Patents by Inventor An-Kui Hu

An-Kui Hu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7473112
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a main body, a cover and an elastic member connecting the main body and the cover. The main body includes a hinge protrusion formed thereon. The cover includes a tail and a pair of parallel plates facing each other and spaced by an interval corresponding to a thickness of the main body. At least one plate defines an opening for receiving the hinge protrusion so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body. The elastic member is fastened to the cover to abut against the protrusion, or fastened to the main body to abut against the cover, when the cover is rotatable relative to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi-Wen Zhu, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu, De-Wen Xia
  • Patent number: 7452243
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contact modules received in the insulative housing. The contact module comprises a plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of first and second inserts. Each electrical contact has a mating portion and a mounting portion. The mating portions and mounting portions are arranged in a plurality of rows respectively. Each first insert is formed on one row of the mating portions and each second insert is formed on one row of the mounting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 7435110
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) has a first end for fitting with another connector and a second end for connecting to a board. The connector comprises an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a tongue plate (11) with a number of passageways (110) defined therein for receiving the contacts. The contacts are arranged side by side in the first end and arranged in three parallel rows in the second end. The contacts include signal contact pairs (21) and grounding contacts (22) disposed adjacent to and separating the signal contact pairs. Each signal contact pair includes a first signal contact and a second signal contact being substantially in equal length of the first signal contact. The signal contact pairs have matched impedance for transmitting high-speed signals, thereby canceling any cross talk therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu
  • Patent number: 7410391
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a pair of stacked receiving cavities (15, 16) for receiving a first and a second connector components (2, 3) therein, a holder (4) attached to the insulative housing and a metal shield enclosing the insulative housing. The holder (4) is fixed to a rear wall (14) of the insulative housing (1) and includes a vertical mating portion (41) and a pair of top and bottom portions (42, 43) extending backwardly from the mating portion. The top and bottom portions (42, 43) are parallel to each other wherein the top portion (42) is shorter than the bottom portion (43). An area of the top portion is smaller than that of the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 7410376
    Abstract: A memory card adapter (100) for receiving a memory card (6) includes an upper cover (2), a lower cover (1) engaging with the upper cover and defining a receiving space (10) therebetween, a contact module (3) and a conductive member (4). The contact module (3) includes a number of contacts (31), an insulative beam (32) over-molding the contacts and an insulative locking arm (33) integrally extending from the beam. The locking arm has a hook (331) extending into the receiving space (10) for mating with the memory card. The conductive member (4) has multiple conductive pads (42) electrically connecting with the contacts (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Ying, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 7402078
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) for receiving a number of contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The metal shield includes a first frame (401) and a second frame (402). The first and second frames share a partition wall (403) therebetween. The second frame includes a second bottom face (4023) defining a mating slot. The partition wall has a fixing portion (4032) wedged into the mating slot for ensuring a firm configuration of the second frame (402).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 7402080
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of passageways (121) for receiving corresponding contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The metal shield has a top face (31), a bottom face (32) and a pair of side faces (33). The bottom face includes a pair of first board mounting legs (325) downwardly and a slot (326) between the first board mounting legs (325). The first board mounting legs (325) are disposed in communication of the slot (326) and mounted on a printed circuit board (4). The length of the slot (326) is equal to the total length of the first board mounting legs (325). With the addition of the first board mounting legs (325), the connector (100) can be more stably mounted on the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu
  • Patent number: 7364434
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes an isulative housing (10) defining therein a number of passageways (114) and a number of electrical terminals (20) retained in the passageways. Each electrical terminal includes a contact portion (21), a body portion (24), a tail portion (25) extending downwardly from the body portion and a pair of wave-shaped resilient portions (23) extending between the contact portion and the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 7357668
    Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus electrical connector comprises an insulative housing forming at least two plug receiving areas, a plurality of signal contacts, and at least two power contacts. The signal contacts and the power contacts extend into the plug receiving areas. A printed circuit board is integrated into the insulative housing with at least two over-current protection devices mounted thereon. Each over-current protection devices is corresponding to a plug receiving area and electrically connected with a power contact extending into the corresponding plug receiving area through the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 7353569
    Abstract: A hinge assembly (100) for use in a flat display monitor (120) includes a base seat (10), a pivotal shaft (20) and a plurality of washers (30, 40, 50, 60, 70). The base seat includes a first end portion (12) and a second portion (14), which are substantially perpendicular to each other. The first end portion has a retaining hole (122) therein. A protrusion (124) of the first end portion extends into the retaining hole. The pivotal shaft includes a pivotal portion (24). The pivotal portion has at least one flat surface (242) pivotally engaging with the protrusion. The pivotal shaft passes through the retaining hole of the base seat and the plurality of washers, allowing the elements of the hinge assembly to be fastened together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jian Chen, An-Kui Hu, Fan Zhou
