Patents by Inventor Chou Hsien Tsai

Chou Hsien Tsai 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: 10680393
    Abstract: A bidirectional duplex electrical connector includes: a circuit board, which is provided with two sets of circuits; a base seat; a connection portion connected to a front end of the base seat, and provided with top and bottom surfaces respectively provided with two connection interfaces including two rows of electrical connection points electrically connected to the two sets of circuits, one pair of electrical connection points with a same circuit are electrically connected together through the circuit board, and a shape of the connection portion allows one docking electrical connector to be dual-positionally and bidirectionally docked; and a fitting slot provided on the base seat. The circuit board is fit with and locks the fitting slot. A combination of the bidirectional duplex electrical connector and a docking electrical connector is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10559932
    Abstract: A bidirectional duplex electrical connector includes: a circuit board provided with two sets of circuits; a base seat; and a tongue, top and bottom surfaces of the tongue are top and bottom flat surfaces, each of the top and bottom flat surfaces is provided with a connection interface, and each of the two connection interfaces includes one row of electrical connection points, wherein the tongue and the base seat are integrally formed together, and the two rows of electrical connection points are respectively arranged and exposed, and in flat surface contact with and fixed to and only provided on front sections of the top and bottom flat surfaces of the tongue, wherein the tongue and the base seat covers top and bottom surfaces and two side surfaces of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10553998
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a transmission medium; a first duplex electrical connection plug comprising: an insulation base; a metal housing; and a fitting portion provided with two contact interface substrates and a fitting space, wherein the two contact interface substrates are provided with two contact interfaces each being electrically connected to the transmission medium and provided with two rows of vertically elastically movable contacts arranged in a front-low and rear-high manner, and the two contact interface substrates are smaller than a contact interface substrate of a standard electrical connection plug having a minimum height specification specified by USB Association, and greater than a small space of a standard electrical connection socket having a minimum height specification specified by USB Association; and a duplex electrical connection structure provided with a connection portion having upper and lower connection surfaces provided with contact interfaces electrically connected to the t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190348785
    Abstract: A reversible dual-position electrical connector includes: an insulation seat provided with a base seat and a tongue; two rows of terminals, wherein the two rows of terminals are embedded into and plastic injection molded with the insulation seat, the terminal is integrally provided with, from front to rear, a connection material bridge, a contact, an extension and a pin, the contact is in flat surface contact with the tongue, is elastically non-movable and is exposed from two connection surfaces, a bent step is formed between the connection material bridge and the contact, so that the connection material bridge is lower than the two connection surfaces and embedded into the tongue; at least one insulating layer embedded and plastic injection molded with the insulation seat, wherein the contacts and the extensions of the two rows of terminals are in flat surface contact with and rest against the at least one insulating layer, the bent steps of the two rows of terminals are bent toward a middle of the insulatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190334298
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a transmission medium; a first duplex electrical connection plug comprising: an insulation base; a metal housing; and a fitting portion provided with two contact interface substrates and a fitting space, wherein the two contact interface substrates are provided with two contact interfaces each being electrically connected to the transmission medium and provided with two rows of vertically elastically movable contacts arranged in a front-low and rear-high manner, and the two contact interface substrates are smaller than a contact interface substrate of a standard electrical connection plug having a minimum height specification specified by USB Association, and greater than a small space of a standard electrical connection socket having a minimum height specification specified by USB Association; and a duplex electrical connection structure provided with a connection portion having upper and lower connection surfaces provided with contact interfaces electrically connected to the t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190334299
    Abstract: In a low-height connector combination, a duplex electrical connection socket includes: an insulation base having a tongue, and a metal housing formed with a connection slot. Heights of spaces of the connection surfaces are smaller than a large space of a standard socket having a minimum height and greater than a small space of the standard socket. A duplex electrical connection plug includes an insulation base, a metal housing and a fitting portion having two contact interface substrates and a fitting space. Heights of the contact interface substrates are smaller than a contact interface substrate of a standard plug having a minimum height and greater than the small space. The fitting portion can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot. Each of two fitting gaps of the fitting portion between the contact interface substrates and the connection surfaces of the tongue is smaller than 0.15 mm to form tight fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10297954
