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: 10140485
    Abstract: A wireless scanner is described that performs a pairing operation with a wireless scanner base before commencing scanning operations in a wireless scanner network. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is used to achieve the pairing operation of the wireless scanner with the wireless scanner base by using an RFID tag associated with the wireless scanner base. The RFID tag in the wireless scanner base may contain pairing information such as a network address of the wireless scanner base for use in automatically establishing a wireless communication session with the wireless scanner base in accordance with another wireless protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jianfeng Gao, Hong Jian Jin
  • Patent number: 10134507
    Abstract: A cable (100) includes a plurality of wires (10) and a jacket (20) enclosing the wires. The wires includes a plurality of differential signal wires (11) for transmitting high speed signal, a detection signal wire (12), at least one auxiliary signal wire (13), and a plurality of lower speed signal wires (14). All of the differential signal wires, the detection signal wire and the at least one auxiliary signal wire are arranged at an outer peripheral of and enclosing the lower signal wires. Each 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: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
  • Publication number: 20180323544
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes: an insulative housing defining a receiving room communicating with outside; plural contacts retained in the insulative housing; and a latch member assembled on a rear side of the insulative housing, latch member comprising a locking portion received in the receiving room and a pressing portion connected to a rear end of the locking portion; wherein the latch member further comprises a resilient portion connected to a rear end of the pressing portion and a fixing portion connected to a rear end of the resilient portion and fixed relative to the insulative housing, the locking portion defines a locking section on a front end thereof to lock with a docking connector, and the locking portion is movable within the receiving room by applying an external force to the pressing portion, thereby unlocking the locking section from the docking connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN, ZHAO-TAO JIANG
  • Publication number: 20180294602
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes: an insulative housing defining a receiving room communicating with the outside; and a latch member assembled in the receiving room of the insulative housing, the latch member comprising a fixing portion fixed on the insulative housing, a latch arm extending along a first direction and movably received in the receiving room, and a latch portion defined on a front end of the latch arm and exposed to the outside through the receiving room for cooperating with the docking connector; wherein a first bent portion is bent and formed on a rear end of the latch arm and extends along a second direction angled relative to the first direction, and the first bent portion is connected between the latch arm and the fixing portion and driven by the latch arm to move when the latch arm is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN, ZHAO-TAO JIANG
  • Patent number: 10096950
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
  • Publication number: 20180287295
    Abstract: An plug connector assembly for latching with a mating connector comprises an insulative body defining a latch apparatus on a side thereof, a cable extending along a front-to-back direction and rearwardly exposed to a rear end of the insulative body, and an unlocking assembly assembled on the insulative body and cooperate with the latch apparatus, and the latch apparatus defining a latching portion to latch with the mating connector, wherein the unlocking assembly comprises an actuator assembled on the insulative body and a operating portion connected to he actuator, and when the operating portion is operated, the actuator is derived by the operating portion to apply a force on the latch apparatus, so that the latching portion moves synchronously to release the locking with the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Min Yao, Xiao Fan, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
  • 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: 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: 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