Patents by Inventor TZU-YAO HWANG

TZU-YAO HWANG 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: 9660400
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a connector body defining a rear cable supporting platform with opposite first and second surfaces, a plurality of terminals and a cable. The terminal includes a pair of USB 2.0 signal soldering legs, a grounding and power soldering legs exposed to the first surface of the supporting platform and a detecting soldering leg, an additional power and grounding soldering legs exposed to the second surface. Wires of the cable consist of a pair of USB 2.0 signal wires, a power wire, a grounding wire welded with corresponding soldering legs on the first surface. The second surface of the supporting platform is further located with a SMT type resistor with a first leg and a second leg, the first leg is connected with the detecting soldering leg, the second leg is connected with the additional power soldering leg or the additional grounding soldering leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Chun-Chieh Yang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Wen He, Feng Zeng
  • Publication number: 20170033520
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a connector body defining a rear cable supporting platform with opposite first and second surfaces, a plurality of terminals and a cable. The terminal includes a pair of USB 2.0 signal soldering legs, a grounding and power soldering legs exposed to the first surface of the supporting platform and a detecting soldering leg, an additional power and grounding soldering legs exposed to the second surface. Wires of the cable consist of a pair of USB 2.0 signal wires, a power wire, a grounding wire welded with corresponding soldering legs on the first surface. The second surface of the supporting platform is further located with a SMT type resistor with a first leg and a second leg, the first leg is connected with the detecting soldering leg, the second leg is connected with the additional power soldering leg or the additional grounding soldering leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: CHIH-PI CHENG, Chun-Chieh YANG, Tzu-Yao HWANG, Wen HE, Feng ZENG
  • Patent number: 9520682
    Abstract: An electrical connector electrically for connecting a chip module having a contacting surface to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing, a number of terminals received therein and a number of shielding plates received in the insulative housing and located around the terminals. The insulative housing is insert molded with the shielding plates and the terminals and includes a plurality of through slots. The terminals are formed by separated from the shielding plates by the through slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang
  • Patent number: 9502841
    Abstract: A plug for provision of power includes a housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each site and a first and second rows of contacts on the sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner. Each contact includes a contacting section, and a connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire. Each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of power contacts, a pair of grounding contacts and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair. Two pair of power contacts of both two rows are electrically connected together either via direct mechanical connection via vertical extensions or via indirect electrical connection via the latch which has a pair of side arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, Chun-Chieh Yang, Tzu-Yao Hwang
  • Patent number: 9490549
    Abstract: A plug for provision of power includes a housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each site and a first and second rows of contacts on the sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner. Each contact includes a contacting section, and a connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire. Each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of power contacts, a pair of grounding contacts and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair. Two pair of power contacts of both two rows are electrically connected together either via direct mechanical connection via vertical extensions or via indirect electrical connection via the latch which has a pair of side arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, Chun-Chieh Yang, Tzu-Yao Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160268700
    Abstract: A plug for provision of power includes a housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each site and a first and second rows of contacts on the sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner. Each contact includes a contacting section, and a connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire. Each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of power contacts, a pair of grounding contacts and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair. Two pair of power contacts of both two rows are electrically connected together either via direct mechanical connection via vertical extensions or via indirect electrical connection via the latch which has a pair of side arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, CHIH-PI CHENG, YUAN ZHANG, CHUN-CHIEH YANG, TZU-YAO HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160268745
    Abstract: A plug for provision of power includes a housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each site and a first and second rows of contacts on the sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner. Each contact includes a contacting section, and a connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire. Each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of power contacts, a pair of grounding contacts and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair. Two pair of power contacts of both two rows are electrically connected together either via direct mechanical connection via vertical extensions or via indirect electrical connection via the latch which has a pair of side arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, Chun-Chieh Yang, Tzu-Yao Hwang
  • Patent number: 9437964
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is adapted for electrical connecting and retained on a wireless module with a receptacle RF connector mounted on an end of the wireless module is provided. The assembly includes a coaxial cable connector including a connector end and a coaxial cable extending from the connector end and a retention member including a main base and a retention cavity in front of the main base, the main base defining a corresponding cable receiving groove through a front end and a rear end of the main base. The retention cavity further defines a projecting portion elastically pressing against a surface of the end of the wireless module when the end of the wireless module, the receptacle RF connector and the connector end of the coaxial cable connector are receiving in the retention cavity and the coaxial cable go through the cable receiving groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tzu-Yao Hwang, Lung-Sheng Tai
  • Patent number: 9356400
    Abstract: A plug for provision of power includes a housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each site and a first and second rows of contacts on the sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner. Each contact includes a contacting section, and a connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire. Each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of power contacts, a pair of grounding contacts and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair. Two pair of power contacts of both two rows are electrically connected together either via direct mechanical connection via vertical extensions or via indirect electrical connection via the latch which has a pair of side arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang, Chun-Chieh Yang, Tzu-Yao Hwang
  • Patent number: 9325118
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of walls formed a plurality of passageways thereof, a plurality of contacts received in the passageways, and a capacitor series connecting with the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9263841
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a seat having a signal contact receiving slot and a grounding contact receiving slot, and a signal contact and a grounding contact retained therein. The seat includes a first insulating member and a second insulating member surrounding the first insulating member, wherein the grounding contact receiving slot is defined on the first insulating member, the first insulating member further includes a through hole substantially parallel to the grounding contact receiving slot, a shielding member is defined on at least the inner surfaces of the grounding contact receiving slot and the through hole, the second insulating member includes a column formed into the through hole, the signal contact receiving slot is defined on the column of the second insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yao Hwang, Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9257790
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing unit and a contact unit received therein. The housing unit includes a shielding member and an insulating member retained on the shielding member. The shielding member defines opposite upper end and lower end while the insulating member includes a first portion and a second portion seated on the upper and lower ends respectively and defines a cavity therebetween. The contact unit includes a plurality of contacts, a metal plate defining a plurality of through holes and an insulating body retaining the contacts and the metal plate. The metal plate divides the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, the contact runs through the through hole of the metal plate and comprises a first arm above the metal plate received in the first cavity and a second arm under the metal plate received in the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20160036129
    Abstract: A planar inverted-F antenna includes an antenna body including a grounding portion, a first and a second radiating arm extending in a lengthwise direction substantially, a coaxial cable and a metal foil attached the grounding portion. The first radiating arm and the second radiating arm extend in opposite directions from a joint point thereof, the joint point and the grounding portion connect with each other by a connecting portion. A first slot is defined between the first radiating arm and the grounding arm, a second slot is defined between the second radiating arm and the grounding portion. A coaxial cable includes a core soldered to the joint point and a shielding layer soldered to the grounding portion. The metal foil covers a most portion of the grounding portion, thereby exposes a first end of the grounding portion near to the first radiating arm to an exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: TZU-YAO HWANG, LUNG-SHENG TAI
  • Publication number: 20160020535
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is adapted for electrical connecting and retained on a wireless module with a receptacle RF connector mounted on an end of the wireless module is provided. The assembly includes a coaxial cable connector including a connector end and a coaxial cable extending from the connector end and a retention member including a main base and a retention cavity in front of the main base, the main base defining a corresponding cable receiving groove through a front end and a rear end of the main base. The retention cavity further defines a projecting portion elastically pressing against a surface of the end of the wireless module when the end of the wireless module, the receptacle RF connector and the connector end of the coaxial cable connector are receiving in the retention cavity and the coaxial cable go through the cable receiving groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: TZU-YAO HWANG, LUNG-SHENG TAI
  • Patent number: 9240657
    Abstract: A socket connector includes an insulative base (2), a plurality of contacts (3) therein with an engaging portion (32) and a floating cover (5). The floating cover (5) includes a plurality of through holes (53) for receiving the engaging portions (32) extending therethrough. The socket connector includes a metallic shell (4) having a plurality of receiving holes (41) for receiving the contacts therein and electrically engaging with a metallic surface (52) formed on bottom of the floating cover (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang
  • Patent number: 9225121
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes contact units and housing units for retaining the contact units. The contact unit includes an insulating body and a plurality of contacts retained therein. The housing unit includes a shielding member defining an upper end and a lower end opposite to each other, an insulating cover seated on the upper end of the shielding member, and an insulating base seated on the lower end of the shielding member. A cavity is defined between the insulating cover and the insulating base for decreasing the plastic content so as to reduce the crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20150333396
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a feeder cable including an inner wire and an outer braider, and an antenna body. The antenna includes a longitudinal grounding portion along a first direction, a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion extending from opposite first and second ends of the grounding portion, a first arm extending from the first connecting portion and a second arm extending from the second connecting portion along the first direction. The second connecting portion defines a signal joint point at a corner near to the first arm and the grounding portion, the inner wire of the feeder cable is soldered to the joint point and the outer braider of the feeder cable is soldered to the grounding portion. The first arm and the second arm are partly overlapped in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: LUNG-SHENG TAI, TZU-YAO HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150318646
    Abstract: A plug for provision of power includes a housing forming a receiving cavity with two opposite sites in a vertical direction which is compatible with a standard plug connector with twelve contacts on each site and a first and second rows of contacts on the sides while in diagonally symmetrical manner. Each contact includes a contacting section, and a connecting section for directly connecting to a corresponding wire. Each row of contacts is categorized with a pair of power contacts, a pair of grounding contacts and a specific contact without any high speed differential pair. Two pair of power contacts of both two rows are electrically connected together either via direct mechanical connection via vertical extensions or via indirect electrical connection via the latch which has a pair of side arms extending into the receiving cavity at two opposite transverse ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, CHIH-PI CHENG, YUAN ZHANG, CHUN-CHIEH YANG, TZU-YAO HWANG
  • Patent number: 9178322
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (1) with a plurality of signal contacts (31) and a plurality of grounding contacts (30) received therein, a shielding member (2) and a connecting member (4) set in the insulating housing (1), the shielding member (2) locates around the signal contacts (31), each of the grounding contacts (30) includes a body portion (300), a spring arm (301) extending upwardly from the body portion (300) and a tail portion (302) extending downwardly from the body portion (300), the spring arm (301) includes a contact portion (3010) at the end thereof, the connecting member (4) connects the contact portion (3010) and the tail portion (302) with the shielding member (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9147980
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a number of walls formed with passageways thereof. An insulative cover defines a plurality of windows corresponding to the passageways. A shield frame has openings corresponding to the passageways and shield walls formed with the openings. A number of contacts are disposed in the passageways and have spring portions at upper portions. The shield frame is located between the insulative housing and the insulative cover. The spring portions of the contacts extend upwardly out of the openings and the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen