Patents by Inventor Kuo-Chun Hsu

Kuo-Chun Hsu 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: 7878858
    Abstract: An N-in-1 card connector (100), used for receiving at least two cards (a MS card A and a SD card B), includes an insulative housing (10), a number of first terminals (40) retained in the insulative housing, an ejector comprising a slider (30) moveably attached to the insulative housing, a floating member (60) floatingly received in the insulative housing and a plurality of second terminals (50) having respective parts retained with the floating member. The floating member remains at a lower position to stay clear of a first, narrower card (A) and is moveable to an upper position by a second, wider card (B). The second terminals are moveable together with the floating member at the upper position for engaging the second card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hsien Tung, Tzu-Ching Tsai, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Publication number: 20110008982
    Abstract: An N-in-1 card connector (100), used for receiving at least two cards (a MS card A and a SD card B), includes an insulative housing (10), a number of first terminals (40) retained in the insulative housing, an ejector comprising a slider (30) moveably attached to the insulative housing, a floating member (60) floatingly received in the insulative housing and a plurality of second terminals (50) having respective parts retained with the floating member. The floating member remains at a lower position to stay clear of a first, narrower card (A) and is moveable to an upper position by a second, wider card (B). The second terminals are moveable together with the floating member at the upper position for engaging the second card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHANG-HSIEN TUNG, TZU-CHING TSAI, KUO-CHUN HSU
  • Patent number: 7841876
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative base defining a mounting face thereof. A plurality of terminals are secured in said insulative base and each has a contacting section projecting upwards thereof. A detachable cover is pivotally assembled on the insulative base and rotates to an opened position where a mating cavity is defined for receiving a mating plug therein and a closed position where the mating cavity is not large enough for receiving said mating plug. At least one resilient tang is located under said cover for providing a supporting force no matter the cover is in the opened position or in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Lin, Wei-Chung Lin, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100291799
    Abstract: A shielded connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a base portion (11) and an engaging portion (12), a plurality of contacts (2) disposed in the housing (1), each of said contacts (2) defining a contacting portion (21) extending into the engaging portion (12) and a soldering portion (22) extending out of the housing (1), a metallic shell (3) having side walls surrounding the engaging portion (12) and a pair of positioning brackets (31) folding outwards from an upper edge of the side walls (303). The shielded connector furthermore defines a pair of insulative supporting sections (15) respectively disposed and supported under the positioning brackets (31) thereby forming a positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Jen Ting, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Tzu-Fan Kuo
  • Patent number: 7833035
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting an FPC includes an insulating housing having a receiving space, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and an actuator retained on two ends of said insulating housing. Each contact includes a pivot arm engaging with said actuator and frontwardly extending into said receiving space. Said pivot arm defines a first engaging notch and a protrusion on a bottom edge thereof. The actuator has a rotatable cam portion rotatablely engaged with said first engaging notch. Said protrusion is formed on a frontal tip end of said pivot arm and extends much lower than said rotatable cam portion in a vertical direction, which prevents the FPC from contacting with said rotatable portion firstly during the process of the insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Han Lin, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 7824192
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) with a base portion (11, 12), a first engaging portion (14) and a second engaging portion (121) extending from the base portion along same direction, a plurality of conductive terminals (30) retained in the insulative housing (10) and a shielding member (20) assembled on the housing. The shielding member (20) has a pair of sidewalls (21, 23) opposite to each other and a pair of end walls (22) surrounding the first engaging portion (14) thereby forming a mating cavity between thereof. One of the end walls (22) is served as a partition located between the first engaging portion (14) and the second engaging portion (121) which extends outwards through the shielding member (20) then nearly presses against the shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Han Lin, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Chien-Jen Ting
  • Publication number: 20100267262
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mating cavity, a tongue portion forwards extending into the mating cavity and defining thereon first and second faces opposite to each other, and first and second sets of contacts retained to the housing. The first set of contacts includes pairs of differential pairs and grounding contacts arranged at opposite sides of the differential pairs, and each of the differential pairs defines a first contacting section disposed in the first face and a soldering section. The second set of contacts each defines a deflectable cantilevered beam accessible from the second face. At least one of the grounding contacts defines a main section retained in the tongue portion and further extending into the mating cavity along the tongue portion, and the main section is disposed in a plane perpendicular to the first face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-NAN LIN, KUO-CHUN HSU, HUNG-CHI YU
  • Publication number: 20100267261
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mating cavity, two parallel and stacked mating portions respectively forwards extending into the mating cavity, sets of contact retained in the housing and a grounding member retained in the housing. The first mating portion defines thereon a first surface; the second mating portion spaces from the first mating portion and defines thereon a second surface opposite to the first surface. The sets of contact include a first set of contacts each defining a contacting section exposed upon the first surface and a second set of contacts each defining a deflectable cantilevered beam accessible from the second face. The grounding member is disposed between the first and second mating portions to reduce the cross-talk between the first and second sets of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-NAN LIN, KUO-CHUN HSU, HUNG-CHI YU
  • Publication number: 20100255710
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) with a base portion (11, 12), a first engaging portion (14) and a second engaging portion (121) extending from the base portion along same direction, a plurality of conductive terminals (30) retained in the insulative housing (10) and a shielding member (20) assembled on the housing. The shielding member (20) has a pair of sidewalls (21, 23) opposite to each other and a pair of end walls (22) surrounding the first engaging portion (14) thereby forming a mating cavity between thereof. One of the end walls (22) is served as a partition located between the first engaging portion (14) and the second engaging portion (121) which extends outwards through the shielding member (20) then nearly presses against the shielding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MIN-HAN LIN, KUO-CHUN HSU, CHIEN-JEN TING