    Abstract: A reversible dual-position electric connector comprises: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions; two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing; characterized in that a metal shell is further provided to rest against the metal housing, the metal shell is provided with a four-sided housing, the four-sided housing is fitted with and rests against the four-sided primary housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190058298
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission medium and first and second duplex electrical connection plugs. The first duplex electrical connection plug includes: an insulated seat; two terminal sets disposed in the insulated seat; and a metal housing covering the insulated seat and provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein heights of two contact interface substrates of the second duplex electrical connection plug can be fit with the two spaces of the two connection surfaces of a tongue, and a connection slot of the first duplex electrical connection plug is fit with the tongue. The second duplex electrical connection plug includes: an insulated seat; a metal housing covering the insulated seat; and a fitting portion provided on one end of the insulated seat, wherein heights of two contact interface substrates of the second duplex electrical connection plug can be fit with two spaces of two connection surfaces of another tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10205290
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and a docking part, wherein the docking part is connected to a front end of the base seat, the docking part is provided with two connection plates facing each other in a vertical direction, each of opposite facing surfaces of the two connection plates is provided with a connection surface, and a connection slot is formed between the two connection surfaces; two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, the terminal is provided with a fixing portion and an extension, the fixing portion is fixed to the base seat, the extension extends to a connection plate and is provided with a contact projecting beyond the connection surface, the contact is vertically elastically movable, the contacts of the terminals of the two terminal sets respectively project from the two connection surfaces to the connection slot; and a metal housing covering the insulated se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10205289
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrical connector, comprising: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and a jointing portion, which is provided with at least one connection surface; and at least one row of terminals, wherein the at least one row of terminals are arranged and connected to a material tape, wherein the material tape and the one row of terminals are formed by pressing the same metal sheet, the one row of terminals are fixed to the insulated seat and then separated from the material tape, the terminal is provided with a contact and a pin, the contact is exposed from the connection surface, and the pin extends out of the insulated seat; characterized in that the material tape is integrally connected to at least one metal material sheet and fixedly combined with the insulated seat, one end of the at least one metal material sheet is separated from the material tape to form one separated section exposed from the insulated seat, and the at least one metal material sheet is left and fixed to the insu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190027868
    Abstract: A bidirectional duplex electrical connector includes: two insulation seats each integrally provided with a base portion and a docking portion, wherein inner surfaces of the two insulation seats are provided with one row of separation columns performing separation to form one row of front-to-rear extending terminal slots, the terminal slot extends to the docking portion from the base portion; two rows of terminals assembled into the two rows of terminal slots of the two insulation seats in a vertical direction, wherein the terminal is integrally provided with, from front to rear, an elastically movable portion, a fixing portion and a pin, a front section of the elastically movable portion corresponds to the docking portion and is curved and provided with a contact projecting beyond the high surface in a vertical direction, the elastically movable portion is vertically elastically movable, a rear section of the elastically movable portion and the fixing portion are on the same level and rest against a bottom su
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20190006798
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a plastic seat; a tongue connected to and disposed on a front end of the plastic seat; and two rows of terminals. Each of the terminals is provided with an electrical connection point. The electrical connection points of the two rows of terminals are respectively arranged on top and bottom surfaces of the tongue. A front section of the tongue is a thinner flat plate body, top and bottom surfaces of the thinner flat plate body are two low surfaces, a rear section of the tongue is a thicker flat plate body, top and bottom surfaces of the thicker flat plate body are two high surfaces, and a side view of the tongue has a convex shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190006800
    Abstract: A bidirectional duplex electrical connector includes: a circuit board provided with two sets of circuits; a base seat; and a tongue, top and bottom surfaces of the tongue are top and bottom flat surfaces, each of the top and bottom flat surfaces is provided with a connection interface, and each of the two connection interfaces includes one row of electrical connection points, wherein the tongue and the base seat are integrally formed together, and the two rows of electrical connection points are respectively arranged and exposed, and in flat surface contact with and fixed to and only provided on front sections of the top and bottom flat surfaces of the tongue, wherein the tongue and the base seat covers top and bottom surfaces and two side surfaces of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190006799
    Abstract: A bidirectional duplex electrical connector includes: a circuit board, which is provided with two sets of circuits; a base seat; a connection portion connected to a front end of the base seat, and provided with top and bottom surfaces respectively provided with two connection interfaces including two rows of electrical connection points electrically connected to the two sets of circuits, one pair of electrical connection points with a same circuit are electrically connected together through the circuit board, and a shape of the connection portion allows one docking electrical connector to be dual-positionally and bidirectionally docked; and a fitting slot provided on the base seat. The circuit board is fit with and locks the fitting slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Chou Hsien TSAI
  • Patent number: 10141696
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and a connection plate; a metal housing covering the insulated seat; one row of first terminals; and one row of second terminals. Fixing heights of fixing portions of the one row of second terminals in one row of second terminal slots are higher than fixing heights of fixing portions of the one row of first terminals in one row of first terminal slots. Extensions of the one row of second terminals are curved downwards and extend to be lower than the fixing portions. A rear end of the base seat does not have a horizontal penetrating slot providing spaces for the extensions of the second terminals and communicating with the elastic movement slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20180309241
    Abstract: A bidirectional electrical connector includes a floating or fixed tongue. One metal plate is deployed without overlap to manufacture upper and lower contact interfaces and a metal tongue. The tongue and the H-shaped limit structure can eliminate the short-circuited problem when the bidirectional electrical connector is docked with a complementary electrical connector. The metal tongue or the structure with the metal reinforcement sheets added into the insulation tongue can optimize the use of the bidirectional electrical connector. A snap structure on a metal housing facilitates smooth docking, and the docked state cannot easily get loose, thereby enhancing the docking stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10109966
    Abstract: A reversible dual-position electric connector comprises: an insulated seat having a base seat and a docking part fitting together, wherein the docking part has two opposite connection plates to form a fitting frame body, opposite surfaces of the two connection plates have connection surfaces between which a connection slot is formed, and one connection plate has one row of elastic movement spaces much more depressed than the connection surface; one terminal set disposed in the insulated seat and has one row of terminals each having a fixing portion and an extension, which extends to the elastic movement space and is provided with a vertically elastically movable contact; and a metal housing covering the insulated seat and having a four-sided primary housing, which shields the docking part to form a docking structure. A shape of the docking structure can be positioned at a docking electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10103499
    Abstract: An electric connector comprises: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and a tongue provided on one end of the base seat; two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat and provided with two rows of terminals having contacts disposed on two connection surfaces of the tongue forming two symmetrical spaces, respectively; and a metal housing covering the insulated seat and resting and positioning against the base seat and formed with a connection slot. The connection slot can be inserted and positioned by an electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner. The insulated seat is provided with first and second seats mutually stacked and assembled together, and fixed to one terminal set, the tongue comprises first and second tongues of the first and second seats stacked and assembled together, and the outer edge of the tongue is in the form of an integrally formed full height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10074947
    Abstract: An electrical connector, into which a male plug can be bidirectionally inserted for connection, comprises: a plastic base; a tongue projectingly disposed at a front end of the plastic base; and a connection slot disposed at the front end of the plastic base and covering the tongue. The connection slot having spaces on two surfaces of the tongue allows the male plug to be bidirectionally inserted for positioning. Front sections of the two surfaces of the tongue have lower surfaces. Each of the two lower surfaces has a lower-surface connection point. Rear sections of the two surfaces of the tongue have upper surfaces located at levels higher than the lower surfaces, so that a step is formed between the lower surface and the upper surface, and the two surfaces of the tongue are formed into connection surfaces with the step formed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20180248323
    Abstract: The invention provides a bidirectional electrical connection socket, which can be inserted and connected to a fitting portion of a bidirectional electrical connection plug, wherein the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates, the bidirectional electrical connection socket comprising: an insulating base having one end projectingly formed with a tongue, each of two connection surfaces of the tongue has a contact interface, the contact interface is formed by terminals; and a metal housing, which covers the tongue projecting beyond one end of the insulating base to form a connection slot, characterized in that the two contact interfaces have connection points with circuit serial numbers arranged reversely, each of two fitting gaps between the two contact interface substrates and the two connection surfaces of the tongue is smaller than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai