Patents by Inventor Jerry Wu

Jerry Wu 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: 10084271
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a cable; a printed circuit board including a mating end for inserting into a mating connector, a connecting end electrically connected with the cable, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the connecting end, the mating end defining plural conductive pads extending along a longitudinal direction of the printed circuit board for electrically connecting with the mating connector and arranged in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and an outer case enclosing the intermediate portion of the printed circuit board and a part of the cable; wherein the intermediate portion defines on each of two side edges thereof a recessing portion filled by the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Da-Wei Xing, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 10063018
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: a mating unit; a cable; a PCB interconnected between the mating unit and the cable; a metal shell enclosing the PCB, a rear of the mating unit, a front of the cable, the metal shell including an upper shell part and a lower shell part, each of the upper and lower shell parts having a main body and a pair of side walls; an insulative outer shell enclosing the metal shell, the rear of the mating unit, the front of the cable; wherein the pair of side walls of the upper shell part extend downwardly and those of the lower shell part extend upwardly to align with each other along an up-and-down direction; and each of the pair of side walls of the lower shell part includes a flap extending inwardly and upwardly to latch an associated side wall of the upper shell part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Da-Wei Xing, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
  • Publication number: 20180233859
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to two opposite faces of the tongue, the upper row of contacts including an upper ground contact and the lower row of contacts including a lower ground contact; and a metal plate disposed between the upper row of contacts and the lower row of contacts, wherein the metal plate has a pair of upper fingers contacting the upper ground contact and a pair of lower fingers contacting the lower ground contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, MIN-QIANG ZHANG, YANG-TSUN HSU, QING-BIN XIA
  • Publication number: 20180175526
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: an insulative housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) received in the insulative housing, the PCB having an upper surface; an electrical connector electrically connected with the PCB; a cable; a light member mounted on the PCB; a light guide member mounted on the PCB; and a shading member covered on the light guide member; wherein the electrical connector includes plural conductive terminals and plural fixing fingers fixed on the PCB, the PCB includes plural conductive pads exposed on the upper surface of the PCB and fixed with the conductive terminals and plural mounting holes on the upper surface of the PCB and matched with the fixing fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: SHUAI-HUI HUANG, HAI-LI WANG, RU-YANG GUO, QING-MAN ZHU, JERRY WU
  • Publication number: 20180175540
    Abstract: A connector module (100) includes a base (1) including a front face (101), a rear face (102) opposite to the front face, a top face (103) connecting the front face and the rear face, and a mounting slot (104) extending through the front face and the rear face; a first connector assembly (2) mounted on the base; a second connector assembly (3) mounted on the base through the mounting slot along a rear to front direction, and extending beyond the front face for being mated with a mating connector; and a block member (4) mounted on the base with a portion projected into the mounting slot to block a rear end of the second connector assembly to prevent the second connector assembly from withdrawing from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, FAN-BO MENG
  • Publication number: 20180175528
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes: a connector housing receiving a plurality of contacts mounted to an internal substrate; a shielding shell enclosing the connector housing; and a pair of latches secured to the connector housing in a cantilevered fashion; wherein the latch has an arm secured to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: XIAO FAN, JUN CHEN, JERRY WU, QIU-MING WU
  • Publication number: 20180175523
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: a plug connector including plural conductive terminals; a cable including plural core wires, a braided layer coated the core wires, a cap coated the braided layer, and a metal member; a printed circuit board (PCB) including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the plug connector being mounted on the first surface of the PCB; wherein the first surface of the PCB has three grounding holes at one end of the PCB, the second surface has plural conductive pads, the metal member includes a ring clamping the braided layer and a grounding portion extending from the ring, the grounding portion includes three grounding fingers inserted into the three grounding holes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: SHUAI-HUI HUANG, Ru-Yang Guo, Qing-Man Zhu, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 9997879
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing shroud enclosing the respective first and second connectors spaced and distinct from each other with the corresponding ports exposed outside of the housing shroud. A cable is connected to the first connector and the second connector respectively and extends out of the housing shroud opposite to the mating ports. The first connector is fixed within the housing shroud while the second connector is disposed in the housing shroud in a floating manner wherein the second connector is equipped with a rubber ring transversely confronting the housing shroud for obtaining the floating effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Xiao Fan, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 9997872
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (300) includes: a cable end connector (100) including an insulative support (21), plural contacts (22) insert molded with the insulative support, and a front insulative body (10) mounted to the insulative support, the plural contacts including a pair of USB 2.0 signal contacts (220), plural power contacts (221), plural ground contacts (222), and a detection contact (223), the plural power contacts having a solder tail (2211), plural ground contacts having a solder tail (2221), the detection contact having a solder tail (2230); and a cable (200) including a plurality of wires (201) directly connected to each of the two USB 2.0 signal contacts, one of the power contacts, and one of the ground contacts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
  • Publication number: 20180145450
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members retained in the insulative housing; a cable; and an outer case, wherein the latching member includes a base portion, a fixing portion forwardly extending from the base portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from the base portion, an elastic portion forwardly and rearwardly extending from an extremely end of the connecting portion, a locking portion disposed on a front side of the elastic portion and exposed to the insulative housing, and a pressing portion downwardly extending from a rear end of the elastic portion beyond the base portion; the outer case defines an operating portion for operating the latching member; the operating portion drives the pressing portion to disengage the latching with a mating connector; and the operating direction of the operating portion is opposite to the movement direction of the locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN, ZHI-YONG ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20180145451
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members spacedly retained in the insulative housing; a cable electrically connected to the mating member; and an outer case enclosing the mating member and the cable and having an operating portion to operate the latching member; wherein each of the latching member includes a forwardly extending mounting portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from a rear end of the mounting portion, an elastic portion upwardly extending form a top end of the connecting portion, and a locking portion disposed on an extremity end, the elastic portion defining an upwardly extending pressing portion, the operating portion when pressed further pressing the pressing portion to move the locking portion towards an inside of the insulative housing for disengaging the latching member froma mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN, ZHI-YONG ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20180145440
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes a cable and a mating member electrically connected to the cable, the mating member having an insulative housing and a contacting module retained in the insulative housing, the contacting module having a first contacting module unit and a second contacting module unit, the first contacting module unit having plural first contacts arranged along a lateral direction and a first insulative member retaining the first contacts, the second contacting module unit having plural second contacts arranged along the lateral direction and a second insulative member retaining the second contacts, wherein each of the first and second insulative members includes a same engagement structure, through which the first insulative member and the second insulative member are assembled into a whole by interference arrangement and then inserted into the insulative housing together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN, ZHI-YONG ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9979145
    Abstract: A cable includes: plural wires including plural pairs of differential signal wires, a detection signal wire, at least one auxiliary signal wire, a plurality of low speed signal wires, and two power wires arranged adjacent to the low speed signal wires; and a jacket enclosing the plurality of wires; wherein the differential signal wires, the detection signal wire, and the at least one auxiliary signal wire are arranged at an outer periphery of and enclosing the low speed signal wires and the two power wires, and every two adjacent differential signal wire pairs are separated by one of the detection signal wire and the at least one auxiliary signal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
  • Publication number: 20180131144
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a cable; a printed circuit board including a mating end for inserting into a mating connector, a connecting end electrically connected with the cable, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the connecting end, the mating end defining plural conductive pads extending along a longitudinal direction of the printed circuit board for electrically connecting with the mating connector and arranged in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and an outer case enclosing the intermediate portion of the printed circuit board and a part of the cable; wherein the intermediate portion defines on each of two side edges thereof a recessing portion filled by the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: DA-WEI XING, JUN CHEN, JERRY WU
  • Publication number: 20180115095
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: an insulative base (1); plural contacts secured to the insulative base, each contact having a contacting portion, a terminating portion, and a securing portion between the contacting portion and the terminating portion; a cable including plural wires connected to the contacts, each wire having a center conductor; and an outer shell enclosing the insulative base and a part of the cable; wherein the contact terminating portion has a groove (2021) receiving the cable wire center conductor; and the cable wire center conductor extends to terminate perpendicularly to an associated contact. Plural interconnecting pieces each secured to an associated cable wire center conductor are also designed to replace direct connection of the cable wires to the contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Zheng-Rong ZHU, Jun CHEN, Jerry WU
  • Publication number: 20180115122
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: a mating unit; a cable; a PCB interconnected between the mating unit and the cable; a metal shell enclosing the PCB, a rear of the mating unit, a front of the cable, the metal shell including an upper shell part and a lower shell part, each of the upper and lower shell parts having a main body and a pair of side walls; an insulative outer shell enclosing the metal shell, the rear of the mating unit, the front of the cable; wherein the pair of side walls of the upper shell part extend downwardly and those of the lower shell part extend upwardly to align with each other along an up-and-down direction; and each of the pair of side walls of the lower shell part includes a flap extending inwardly and upwardly to latch an associated side wall of the upper shell part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: DA-WEI XING, JUN CHEN, JERRY WU
  • Publication number: 20180097312
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an elongated insulative housing; plural contacts secured to the housing; an upper shell attached to the housing, the upper shell having a latching piece (12) secured to a middle portion of the housing; and a lower shell attached to the housing and connected to the upper shell at both end portions thereof in a longitudinal direction, the lower shell having a protruding piece (22) secured to the middle portion of the housing, wherein the upper shell includes a connecting piece (13) secured to a middle portion of the lower shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, YANG-TSUN HSU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN
  • Publication number: 20180069351
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: a first cable end connector (200) including an insulative support (210), plural contacts (211) insert molded with the insulative support, and a front insulative body (20) mounted to the insulative support, the contacts including a pair of USB 2.0 signal contacts (2110), plural power contacts (2111), plural ground contacts (2112), and a detection contact (2113); a second cable end connector (300) including an insulative base (30) and plural contacts (31) insert molded with the insulative base, the contacts including a pair of signal contacts (311), a power contact (312), and a ground contact (313); a cable (400) connected therebetween, the cable including a detection wire (404) connected to the detection contact; and a physical resistor (25) connected between the detection wire of the cable and the power contact; wherein the insulative base is of a larger size than the insulative support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, FAN-BO MENG
  • Publication number: 20180062324
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (300) includes: a cable end connector (100) including an insulative support (21), plural contacts (22) insert molded with the insulative support, and a front insulative body (10) mounted to the insulative support, the plural contacts including a pair of USB 2.0 signal contacts (220), plural power contacts (221), plural ground contacts (222), and a detection contact (223), the plural power contacts having a solder tail (2211), plural ground contacts having a solder tail (2221), the detection contact having a solder tail (2230); and a cable (200) including a plurality of wires (201) directly connected to each of the two USB 2.0 signal contacts, one of the power contacts, and one of the ground contacts, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, FAN-BO MENG
  • Patent number: 9893451
    Abstract: A plug connector (100) includes: a sleeve (1) having a receiving cavity (11); and a terminal module (10) including a fixed body (7) received in the receiving cavity (11), an insulative housing (11) located in front of the fixed body (7) and extended beyond the sleeve (1), a magnetic element (6) received in the sleeve (1), a plurality of movable terminals (4), and plural elastic elements (5), the insulative housing (11) having a number of through holes (31), the other end of the elastic element (5) bearing against the fixed body (7), the movable terminals (4) in non-retracted state being located inwardly of the insulative housing (3), the insulative housing (3) being operable to move backwards urging against the elastic elements (5) and exposing the movable terminals (4) in retracted state out of the insulative housing (3); wherein the movable terminals (4) are sheathed in the elastic elements (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Xiao Fan, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu