Patents by Inventor Tsu-Yang Wu

Tsu-Yang 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: 7578704
    Abstract: An electrical adapter comprises a first mating portion adapted for engaging a first type interface complement connector, a second mating portion adapted for engaging a second type interface complement connector, a mounting plane adapted for being set on a printed circuit board, and grounding means. The first mating portion defines a pair of first guiding rails. The second mating portion defines a pair of second guiding rails. The grounding means comprises a first contacting arm extending to said first guiding rail, a second contacting arm extending toward said second guiding rail, and a leg extending to said mounting plane, establishing a grounding path from said first mating portion and second mating portion to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ho Yang, Tsu-Yang Wu, Chun-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 7544092
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing (1), a cover (2) mounted on the housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) received in the housing (1), a pair of screw members (5) mounted on two ends of the housing (1) for connecting the housing (1) to a printed circuit board. The housing (1) defines an upper surface (11) and a pair of recesses (12) on two ends thereof for receiving the screw members (5), each recess (12) at least defines one triangle rib (13) for engaging interferential with the screw members (5). The triangle rib (13) is clear from the upper surface (11) of the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20090111328
    Abstract: An electrical adapter comprises a first mating portion adapted for engaging a first type interface complement connector, a second mating portion adapted for engaging a second type interface complement connector, a mounting plane adapted for being set on a printed circuit board, and grounding means. The first mating portion defines a pair of first guiding rails. The second mating portion defines a pair of second guiding rails. The grounding means comprises a first contacting arm extending to said first guiding rail, a second contacting arm extending toward said second guiding rail, and a leg extending to said mounting plane, establishing a grounding path from said first mating portion and second mating portion to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Sheng-Ho Yang, Tsu-Yang Wu, Chun-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 7510411
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing which comprises a base portion, a plurality of contact receiving recesses, and engaging holes in diagonal corners thereof; a plurality of conductive contacts retained in said contact receiving recesses; a pick up comprising first engaging pole and second engaging pole corresponding to said engaging holes; each of the first and second engaging poles having a shape of a circular cylinder with a plurality of ribs on a circular surface thereof; said first engaging pole having at least three ribs while said second engaging pole having at least two ribs; the line joining the center of said first engaging pole and the center of said second engaging pole being perpendicular to the line joining the centers of said two ribs of said second engaging pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsu-Yang Wu, Yun-Fu Tsai, Sheng-Ko Chen
  • Patent number: 7497739
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body having a first mating face (21), an opposite second mating face (31), and a mounting face (25 or 35) disposed adjacent a printed circuit board (1), which is capable of providing different predetermined voltages. A first group of contact terminals (4) extends from the first mating face towards the second mating face. A second group of contact terminals (5) extends from the first mating face towards the mounting face. A third group of contact terminals (6) extends from the second mating face towards the mounting face. Thus, the electrical connector assembly provides a flexible connection to any commodity devices of requiring different predetermined voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: George (Huan Yi) Zhang, Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 7473114
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an elongated connector body (31) formed from an insulative material, and a guiding member unitary with the connector body. The connector body includes a front face (311) adapted to face conductive elements (20) of a mating electronic component (2). A plurality of contact terminals (32) is adapted to be disposed within the connector body, and extend from the front face for mating with the conductive elements. The guiding member includes a pair of axial guiding legs (340) transverse to the front face, the guiding legs spaced apart a distance for facilitating insertion of the electronic component along the guiding legs to mate the conductive elements to the terminals of the connector body. As compared with the prior art, the unity of the supporting frame and the connector body makes the manufacturing of the electrical connector assembly simplified, with reduced manufacturing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Ping Chen, Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20080305690
    Abstract: An extender (1) comprises a female connector (2) and a male connector (3) assembled together to be electrical connection to a printed circuit board (9). A plurality of differential pairs of signal contact (51) and a plurality pairs of ground contact (53) with the pairs of signal contacts (51) arranged therebetween are secured in the extender (1). Each of the differential pairs of signal contact (51) and ground contact (53) has a first contact engaging portion (511), (531) which accessible from the female connector (2), and includes a second contact engaging portion (513), (533) extending away from the first engaging portion (511), (531) and accessible from the male connector (3). The ground contact further comprises a tail portion (535) that is orthogonal to the first and second contact engaging portion (531), (533) for electrical connection to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: George (Huanyi) Zhang, Wei Yuan, Tsu-Yang Wu, Hai-Jun Wang, Gustavo F. Duenas
  • Publication number: 20080305687
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body having a first mating face (21), an opposite second mating face (31), and a mounting face (25 or 35) disposed adjacent a printed circuit board (1), which is capable of providing different predetermined voltages. A first group of contact terminals (4) extends from the first mating face towards the second mating face. A second group of contact terminals (5) extends from the first mating face towards the mounting face. A third group of contact terminals (6) extends from the second mating face towards the mounting face. Thus, the electrical connector assembly provides a flexible connection to any commodity devices of requiring different predetermined voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: George(HuanYi) Zhang, Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 7435111
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2) comprising plurality of passageways (25) thereon, a plurality of electrical terminals (4) received in the housing (2), a cover (5) mounted on the housing (2), wherein the cover (5) includes a number of supporting members (52) extending from an inner sidewall thereof for supporting the housing (2), hence preventing the housing (2) from destroying terminals (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tsu-Yang Wu, Sheng-Ko Chen
  • Patent number: 7361023
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) for electrically connecting between first and second PCBs comprises a housing (20) and a number of terminals (10) received in the housing. The terminal defines a longitudinal base portion (11), a spring arm (16) extending upwardly from an upper portion thereof, and a contacting portion (18) formed at a distal end of the spring arm. The base portion defines at least two soldering portion (12, 13, 14) along the longitudinal direction thereof. The soldering portions are soldered onto the first PCB and keep the terminal balance when the second PCB presses onto corresponding contacting portion of the terminal. Thereby mechanical and electrical connection between the first and second PCBs via the connector is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20080090442
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing which comprises a base portion, a plurality of contact receiving recesses, and engaging holes in diagonal corners thereof; a plurality of conductive contacts retained in said contact receiving recesses; a pick up comprising first engaging pole and second engaging pole corresponding to said engaging holes; each of the first and second engaging poles having a shape of a circular cylinder with a plurality of ribs on a circular surface thereof; said first engaging pole having at least three ribs while said second engaging pole having at least two ribs; the line joining the center of said first engaging pole and the center of said second engaging pole being perpendicular to the line joining the centers of said two ribs of said second engaging pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Tsu-Yang Wu, Yun-Fu Tsai, Sheng-Ko Chen
  • Patent number: 7331818
    Abstract: A card connector assembly (1) according to an embodiment includes an elongate insulative housing (10), a plurality of terminals (12), a pair of fastening members (14) and a pair of metal reinforcing elements (16). The plurality of terminals is held in the insulative housing with lower portions (123) for being soldered to a printed circuit board (2). The pair of fastening members is located around opposite ends of the insulative housing for fixing the insulative housing to the printed circuit board. The reinforcing element includes a first portion (162) for being attached to the insulative housing, and a second portion (164) adapted for being soldered to the printed circuit board at a mounting surface. The reinforcing elements are disposed adjacent the fastening members such that deformation caused by connecting the fastening members to the printed circuit board is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsu-Yang Wu, Yu-San Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20070249200
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an elongated connector body (31) formed from an insulative material, and a guiding member unitary with the connector body. The connector body includes a front face (311) adapted to face conductive elements (20) of a mating electronic component (2). A plurality of contact terminals (32) is adapted to be disposed within the connector body, and extend from the front face for mating with the conductive elements. The guiding member includes a pair of axial guiding legs (340) transverse to the front face, the guiding legs spaced apart a distance for facilitating insertion of the electronic component along the guiding legs to mate the conductive elements to the terminals of the connector body. As compared with the prior art, the unity of the supporting frame and the connector body makes the manufacturing of the electrical connector assembly simplified, with reduced manufacturing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Hsiang-Ping Chen, Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20070218722
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprising a base defining a plurality of passageways and a conjugate member, a plurality of terminals residing in corresponding passageways, and a pick up cap being detachably mounted on the base and defining a conjugate post. The conjugate member having a hole and the conjugate post having a plurality of interferential robs for abutting against the interior wall surface of the conjugate hole. With this configuration, there is a reserved space to hold the plastic scrap produced by the conjugate post and the conjugate hole when the electrical connector is mating with the pick up cap, so that the pick up cap can be easily mounted on the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Hsiang-Ping Chen, Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20070173088
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2) comprising plurality of passageways (25) thereon, a plurality of electrical terminals (4) received in the housing (2), a cover (5) mounted on the housing (2), wherein the cover (5) includes a number of formable members (52) extending from an inner sidewall thereof for supporting the housing (2), hence preventing the housing (2) from destroying terminals (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Tsu-Yang Wu, Sheng-Ko Chen
  • Publication number: 20070155229
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) for electrically connecting between first and second PCBs comprises a housing (20) and a number of terminals (10) received in the housing. The terminal defines a longitudinal base portion (11), a spring arm (16) extending upwardly from an upper portion thereof, and a contacting portion (18) formed at a distal end of the spring arm. The base portion defines at least two soldering portion (12, 13, 14) along the longitudinal direction thereof. The soldering portions are soldered onto the first PCB and keep the terminal balance when the second PCB presses onto corresponding contacting portion of the terminal. Thereby mechanical and electrical connection between the first and second PCBs via the connector is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20070149039
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing (1), a cover (2) mounted on the housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) received in the housing (1), a pair of screw members (5) mounted on two ends of the housing (1) for connecting the housing (1) to a printed circuit board. The housing (1) defines an upper surface (11) and a pair of recesses (12) on two ends thereof for receiving the screw members (5), each recess (12) at least defines one triangle rib (13) for engaging interferential with the screw members (5). The triangle rib (13) is clear from the upper surface (11) of the housing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventor: Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20070149006
    Abstract: A card connector assembly (1) according to an embodiment includes an elongate insulative housing (10), a plurality of terminals (12), a pair of fastening members (14) and a pair of metal reinforcing elements (16). The plurality of terminals is held in the insulative housing with lower portions (123) for being soldered to a printed circuit board (2). The pair of fastening members is located around opposite ends of the insulative housing for fixing the insulative housing to the printed circuit board. The reinforcing element includes a first portion (162) for being attached to the insulative housing, and a second portion (164) adapted for being soldered to the printed circuit board at a mounting surface. The reinforcing elements are disposed adjacent the fastening members such that deformation caused by connecting the fastening members to the printed circuit board is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Tsu-Yang Wu, Yu-San Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6179652
    Abstract: An IC card connector assembly comprises stacked upper and lower connectors and a rear socket attached thereto. The upper connector includes an upper header and a row of upper contacts retained in the upper header. The upper header comprises a pair of upper sidebars each defining an upper recess in an outside face thereof. The lower connector includes a lower header and a row of lower contacts retained in the lower header. The lower header comprises a pair of lower sidebars each defining a lower recess in an outside face thereof. The rear socket includes an elongate base and a pair of arms upwardly extending from opposite ends of the base. The base defines two rows of cavities. In a semi-assembled state, the arms are received in the lower recesses with a gap defined therebween thereby, the rear socket being deflectably toward the lower contacts assembled to the upper and lower connectors for facilitating arrangement of the lower contacts in one of the two rows of cavities of the rear socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun-Chi Tung, Tsu-Yang Wu, Wen-Hsing Lin