Patents by Inventor Shu-Zhao Cao

Shu-Zhao Cao 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).

  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 7445514
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing and a number of terminals residing in the housing. Each of terminals comprises a base portion, a contact portion extending from the base portion, and a retention portion rising from the base portion. The housing defines a number of terminal-mounting holes each with a receiving cavity and an engaging cavity. Along a longitudinal direction of the housing, the width of the receiving cavity is greater than the thickness of the retention portion and the width of the engaging cavity is less than the thickness of the retention portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Zhao Cao, Chang-Hsin Hsu
  • Electrical connector
    Publication number: 20080045089
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing and a number of terminals residing in the housing. Each of terminals comprises a base portion, a contact portion extending from the base portion, and a retention portion rising from the base portion. The housing defines a number of terminal-mounting holes each with a receiving cavity and an engaging cavity. Along a longitudinal direction of the housing, the width of the receiving cavity is greater than the thickness of the retention portion and the width of the engaging cavity is less than the thickness of the retention portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Shu-Zhao Cao, Chang-Hsin Hsu