Patents by Inventor David Tso-Chin Ko

David Tso-Chin Ko 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).

  • Publication number: 20110230088
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a housing including a main body and a piece of mushy insulation block on the housing, a plurality of contacts receiving in the main body of the housing, and a plurality of cable. Each of the cable includes at least an inner conductor and an outer insulation layer. The inner conductors are soldered to the contacts and the outer insulation layer each has a part fixed in the mushy insulation block of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DAVID (Tso-Chin) KO, JIM ZHAO
  • Patent number: 7878862
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100), includes an insulative housing (10), a plurality of conductive contacts (20) retained in the insulative housing, an insulative base (60) secured to the insulative housing, a subsidiary printed circuit board (30) connecting with the conductive contacts, a flexible printed circuit board (50) electrically connecting with the subsidiary printed circuit board, and a shielding shell (70) shielding peripherally around the insulative housing and the insulative base. The subsidiary printed circuit board is attached to the insulative base. A gap (609) is defined between a portion of the insulative base and an edge of the subsidiary printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board has a first strip portion (503) extending out of the insulative base, a second strip portion (501) connecting with the subsidiary printed circuit board, and a folded portion (505) between the two strip portions. The folded portion is received in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hou-Yu Shi, David Tso-Chin Ko
  • Publication number: 20110003508
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100), includes an insulative housing (10), a plurality of conductive contacts (20) retained in the insulative housing, an insulative base (60) secured to the insulative housing, a subsidiary printed circuit board (30) connecting with the conductive contacts, a flexible printed circuit board (50) electrically connecting with the subsidiary printed circuit board, and a shielding shell (70) shielding peripherally around the insulative housing and the insulative base. The subsidiary printed circuit board is attached to the insulative base. A gap (609) is defined between a portion of the insulative base and an edge of the subsidiary printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board has a first strip portion (503) extending out of the insulative base, a second strip portion (501) connecting with the subsidiary printed circuit board, and a folded portion (505) between the two strip portions. The folded portion is received in the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HOU-YU SHI, David Tso-Chin Ko
  • Patent number: 7845965
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing (1) with a number of passages (101), a shell (3) covering the insulative housing, a number of contacts (2) received in the passages of the insulative housing, and a spacer (5) assembled to the insulative housing. The contact includes a retaining portion (22), an extending portion (25) extending form the retaining portion and a soldering portion (23) bending from the end of the extending portion, and the all soldering portions are coplanar. The spacer includes a pressing portion (52) and a vertical wall (53). The pressing portion presses on the retaining portion of the contact, and the vertical wall engages with the soldering portion of the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David Tso-Chin Ko
  • Publication number: 20100291804
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (200) includes a body portion (1) comprising a cylindrical first connector (11) and a cylindrical second connector (12), an insulative housing (2) connecting the first and second connectors (11, 12) together along a transverse direction thereof, a cable (5) connected with the body portion (1) and an insulative cover (4) over-molded on an electrical connection area between the body portion (1) and the cable (5). The first and second connectors (11, 12) each have a contact (3) located at a central axis thereof. The insulative housing (2) comprises an extending portion (23) extending along a back to front direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the extending portion (23) locates between the first and second connectors (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEI ZHANG, HOU-YU SHI, DAVID Tso-Chin KO
  • Patent number: 7819675
    Abstract: An cable assembly (100) includes an insulated housing (1) extending along a front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts (2) arranged in a row and supported by the insulated housing, said contacts including three grounding contact members spaced by two pair of signal contact members; a cable (4) including two juxtaposed differential wire pairs (41) respectively enclosed by conductive shielding portions (43); a grounding member (3) including a main portion (31), three finger portions (33) extending forwardly from a front side of the main portion and two arm portions (32) formed at lateral sides of a rear segment of the main portion, said grounding member (3) securely engaged with the cable via the two arm portions thereof griping the conductive shielding portions; and the finger portions soldered to the grounding contact members, and inner conductors of the differential pairs soldered to the signal contact members, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Tso-Chin Ko, Yen-Chao Tsai, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 7794271
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes an insulator (1), a plurality of conductive terminals (2) held in the insulator, a plurality of wires (4), a spacer (3) and a metal shell (6, 7). Each wire comprises an inner conductor (41) conductively connecting with the terminals, and at least one of the wires is a coaxial cable (4a) which has a shielding braid layer (43) enclosing the corresponding inner conductor. The spacer is mounted on the insulator and used for supporting the wires. The spacer comprises an inner surface with thereof a plurality of slots (31) for receiving the responding wires and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, and a through-hole (32) is formed through the inner and outer surfaces. The metal shell is mounted on and covers the insulator. The spring finger (75) is formed integrate with the metal shell and extends inwards, and the spring finger passes through the through-hole to electrically connect with the shielding braid of the coaxial cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Wu, David Tso-Chin Ko, Wei-Ya Cheng, Hai-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 7758388
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a receptacle connector (100) and a plug connector (200) mating with the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector (100) has a receptacle housing (10) and a plurality of receptacle contacts (12) received in the receptacle housing, and the receptacle housing comprises a base portion (102) and an expansion portion (104) extending outwards from the base portion. The plug connector comprises a plug housing (20) and a plurality of plug contacts (21) retained in the plug housing. Each of the receptacle contacts and the plug contacts define a mating portion (121, 211), a retention portion (123, 213) retained with associated housing and a tail portion (124, 214) extending beyond the associated housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bin Xu, Su-Feng Liu, David Tso-Chin Ko
  • Patent number: 7736156
    Abstract: A connector assembly (100) adapted for electrically connecting with a complementary connector along a mating direction includes an insulative housing (2) defining a mating port, a number of contacts (3) disposed in the housing, a circuit board (4) located on a rear side of the housing and including a front surface facing to the rear side of the housing and an opposite rear surface, and a number of solder tails (8) located behind the rear surface of the circuit board and electrically connecting the contacts with the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: David (Tso-Chin) Ko
  • Publication number: 20100120294
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (200) includes an electrical connector (100), a cable (91) connected with the electrical connector and an insulated cover (92) over-molded on an electrical connection between the electrical connector and the cable. The electrical connector includes a first connector (1) and a second connector (2), each of the first connector and the second connector have a contact, a middle tube enclosing the contact and an outer tube enclosing the middle tube. A first insulated housing (70) is defined between the outer tube and the middle tube of the first connector, and a second insulated housing (80) is defined between the outer tube and the middle tube of the second connector, the first insulated housing is unitarily molded with the second insulated housing. The insulated cover comprises a pair of receiving channels (921, 922).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DAVID Tso-Chin Ko, HOU-YU Shi
  • Publication number: 20100093217
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes a housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) receiving in the housing, a metal shell (6), enclosing the housing and including two stopping tabs (620) formed at two sides of thereof, and two insulative cover (4,5), comprising cooperation structure (42) respectively to interfere with the two side of the stopping tabs and assembling to the metal shell along different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HOU-YU SHI, DAVID Tso-Chin KO, CHANG-MAO LI
  • Publication number: 20100093218
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (22) having a plurality of contacts received therein, a cable assembly (3) connected with the contacts by a printed circuit board (5), an upper shielding member (11) and a lower shielding member (12) together with the upper shielding member to form a receiving space (10). Each of the upper shielding member and the lower shielding member have a base portion (111, 121) and a plurality of vertical walls (113, 114, 115, 123, 124, 125) extending from the base portion. The lower shielding member (12) defines a stopping portion (126) to prevent the upper shielding member (11) from moving along a transverse direction. The stopping portion (126) is of U-shaped and comprises a first restricting flake (1261) and a second restricting flake (1262), and a corresponding vertical wall (113) of the upper shielding member is located between the first restricting flake (1261) and the second restricting flake (1262).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao-Kang ZHANG, Hou-Yu SHI, David Tso-Chin KO
  • Publication number: 20100081335
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes an insulation housing, a plurality of contacts, a plurality of wires and a spacer. The housing includes a mating portion, a pair of flat portions extending from two sides of the mating portion, and a receiving space formed between the two flat portions. Each of the contacts is received in the housing and has a rear surface. The wires are corresponding to the contacts and each wire is connected its corresponding contact. The spacer is attached to the housing and has a front surface attached to the rear surface of the contact. The spacer includes a plurality of slots received in the receiving space. And the wires are respectively received in the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: DAVID (Tso-Chin) KO
  • Patent number: 7682184
    Abstract: An FFC connector according to the present invention includes a FFC (1) and an insulator (3). The FFC defines upper and lower surfaces (10) and (11) opposite to each other, a number of gold fingers (101) formed with the upper surface and exposed outside to contact with a complementary connector, and a reinforcement plate (4) held on the lower surface and supporting the gold fingers during mating with the complementary connector. The insulator abuts against the upper surface of the FFC and has a receiving room (310) for receiving the FFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Tso-Chin Ko, Jin-Cheng Yao, Guo-Hua Yang
  • Publication number: 20100068939
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a receptacle connector (100) and a plug connector (200) mating with the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector (100) has a receptacle housing (10) and a plurality of receptacle contacts (12) received in the receptacle housing, and the receptacle housing comprises a base portion (102) and an expansion portion (104) extending outwards from the base portion. The plug connector comprises a plug housing (20) and a plurality of plug contacts (21) retained in the plug housing. Each of the receptacle contacts and the plug contacts define a mating portion (121, 211), a retention portion (123, 213) retained with associated housing and a tail portion (124, 214) extending beyond the associated housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Bin Xu, Su-Feng Liu, David Tso-Chin Ko
  • Publication number: 20100065326
    Abstract: A cable assembly (100) comprises a mating member (3), a print circuit board (2), a LED (24) attached to the print circuit board, a cable (6), a light pipe (4) having a visible area (431), an insulative shell (1), an inner cover (7), and a ring (5) located in the light pipe and neighboring to the light pipe. 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. A detective contact (631) is connecting with the cable. The insulative shell encloses the print circuit board, the cable and the mating member. The visible area (431) is exposed out of the insulative shell. The inner cover is over-molded on a junction between the cable and the detective contact. The ring is enclosing one of the inner cover and the strain relief portion, and the ring is lighter in color than the inner cover or the strain relief portion enclosed by the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: David (Tso-Chin) Ko
  • Patent number: 7651375
    Abstract: A cable assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises an electrical connector including an insulative housing defining a mating portion and a pair of positioning portions extending rearwardly from the mating portion, a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing and at least one metal shell surrounded the insulative housing; a cable electrically terminated to the terminals; and a rear cover substantially enveloping the insulative housing and snugly supported by the positioning portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jiang-Hua Zhu, David Tso-Chin Ko, Hai-Wei Wang, Xiao-Li Li
  • Publication number: 20100009574
    Abstract: An electrical interconnection device (100) includes a first connector (10), a second connector (20) defining a positioning member (25), a connecting member (30), a cover (50) enclosing the first connector and the second connector to combine therebetween and a restricting member (40) assembled to the first connector. The connecting member (30) electrically connects the first connector with the second connector. The restricting member (40) comprises a plate (41) mounted to the first connector and an elastic portion (44) connected to the plate, said elastic portion has at least two elastic arms spaced from one another, the elastic arms being selectively locked into positioning grooves (253) of the positioning member, while said first connector and second connector are swiveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HOU-YU SHI, DAVID Tso-Chin KO
  • Patent number: 7641507
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative housing, some terminals, an insert and a shield. The insulative housing includes a main body, a pair of side arms respectively rearward extending from the middle of the two sides of the main body to form a receiving space between the two side arms. The forward section of said main body is a mating portion with some evenly disposed grooves. The rearward section of said main body is a connecting portion with some troughs corresponding to the grooves. Each side arm includes two pair of separated receiving slots on the tail thereof to be connected to the receiving space. Each of terminals includes a mating piece on the forward part thereof to be received in the mating portion and a connecting piece on the rearward part thereof to be received in the connecting portion. The insert includes a main body with a grid to form some passages corresponding to the troughs of the housing and two pair of fastening portions respectively extending from two sides of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Inc. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David Tso-Chin Ko
  • Publication number: 20090325417
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing(1) with a number of passages(101), a shell(3) covering the insulative housing, a number of contacts(2) received in the passages of the insulative housing, and a spacer(5) assembled to the insulative housing. The contact includes a retaining portion(22), an extending portion(25) extending form the retaining portion and a soldering portion(23) bending from the end of the extending portion, and the all soldering portions are coplanar. The spacer includes a pressing portion(52) and a vertical wall(53). The pressing portion presses on the retaining portion of the contact, and the vertical wall engages with the soldering portion of the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: DAVID TSO-CHIN KO