Patents by Inventor Ming-Ching Chen

Ming-Ching Chen 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: 12651856
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a body extending from the base; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing; and a shielding cover surrounding the insulative housing and having a plate and a peripheral wall, the plate corresponding to the base of the insulative housing, the peripheral wall surrounding the body of the insulative housing to define an annular groove, wherein the peripheral wall integrally forms a pair of locking arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12463386
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a receiving slot; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving slot; and a metallic shell being secured to the insulative housing and having a pair of contact fingers, wherein each of the pair of contact fingers is disposed between selected two of the plurality of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12456843
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a receiving channel; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel; and a metallic shell secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel, the metallic shell having a unitary grounding member, wherein the grounding member has a pair of opposing fingers spaced apart a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12368258
    Abstract: A coaxial connector includes a case having an inserting opening, a terminal assembly received in the case and defining a mating opening facing the inserting opening of the case, and an elastic member disposed between the case and the terminal assembly. The elastic member provides elastic forces in a radial direction of the terminal assembly to keep the terminal assembly in a first position in a free state of the terminal assembly, and the elastic member push the terminal assembly to shift to a second position different from the first position in the radial direction in a mated state of terminal assembly when the coaxial connector is mated with a complementary connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12363848
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide an isolator which includes a body, a first circuit module, and a second circuit module. In some examples, the first circuit module is arranged at a first connecting port of the body and includes a first integrated circuit board, a first shell surrounding the first integrated circuit board, a first signal processing circuit penetrating through the first integrated circuit board, and a joint sleeved on an insulating bushing. The joint partially surrounds the first signal processing circuit. A first end portion of the first signal processing circuit is electrically connected to a first contact element. The second circuit module is arranged at a second connecting port of the body and includes a second integrated circuit board, a second shell surrounding the second integrated circuit board, and a second signal processing circuit extending along a length direction of the second integrated circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: EZCONN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li Chan Yan, Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12347963
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes: a housing having a base, a body extending rearward from the base, and a hole through the base and the body, the hole including a first part of a first diameter, a second part of a second diameter greater than the first diameter, and a step portion between the first part and the second part; a connector received by the housing, the connector having an insulating member, an inner conductor, and an outer conductor received by the first part of the hole, the outer conductor having plural tabs received by the second part of the hole; and a metal plate confining the tabs to the second part of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20250030203
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing including a pair of side walls and a mating tongue located between the pair of side walls. Two sets of contacts are disposed at two opposite sides of the mating tongue, each set of contacts including plural differential-pair contacts and plural grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction. A metallic ground bar is unitarily formed of a single piece and has a base connecting to the two sets of grounding contacts. A shielding member is secured to a center of the mating tongue and is electrically connected to the metallic ground bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250030200
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a housing extending along a longitudinal direction; two rows of conductive terminals retained in the housing, each row of conductive terminals comprising plural signal terminals and plural grounding terminals, each conductive terminal comprising a plate portion and a leg portion extending out of the housing, the plate portion defining an exposed outer face and an opposite inner face, the outer face defining a mating face; plural metal shielding plates being located inside the ground terminals in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the metal shielding plates being disposed between corresponding signal terminals of the two rows of conductive terminals in the transverse direction; and a metal connecting plate integrally connecting the plural grounding terminals and the plurality of metal shielding plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Patent number: 12206151
    Abstract: A coaxial isolator includes an integrated circuit board, a first body and a second body. The integrated circuit board includes a first surface, a second surface, a signal processing circuit extending along a central axis, two first capacitors, two second capacitors, and a first iron core. The first capacitors are located on the first surface and are respectively disposed on both sides of the signal processing circuit. The second capacitors are located on the second surface and are respectively arranged corresponding to the positions of the first capacitors. The first iron core surrounds the signal processing circuit. A first tube portion of the first body surrounds the integrated circuit board, and a first end portion of the first body is used for connecting with an external device. A second end portion of the second body is used for connecting with another external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: EZCONN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20240396270
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a pair of side walls and a tongue located between the pair of side walls; a first row of contacts and a second row of contacts secured to the pair of side walls, respectively, each of the two rows of contacts having a fixed portion, a U-shaped mating portion, and a connecting portion between the fixed portion and the U-shaped mating portion; and a ground shield secured to the tongue, the ground shield having a base, a first row of contacting portions in touch with selected ones of the first row of contacts, a second row of contacting portions in touch with selected ones of the second row of contacts, and a terminating end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240396269
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a pair of side walls and a tongue located between the pair of side walls; a first row of contacts and a second row of contacts secured to the pair of side walls, respectively, each of the two rows of contacts having a fixed portion, a U-shaped mating portion, a connecting portion between the fixed portion and the U-shaped mating portion, and an extension end extending from the U-shaped mating portion; and a ground shield secured to the tongue, the ground shield having a base, a first row of contacting portions in touch with selected ones of the first row of contacts, a second row of contacting portions in touch with selected ones of the second row of contacts, and a terminating end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240283180
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing including two side walls and two end walls and an island portion, and two rows of first terminals, each row of first terminals including at least one power terminal and plural signal terminals, each power terminal including a base plate retained in the side wall and plural elastic arms extending from an upper edge of the base plate, each elastic arm successively including an upright portion, an upper connecting portion, a first contacting arm, a lower connecting portion, and a second contacting arm, the first contacting arm and the lower connecting portion and the second contacting arm being formed into substantially a U-shape and located between the side wall and the island portion, every adjacent elastic arms being unitarily formed with a first joining portion at the lower connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Patent number: 12051871
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a channel and plural contacts secured to the insulative housing, each contact having a first arm exposed to the channel, a second arm exposed to the channel, a bottom arm connected to the first and second arms, and a soldering portion connected to the bottom arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20240235115
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating member; an inner conductor and an outer conductor both secured with the insulating member, the outer conductor including an extension; a fixing plate secured to the extension of the outer conductor; and an adapting shell movably confined between the outer conductor and the fixing plate to be moveable about the insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Patent number: 11984688
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an elongated insulative housing having a bottom wall, a pair of side walls along a lengthwise direction, and an island located between the pair of side walls to form two longitudinal grooves; a row of contacts secured to each of the pair of side walls and exposed to a corresponding groove; and a shielding shell having a base secured to the insulative housing and a peripheral wall surrounding the pair of side walls to form an annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11916332
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having an island and a receiving channel; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel; and a pair of holding members secured to two opposite ends of the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel, each holding member having a first part and a second and third parts at two opposite ends of the first part, wherein the second part of each holding member has a bottom plate, a reinforcing tab extending upwardly from the bottom plate, and a resilient arm extending upwardly from the bottom plate and located proximal to associated third part than the reinforcing tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20230411880
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a body extending from the base; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing; and a shielding cover surrounding the insulative housing and having a plate and a peripheral wall, the plate corresponding to the base of the insulative housing, the peripheral wall surrounding the body of the insulative housing to define an annular groove, wherein the peripheral wall integrally forms a pair of locking arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Patent number: 11799231
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative base; a fixed terminal secured to the insulative base; and a movable terminal including a securing portion fixed to the insulative base, a connecting portion, a contacting portion in touch with the fixed terminal, a first and a second beams at two opposite sides of the connecting portion, and a tail, wherein at least one of the first and second beams has a first portion substantially perpendicular to the connecting portion and a second portion substantially parallel to the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai-Chieh Yang, Wei-Ta Tseng, Ming-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20230299542
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a receiving slot; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving slot; and a metallic shell being secured to the insulative housing and having a pair of contact fingers, wherein each of the pair of contact fingers is disposed between selected two of the plurality of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: MING-CHING CHEN
  • Patent number: 11735867
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a receiving space, plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving space, a first and second holding members secured to two opposite ends of the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving space, and a shielding plate located between the first and second holding members, wherein at least one of the first and second holding members has an integral coupling parallel to the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen