Patents Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8251735
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: a housing (1) having a receiving room (11) therein communicated with an exterior along a longitudinal direction, and the housing comprising a first shield part (15) and second shield part (16) assembled with each other; two paralleled printed circuit boards (21, 22) received into the receiving room and positioned in the housing; a metallic holder (8) binding the first and second shield parts; and a latch mechanism assembled to an exterior surface of the housing and having a portion shielded by the metallic holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8251744
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) to be mounted on a substrate provides signal channels between a first side and a second side. The electrical connector includes a transformer (210), a common mode filter (327) and a separated filter (328). The transformer includes a first wire (314) having two opposite ends electrically connected to said first side and a second wire (312) having two opposite ends and a center tap (313). The common mode filter includes a third wire (322) and a fourth wire (324), each of the third wire (322) and the fourth wire (324) having an end respectively electrically connected to the two opposite ends of the second wire (312). The separated filter (328) includes a fifth wire (326) separated from the common mode filter (327) and the transformer (310), the fifth wire (326) having an end electrically connected to the center tap (313) of the second wire (312). Opposite ends of the third, the fourth and the fifth wires (322, 324, 326) are electrically connected to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Tung Huang, Yong-Chun Xu
  • Patent number: 8251727
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a mating cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and a pair of arms disposed at opposite ends of the mating cavity and a supporting portion unitarily extending forward from the housing. A plurality of contacts are divided into an upper row and a lower row and respectively secured on opposite sides of the mating cavity. Metallic devices comprise a pair of retaining members respectively attached to the arms and a pair of soldering pads respectively assembled onto the supporting portions along a front-to-rear direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each supporting portion defines a receiving slot running through a front face of the supporting portion and extending along the front-to-rear direction for receiving said soldering pad under condition that the soldering pad could floatably move within the receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8251710
    Abstract: A lamp socket includes an insulative housing defining a base, a lamp receiving portion extending upward form the base with a lamp receiving cavity, a board receiving portion extending downward from the base with a board receiving cavity and a side opening communicating with the board receiving cavity. A contact includes an engaging portion retained in the base, a clamp arm extending upward from the retaining portion and received in the board receiving cavity for contacting with a lamp and an contacting arm extending downward from the retaining portion and protruded in the board receiving cavity; A bottom cover is associated with the board receiving portion and defines a supporting arm protruded upwards in the board receiving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: De-Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 8251713
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. Each contact has a base portion, a resilient arm and a contacting portion located at one end of the resilient arm. The contacting portion has a free end attached with an insulative member so as to prevent short circuit with an adjacent contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nan-Hung Lin, Chun-Yi Chang
  • Patent number: 8251728
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a mating cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and a pair of arms disposed at opposite ends of the mating cavity. Each arm has a locking arm and a stopping arm spaced from each other while commonly extending forward from the housing. A receiving space is defined between the pair of locking arms for receiving said electrical card while the stopping arm is located at a lateral side of the locking arm beyond said receiving space. A pair of retaining devices, each comprises a base plate attached to the locking arm and a retaining portion extending toward the housing and secured in the housing. A blocking portion extends outwardly from the base plate of the retaining device and stands at an exterior side of the stopping arm for preventing the locking arm from moving inwardly overly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8251723
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector each defining a mating end of a regular polygon mating with each other. Each regular polygon defines a center, an imaginary circle around the center and a plurality of vertices at the imaginary circle. A plurality of pins are located at the mating ends which composed of one first pin at the center of the first connector, two second pins at least fulfilling with one half of the vertices and arranged at adjacent vertices in turn, one third pin at the center of the second connector and two forth pins at the vertices respectively in a condition that said two forth pins spaced from each other with a largest distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tzu-Ching Tsai
  • Patent number: 8251716
    Abstract: An electrical connector is mated with a counter connector in an inserting direction. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and two rows of contacts inserted into the insulative housing in two opposite directions parallel to the inserting direction. The insulative housing defines two rows of receiving passageways arranged in a height direction perpendicular to the inserting direction. Each contact received in the receiving passageway defines a base portion, a pair of retaining portions extending from the base portion, a pair of elastic arms extending from the pair of retaining portions and a soldering portion extending from the base portion. All the contacts have a same shape expect lengths of the soldering portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: De-Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 8251709
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing including a mating portion located in the front portion thereof, a plurality of contacts received in the housing and each including a tail extending out of the rear wall of the housing, a cover assembled on the housing, and a plurality of cables. The mating portion of the housing defines a mating direction and a rear wall. The cables each includes an inner conductor electrically connected to the tail of the contact, an inner insulation layer, an shielding braids and an outer insulation layer. The rear wall includes a plurality of ribs every two of which form a receiving slot therebetween and a plurality of protrusions every two of which form a fastening slot therebetween. The ribs and the protrusions respectively extend in two rows along a horizontal direction perpendicular to the mating direction and form a groove therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Kuo
  • Patent number: 8251753
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and at least one contact (4) assembled to the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines an insertion hole (15) along a mating direction and a passageway (131) opening at an upper face (10) thereof. The passageway has a first slot (132) at a side face of the insulative housing and a second slot (133) positioned between the first slot and the insertion hole along a transverse direction which is perpendicular to the mating direction. The second slot communicates with the insertion hole. The insulative housing includes a supporting part (134) between the first slot and the second slot. The at least one contact is assembled to the insulative housing from the upper face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing-Jie Guo, Jin-Liang Du, Yin-Ji Zhou
  • Patent number: 8247720
    Abstract: A sealed pushbutton switch includes an insulative housing defining a cavity, an actuator moveably retained in the insulative housing, a base conglutinated to the insulative housing by glue, a number of fixed contacts assembled to the base, a spring mounted below the actuator, and a moveable contact mounted on the actuator and provided with a number of contact portions in contact with corresponding fixed contacts. The moveable contact is moveable with the actuator from a first position to a second position relative to the insulative housing along a top-to-bottom direction to disengage the fixed contacts. The base defines a first slot formed along an edge of a inner face of said base and a second slot formed on a position of the inner face except the edge, the second slot have a connection with the first slot so as to retain glue therein when said base and said housing are fastened together by said glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xin-Yun Peng
  • Patent number: 8246366
    Abstract: An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a push-push mechanism. The push-push mechanism includes a slider, an elastic member for driving the slider and a locking arm fixed to the slider. The locking arm includes a hook protruding into a card receiving space for locking with the card when the card is fully inserted into the card receiving space at a card locking position. When the card is ejected under a normal speed, the locking arm can be outwardly deformed to disengage from the card at a card release position. When the card is ejected under an abnormal speed faster than the normal speed, the slider gets over the card release position where the locking arm is restricted by a stop member to prevent the hook from releasing the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Ching Tsai, Kai-Li Wang
  • Patent number: 8246389
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes a paddle board including a first through third faces (310, 311, 312), a number of conductive pads (341-344, 351-356) formed in the second and third faces, a number of conductive sections (321-328), and a number of conductive members (331-338). A selected first conductive section (321) is electrically connected with a selected first conductive member (331) via a first conductive pad (351). A selected second conductive section (322) is electrically connected with a selected second conductive member (332) via a selected second conductive pad (352). A selected third conductive section (323) is electrically connected with a selected third conductive member (333) via a selected third conductive pad. The selected third conductive pad is coupled with the selected first conductive pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Zhang, Bing Wang
  • Patent number: 8235601
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a lens member integrally forming pairs of lens at a front face thereof, a seat member assembly retained on a rear face of the lens member and fiber cables. The seat member defines slim grooves aligned with the lens and the fiber cables are received and retained in the slim grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Wen-Yi Hsieh, Chien-Hung Lee, Chun-Fu Lin, Chi-Nan Liao
  • Patent number: 8235738
    Abstract: A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing (1), a number of contacts retained to the housing (1), and a retainer (2) at one end of the housing (1). The housing (1) has a pair of opposed side walls (11), a central slot (12) between the side walls and a fitting section at one end thereof. The fitting section defines a pair of axes holes (145). The retainer (2) has a base portion (21) with a pair of pivots (211) engaging with the axes holes (145), a latch projection (22) inwardly extending from the base portion for locking the electronic card, a flexible arm (23) unitarily extending from the base portion (21) to resist an inner wall of the fitting section for fastening the retainer (2) to the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Ze-Lin Yao, Wen-Jun Tang
  • Patent number: 8231407
    Abstract: A cable assembly (1000) includes an elongated housing (10) having a base portion and a mating portion, said base portion having an upper surface; a plurality of contacts (20) received in the housing; a plurality of cables (30) each comprising an inner conductor (301) and an outer conductor (302) insulated from the inner conductor, said inner conductor connected to the corresponding contact; a grounding bar (40) mounted to the base portion and substantially flush with the upper surface, said grounding bar extending along a transversal direction, with a plurality of passages (43) defined thereon to accommodate the outer conductors, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jim Zhao, David Ko
  • Patent number: 8231410
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metallic shell defining a mating frame and a shielding portion, a bracket assembled to the shielding portion of the shell and defining an opening therethrough, and a mating member securely assembled to the bracket and having a front portion accessible from the opening. The mating member includes a first housing having opposite first and second surfaces and defined with first and second receiving grooves respectively, and a plurality of first contacts attached to the first receiving grooves, and a plurality of second contacts attached to the second receiving grooves, before the first housing is inserted into the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hsien Tung, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 8231283
    Abstract: A waveguide connector includes a ferrule with a number of waveguides inserted thereinto. The ferrule includes a front mating surface, a rear surface, front and rear passageways extending through the front and the rear mating surfaces, respectively. The front and the rear passageways are in communication with each other while the front passageway is thinner than the rear passageway. The waveguide each includes a number of cores and a cladding layer enclosing the cores. The front part of the cladding layer is of rectangular shape and includes four peripheral surfaces which are so limited by four inner surfaces of the front passageway, respectively, so as to precisely position the waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: James M. Sabo
  • Patent number: 8231395
    Abstract: An electrical card connector (100), used for receiving a card having a cutout, includes an insulating housing (2), a plurality of conductive contacts (3) retained in the insulating housing, a metal shield (1) covering the insulating housing to define a card receiving room (10), and an ejector (4) assembled on the insulating housing. The ejector includes a slider (41), a spring member (42), and a pin member (46) for cooperatively guiding/ejecting the card. The electrical card connector further includes a half lock elastic piece (43) and a flexible piece (48) both secured to the slider of the ejector. The half lock elastic piece partly extends toward the card receiving room for engaging with the card. The flexible piece has a wing portion (481) pressing against the half lock elastic piece from an opposite side relative to the card receiving room throughout the card's insertion/ejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gen-Lao Li
  • Patent number: D664924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Ming Zhang, Guo-Dong Gu, Jian Wang