latching with or ejecting the module; and a spring member retained in the other longitudinal end of the insulative housing and having a pair of resilient locking arms for locking with the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Ze-Lin Yao, Ting-Shun Liu
  • Modular jack incorporated with LED compartment
    Patent number: 8002576
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) with a mating space (13), a plurality of contacts (21) disposed in the insulative housing (1) with a mating portion (211) protruding into the mating space (13), a metallic shell (4) covering the insulative housing and a pair of LEDs (3) disposed at a corner of the insulative housing (1) and capable of emitting light indicating proper function thereof. Each LED (3) includes a pair of contact legs (31, 32), one of the contact legs (32) has a crank-shaped portion (320) sandwiched between a pair of protruding tubers (125a, 125b) formed by the insulative housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sen Cheng, Li-Zhi Zhang
  • Sink type electrical connector with L-shaped frame
    Patent number: 8002557
    Abstract: An electrical connector (4) comprises a frame (41) and a plurality of terminals (42) received in the frame. The frame comprises a first portion (410) defining a holding slot (4101), a second portion (411) extending angularly to the first portion and a retaining member (43) formed on the second portion. The terminals each has a contact section (425) and a solder tail (427) extending out of the frame. The plurality of terminals (42) are arranged two rows on the first portion (410) and one row on the second portion (411). The contact sections of two rows terminals on the first portion are located at opposite sides of the holding slot (4101) and the contact sections of one row terminals on the second portion expose to an outer surface of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nan-Hung Lin, Chun-Yi Chang
  • Electrical contact for use with LGA socket connector
    Patent number: 8002594
    Abstract: An electrical contact adapted for use in an electrical socket comprises a planar retaining body for being retained in the electrical socket, a soldering portion extending from a bottom end of the retaining body, and a resilient arm extending from a top end of the retaining body. The resilient arm comprises a first beam sloped upwardly and a second beam extending upwardly and reversely from the first beam. The first beam has a first angle with respect to a plane of the retaining body and a second angle with respect to another plane both perpendicular to the plane of the retaining body and a horizontal plane. The second beam has a contacting end at the top end thereof and toward the retaining body. An offset is defined between the contacting end of the resilient arm and the soldering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Pi Cheng