  • Publication number: 20100248538
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulator, a plurality of terminals retained in the insulator and a shell installed on the insulator. The insulator comprises a base portion and mating portion extending from the base portion. At lest one terminal has a contact portion disposed in the mating portion of the insulator. The shell defines a receiving room and comprises a side wall and a supporting arm extending out of the receiving room from the side wall. the supporting arm comprises a locking portion and a supporting beam connected with the locking portion and attached to the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TZU-FAN KUO, KUO-CHUN HSU
  • Publication number: 20100248545
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a set of first terminals for eSATA and a set of second terminals for USB. The housing defines a mating cavity with a front opening and a mating tongue in the mating cavity, the mating tongue defines a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. Each of the first terminals includes a first contacting section disposed on the first mating face, a second contacting section bending from the first contacting section to be in the second mating face and a leg portion. Each of the second contacts includes a contacting section disposed on the second mating face and a leg portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-NAN LIN, HUNG-CHI YU, KUO-CHUN HSU, JUI-KUANG CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20100227486
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative base defining a mounting face thereof. A plurality of terminals are secured in said insulative base and each has a contacting section projecting upwards thereof. A detachable cover is pivotally assembled on the insulative base and rotates to an opened position where a mating cavity is defined for receiving a mating plug therein and a closed position where the mating cavity is not large enough for receiving said mating plug. At least one resilient tang is located under said cover for providing a supporting force no matter the cover is in the opened position or in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-LUNG LIN, WEI-CHUNG LIN, KUO-CHUN HSU
  • Publication number: 20100216327
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and contacts, the insulating housing defines a mating cavity and a tongue portion in the cavity, the tongue portion defines a first and a second mating face. A set of first contacts each defines a first contacting section disposed on the first mating face and a leg portion. A set of second contacts each defines a first contacting section disposed on the first mating face and a second contacting section bending from the first contacting section to be in the second mating face, a leg portion and a retention section connecting with the first contacting section and a the leg portion. A set of third contacts each defines a contacting section disposed on the second mating face and a leg section. The contacting portions of the third contacts are disposed at two sides of the second contacting sections of the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-NAN LIN, KUO-CHUN HSU, HUNG-CHI YU, JUI-KUANG CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20100144213
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and at least one contact (2) retained in the housing. The housing includes a base portion (11) and a mating portion (12) extending forwards from the base portion, and the base portion defines a mounting face (114) thereof and the mating portion defines a mating cavity (121) extending from a mating face (120) into the housing. The at least one contact defines a retaining portion (21) retained in the base portion, a resilient arm (22) extending from the retaining portion with a part projecting into the mating cavity and a soldering leg (23) arranged to parallel to the mounting face. The soldering leg is disposed within the scope of the mounting face and defines a first and a second soldering portion (231, 232) forming an angle therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Lin, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 7675724
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit that includes at least two transistors connected in a stacked configuration, a first diffusion region of a first dopant type shared by two adjacent transistors, and a second diffusion region of a second dopant type formed in the first diffusion region. A substrate-triggered site is induced into the device structure of the stacked transistors to improve ESD robustness and turn-on speed. An area-efficient layout to realize the stacked transistors is proposed. The stacked transistors may be implemented in ESD protection circuits with a mixed-voltage I/O interface, or in integrated circuits with multiple power supplies. The stacked transistors are fabricated without using a thick-gate mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventors: Ming-Dou Ker, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Hsin-Chin Jiang
  • Publication number: 20100041276
    Abstract: An electrical card connector includes a first insulative housing (1), a number of first contacts (2) mounted in the first housing and having a first soldering portion (22), a second insulative housing (4) located behind the first housing, a number of second contacts (5) mounted in the second housing and having a second soldering portion (51), and a shell (6) covering the first housing and the second housing. The first housing and the second housing is separated each other. A gap (9) is formed between the shell and the second housing. The second housing with the second contacts moves around the gap, corresponding to the first housing, and then the second soldering portion is adjusted, the first soldering portion and the second soldering portion are in coplanar, and soldered on the PCB without missing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TZU-CHING TSAI, KUO-CHUN HSU
  • Patent number: 7625232
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a receiving cavity for receiving an FPC, a pressing member assembled on the insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and a pair of locking members retained on two ends of the insulating housing. The pressing member has a tongue plate inserted into the receiving cavity for urging the FPC. The tongue plate has a pair of standoff portions with a pair of depressed recesses thereon in order to engage with the locking members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Han Lin, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 7579918
    Abstract: A clock generator includes a current source for generating a constant current; a current mirror coupled between a supply voltage and the current source for generating a mirror current equal to the constant current multiplied by a predetermined value; and a charge control module coupled with the current source and the current mirror for charging a capacitor when a voltage thereof is lower than a predetermined threshold voltage and for discharging the capacitor when the voltage thereof is higher than the predetermined threshold voltage, thereby generating a clock signal at a predetermined frequency, wherein the charge control module adjusts the predetermined frequency by changing the predetermined threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignees: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Global Unichip Corp.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: D616828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chang-Hsien Tung, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Yu-Hua Mao
  • Patent number: D617282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hsien Tung, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Yu-Hua Mao