  • Patent number: 7351106
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for mounting on an external printed circuit board comprises an insulative housing (20) having a front mating face, a mounting face, a plurality of passageways (216) extending rearwardly from the mating face, a receiving cavity (213) extending through the mounting face and communicating with the passageways; an inner module (30) received in the receiving cavity and including a front contact module (31) having a front insulative block (313) and a plurality of front contacts (301) mounted thereon and extending into corresponding passageways, a rear contact module (32) having a rear insulative block (323) and a plurality of rear contacts (302) mounted thereon and extending beyond the mounting face for being mounted on the external printed board, and an inner printed circuit board (304) sandwiched between the front insulative block and the rear insulative block and electrically connecting the front contacts with the rear contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zi-Qiang Zhu, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu, Feng Wan
  • Patent number: 7322834
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) for mounting to a circuit board includes a dielectric housing (10) and a number of conductive contacts (20) positioned in the housing. The dielectric housing has a mounting surface and a top surface opposite thereto, and defines a number of passageways (11) extending therein and opened to the top surface. Each conductive contact has a body portion (22) secured in the passageway of the dielectric housing, a mating portion (21) extending from one end of the body portion, a stretch portion (23) extending from the other end of the body portion, and a solder portion (24) connected with the stretch portion and extending outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080019090
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a main body, a cover and an elastic member connecting the main body and the cover. The main body includes a hinge protrusion formed thereon. The cover includes a tail and a pair of parallel plates facing each other and spaced by an interval corresponding to a thickness of the main body. At least one plate defines an opening for receiving the hinge protrusion so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body. The elastic member is fastened to the cover to abut against the protrusion, or fastened to the main body to abut against the cover, when the cover is rotatable relative to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Zhi-Wen Zhu, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu, De-Wen Xia
  • Patent number: 7320622
    Abstract: A memory card adapter (100) comprises an upper cover (2), an insulating lower cover (1), a conductive member (4) and a conductive terminals module (3) fixed on the insulating lower cover. The upper cover comprises a resin cover (22) and a metal cover (21). The lower insulating cover engages with the metal cover with a mini memory card receiving space (10) formed therebetween. The conductive terminals module comprises a plurality of conductive terminals (32) electrically connecting with the conductive member and a resin beam (31) to retain the conductive terminals therein. The mini memory card (200) is accommodated in the mini memory card receiving space and electrically connecting with the conductive terminals. Due to the arrangement of the conductive terminals module with the conductive member and the insulating lower cover, the whole assembly of the adaptor is highly simplified and the conduction efficiency is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Ying, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 7311556
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) adapted for electrically connecting with corresponding mating connectors (200) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a base portion (10), a couple of upper and lower tongue plates (11, 12) extending forwardly from the base portion (10), as well as a holding plate (13) between the tongue plates (11, 12). First and second sets of conductive terminals (31, 32) are accommodated in the tongue plates (11, 12) and a couple of upper and lower shielding members (21, 22) enclosing the tongue plates for surrounding the conductive terminals. The dimension of the holding plate (13) is greater than the dimension of the adjacent dielectric portions of the mating connectors (200) in a vertical direction. When two mating connectors are inserted to the housing for connecting with the electrical connector, they cannot intervene with each other so as to affect signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070264876
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contact modules received in the insulative housing. The contact module comprises a plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of first and second inserts. Each electrical contact has a mating portion and a mounting portion. The mating portions and mounting portions are arranged in a plurality of rows respectively. Each first insert is formed on one row of the mating portions and each second insert is formed on one row of the mounting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070243757
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a pair of stacked receiving cavities (15, 16) for receiving a first and a second connector components (2, 3) therein, a holder (4) attached to the insulative housing and a metal shield enclosing the insulative housing. The holder (4) is fixed to a rear wall (14) of the insulative housing (1) and includes a vertical mating portion (41) and a pair of top and bottom portions (42, 43) extending backwardly from the mating portion. The top and bottom portions (42, 43) are parallel to each other wherein the top portion (42) is shorter than the bottom portion (43). An area of the top portion is smaller than that of the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070238330
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) has a first end for fitting with another connector and a second end for connecting to a board. The connector comprises an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a tongue plate (11) with a number of passageways (110) defined therein for receiving the contacts. The contacts are arranged side by side in the first end and arranged in three parallel rows in the second end. The contacts include signal contact pairs (21) and grounding contacts (22) disposed adjacent to and separating the signal contact pairs. Each signal contact pair includes a first signal contact and a second signal contact being substantially in equal length of the first signal contact. The signal contact pairs have matched impedance for transmitting high-speed signals, thereby canceling any cross talk therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu
  • Patent number: D555101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu
  • Patent number: D555102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Guo-Hua Zhang, Jin-Kui Hu