Patents Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8262397
    Abstract: An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) assembled in the insulative housing, an ejector (4) assembled at a side of the insulative housing, and a metallic shell (3) comprising a stopper portion (313). The ejector includes a slider (41) moveable along a mating direction and an ejection direction opposite to the mating direction, a spring member (43) for urging the slider to move along the ejection direction, and a pin member (42) having one end (421) secured on the insulative housing and the other one end (422) moveably guided by the slider. The stopper portion (313) stops the spring member (43) from urging the slider (41) during movement of the slider along the ejection direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hendrikus P. G. Van der Steen
  • Patent number: 8262420
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes a first housing (1) and a second housing (3) retained to the first housing (1). The first housing (1) has a mating surface (11) and a mounting surface (12) at two sides thereof. The second housing (3) has a joint surface (31) to joint with the mounting surface (12). The first housing (1) defines a locking slot (131) recessed from the mounting surface (12). The second housing (3) is formed with a pair of spring arms (34) extending out of the joint surface (31) to resist opposed two inner walls of the locking slot (131).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Xiong, Zi-Qiang Zhu, Lun-Song Hu, Hong-Qiang Han
  • Patent number: 8262419
    Abstract: A contact includes an upper contact having a planar main board with a plurality of blocks, a lower contact, and a spring. The lower contact includes a first spring arm and a second spring arm which are positioned at opposite sides of the main board of the upper contact. Only the second spring arm defines a recess to receive corresponding block of the upper contact. The spring is fitted over a predetermined area between the upper and the lower contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ke-Hao Chen, Hsiu-Yuan Hsu, Chih-Kai Yang
  • Patent number: 8262296
    Abstract: A connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a receiving slot (121) formed therein and a post (1221) protruding forwardly towards the receiving slot (121); a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing; an optical module (3) for transmitting optical data and being movably received in the receiving slot along a front-to-back direction; and a compression coil spring (4) sandwiched between the insulative housing and the optical module, and having a front end for biasing the optical module (3) forwardly and a rear end for being retained on the post (1221).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Nan Liao, Qi-Sheng Zheng, Jia-Yong He
  • Patent number: 8262396
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts received in the housing, a shielding and a handling portion. The housing includes a mating portion and a connecting portion. The shielding includes a first upper cover and a second down cover respectively assembled on the housing from up to down and from down to up. The upper cover and the down cover respectively includes a pair of extending arm to combine to form a fastening portion located on the two sides of the shielding. The handling portion is fixed on the fastening portion and includes a connecting element, and a cover over mode on the connecting element, a pair of fastening arms inserted into the fastening portion of the shielding. The cover is apart from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yun-Song Sun, Chien-Hsun Huang
  • Patent number: 8259462
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (2), a micro chip (1) arranged on the insulative housing, a PCB (3) located below the insulative housing, a number of contacts (5) received in the insulative housing and a locking element (4) interconnecting the insulative housing onto the PCB. The contacts extend beyond an upper surface of the insulative housing and solder with the micro chip. The contacts extend below a lower surface of the insulative housing and contact with the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuo-Hsiu Hsu, Nan-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 8257098
    Abstract: A socket connector includes a socket body, a plurality of contacts received in the socket body; and a pick-up cap mounted upon the socket body. The socket body includes a base and a first sidewall and a second sidewall respectively located by opposite sides of the base. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are respectively formed with a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The pick-up cap includes a cover section and a first flange and a second flange which respectively extend downwardly from opposite sides of the cover section and which are respectively engaged with the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the socket body. The first flange and the second flange are respectively formed with a first notch and a second notch arranged in asymmetrical manner and engaged with the first protrusion and the second protrusion, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8257114
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell (3) covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base (11) and a tongue plate (12) protruding upwardly. The contacts have contacting portions (21) arranged in one row, retaining portions (22) extending from lower ends of the contacting portions and retained in the base, and tail portions (23) bending forwardly from lower ends of the retaining portions for being mounted directly onto a surface of the printed circuit board. The metal shell includes a front wall (31), a back wall (32) opposite to the front wall, and a pair of side walls (33) connecting the front and back walls. The front wall has a depressed wall (310) depressed backwardly and forming a hollow space for the tail portions (23) forwardly extending into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Xi Wang, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8257116
    Abstract: An audio jack connector includes an insulative housing (1) having a main body (10) defining a pair of opposite front and rear faces (11, 12) and a pair of opposite first and second side walls (15, 16), a set of columned mating portions (17) extending forwardly on the front face, and a set of receiving chambers (111) extending in the main body and passing through the mating portions for insertion of plugs (200); and a plurality of contacts (3) retained in the first side wall and arranged in several different rows along a transverse direction so as to protrude into the receiving chambers respectively, each row of the contacts being arranged along a front-to-back direction in accordance with an insertion direction of the plug and perpendicular to the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zi-Qiang Zhu, Xiao-Peng Yu, Hong-Qiang Han
  • Patent number: 8251593
    Abstract: A connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a receiving slot (121) formed therein; a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing; an optical module (3) for transmitting optical data and being movably received in the receiving slot along a front-to-back direction; a resilient member (4) for urging the optical module moving forwardly in the receiving slot; a stopping device (124,125) for orientating the optical module backwardly and sidewardly; a resisting device (75) for orientating the optical module along a height direction of the insulative housing; and a metal shell (7,8) shielding the insulative housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Nan Liao, Qi-Sheng Zheng, Jia-Yong He
  • Patent number: 8251715
    Abstract: An electrical connector is adapted for electrically connecting an electronic package (3) to a circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing (10) for receiving an electronic package, a stiffener (30) supporting the insulative housing, a pair of latching members (50) mounted on the stiffener and pivotable about a respective first axis therethrough, and a lever (70) mounted on the stiffener and pivotable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the lever being operable to pivot the latching members to a closed position for pressing against the electronic package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8251730
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing defining at least two mating cavities arranged side by side in a widthwise direction and extending in a front and rear direction; two PCB modules received in each mating cavity in a stacked manner; a platform fitly attached to a top surface of the insulative housing and includes a pair of supporting sections disposed at a front edge thereof and a pair of connecting portion at a rear edge thereof; a pair of latches associated to the top surface of the insulative housing and comprising a locking portion for retaining a complementary connector and a pressed portion extending rearwards and disposed above the supporting portion ; and a driver rotatably retained on the pair of connecting portions of the platform and comprising a pair of contacting portions pressing against the pressed portions of the latches to urge the pressing portion downwards movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8251714
    Abstract: An electrical connector is adapted for electrically connecting an electronic package (3) to a circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing (11), a stiffener (13) supporting the insulative housing and formed with a stopper (137), a clip (30) formed with a depressing portion (34), and a leaf (50) formed with an anchor (52). The clip is mounted on the stiffener and is pivotable between a first position and a second position. The leaf is mounted on the clip and is pivotable between the second position and a locked position. When the leaf is positioned at the locked position, the anchor is blocked by the stopper and the depressing portion of the clip depresses the electronic package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8251741
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals and an insulating housing loading terminals and defining a pair of mounting portions. Each of mounting portions has a screw hole extending along an upper to lower direction in which the electrical connector is mounted. The hole is divided into at least a first segment and a second segment below the first segment. The first segment and the second segment are tapped with a plurality of threads thereinside and open in opposite directions along a front and rear direction respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Huei Yang, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 8251726
    Abstract: An electrical connector for receiving a card includes an insulating housing, terminals and a metal frame attached to the housing. The housing includes a base having a terminal-location portion, a pair of sidewalls extending a first direction and a rear wall adjacent to the terminal-location portion. The terminals are arranged in the terminal-location portion along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The metal frame is attached to the housing and includes a base portion located above the terminal-location portion to define a receiving slot between the terminal-location portion and the base portion for receiving a mating end of the card, the base portion is not beyond the terminal-location portion in the first direction and the receiving. The metal frame further includes a pair of locking portions adapted for pressing against a top face of the card to lock the card in the insulating housing and moving outwards in the second direction to release the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hao-Yun Ma
  • Patent number: 8251733
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a housing including a first base and a second base coupled with the first base, at least a circuit board received in the housing and defining two rows of conductive pads located at two opposite sides thereof, at least a cable including a plurality of conductors electrically connecting with one row of the conductive pads of the circuit board, a pulling mechanism movably fixed to an outside face of the housing and separating the cable connector assembly from a complementary cable connector, and a metal shell partially shielding the pulling mechanism. The second base defines through grooves. The first base includes locking pieces inserted into the through grooves with free ends extending out of the through grooves from the outside face and bended to abut against the outside face of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8251747
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a receiving cavity (10) including a first receiving cavity (12) and a second receiving cavity (13) communicating with the first receiving cavity; a set of first contacts (41) protruding into the first receiving cavity; a set of second contacts (42) exposed to the second receiving cavity; a metal shell (5) enclosing the insulative housing; and a grounding means (6) attached to the metal shell and oblique to a front face (112) of the insulative housing for abutting against a metal panel and having an opening. The opening includes a lower opening (601) with a pair of chamfers (603) on top thereof and an upper opening (602) communicating with the lower opening in a vertical direction and being essentially narrower than the lower opening (601).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Yong He, Qi-Sheng Zheng
  • Patent number: 8251720
    Abstract: A card connector for connecting an electronic card, comprises an insulative housing and an ejector. The insulative housing defines a receiving space extending backwardly along a front to back direction for receiving the electronic card. The ejector comprises a slider, a spring sandwiched between the slider and a rear end of the insulative housing and a pole for controlling movement of the slider. The slider includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion, the card connector has a first guiding groove engaging with the first protrusion and a second guiding groove engaging with the second protrusion, the slider defines a locking portion extending inwardly into the receiving space, the first guiding groove provides an escaping groove for the first protrusion thereby the slider can move along a insertion direction of the electronic card steadily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Fei Yu, Qi-Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 8251717
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base portion extending along a front-to-rear direction and a strengthening rib protruding outwardly from an outer circumstance of a front end of the base portion. At least one receiving recess is defined on the strengthening rib and opened upwardly via an opening defined on an upper face of the strengthening rib. A plurality of contacts are secured in the insulative housing. A metallic shell surrounds the base portion and includes at least one retaining plate received in the receiving recess. A transverse width of the receiving recess becomes narrower and narrower in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction so as to keep the retaining plate being secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Nan Liao, Tzu-Fan Kuo
  • Patent number: 8251746
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a shielding cage, an insulative housing disposed within the shielding cage, at least two rows of terminals secured in the insulative housing and a metal sheet embedded in the insulative housing and disposed between the rows of terminals. An insulative housing defines a mating face and a mounting face perpendicular to the mating face. The metal sheet extends from the mating face to the mounting face and comprises at least one tail extending beyond the mounting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: George Huanyi Zhang, An-Jen Yang, Gustavo F Duenas