Patents by Inventor Wen Chih Ko

Wen Chih Ko 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: 8523593
    Abstract: A standard receptacle connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a plug detecting terminal and a shell. The first and second terminals and the plug detecting terminal are mounted on the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing and all of the terminals. The plug detecting terminal is capable of being connected to a controlling circuit incorporated in a PCB on which the standard receptacle connector is mounted and selectively activates the controlling circuit to provide power to an external plug connector that is inserted in and connected to the standard receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 8393912
    Abstract: A standard receptacle connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a plug detecting terminal and a shell. The first and second terminals and the plug detecting terminal are mounted on the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing and all of the terminals. The plug detecting terminal is capable of being connected to a controlling circuit incorporated in a PCB on which the standard receptacle connector is mounted and selectively activates the controlling circuit to provide power to an external plug connector that is inserted in and connected to the standard receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 8206174
    Abstract: A high frequency receptacle connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a shell and a plug detecting assembly. The first and second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and capable of implementing USB3.0 protocol. The shell covers the insulating housing and terminals. The plug detecting assembly has a first detecting terminal and a second detecting terminal. The first detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing. The second detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing and selectively bends to contact or isolate from the first detecting terminal. The high frequency receptacle connector is capable of providing electric power under a power-saving mode of a PCB on which the high frequency receptacle connector is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 8202120
    Abstract: A high frequency socket connector has an insulating housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first and second terminals are mounted in the insulating housing, are capable of implementing USB 3.0 protocol. The shell covers the insulating housing and terminals. Each of the terminals has a SMT soldering section adapted to SMT soldering processes. All the SMT soldering sections are arranged in a transverse row to make the socket connector compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Publication number: 20120052709
    Abstract: A standard receptacle connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a plug detecting terminal and a shell. The first and second terminals and the plug detecting terminal are mounted on the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing and all of the terminals. The plug detecting terminal is capable of being connected to a controlling circuit incorporated in a PCB on which the standard receptacle connector is mounted and selectively activates the controlling circuit to provide power to an external plug connector that is inserted in and connected to the standard receptacle connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Publication number: 20110281449
    Abstract: A high frequency receptacle connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a shell and a plug detecting assembly. The first and second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and capable of implementing USB3.0 protocol. The shell covers the insulating housing and terminals. The plug detecting assembly has a first detecting terminal and a second detecting terminal. The first detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing. The second detecting terminal is mounted on the insulating housing and selectively bends to contact or isolate from the first detecting terminal. The high frequency receptacle connector is capable of providing electric power under a power-saving mode of a PCB on which the high frequency receptacle connector is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 8052477
    Abstract: A receptacle connector for a cable has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and each first terminal has a first soldering cup formed on the first terminal and extending backward out of the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing, are capable of cooperating with the first terminals to implement USB 3.0 protocol and each second terminal has a second soldering cup formed on the second terminal and extending backward out of the rear end of the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing, the first terminals and the second terminals. The receptacle connector may be mounted one end of the cable so that cable is used for high speed data transmission between different electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Publication number: 20110269324
    Abstract: A high frequency socket connector has an insulating housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first and second terminals are mounted in the insulating housing, are capable of implementing USB 3.0 protocol. The shell covers the insulating housing and terminals. Each of the terminals has a SMT soldering section adapted to SMT soldering processes. All the SMT soldering sections are arranged in a transverse row to make the socket connector compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Publication number: 20110263141
    Abstract: A vertical receptacle connector is mounted vertically on a PCB to form a vertical receptacle connector assembly and has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The insulating housing has a front end and a rear end. The first and second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and each of the first and second terminals has a soldering section horizontally extending backward out of the rear end of the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing and first and second terminals and has a cavity defined through the shell and having a socket hole. The vertical configuration of the vertical receptacle connector on the PCB may be applied to specific electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANCED CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Publication number: 20110263156
    Abstract: A receptacle connector for a cable has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and each first terminal has a first soldering cup formed on the first terminal and extending backward out of the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing, are capable of cooperating with the first terminals to implement USB 3.0 protocol and each second terminal has a second soldering cup formed on the second terminal and extending backward out of the rear end of the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing, the first terminals and the second terminals. The receptacle connector may be mounted one end of the cable so that cable is used for high speed data transmission between different electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANCED CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 7997927
    Abstract: A dual socket connector has an insulative housing assembly, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, multiple third terminals and a shell. The insulative housing assembly has a top tongue, a bottom tongue and a partition formed between the top and bottom tongues. The first terminals are mounted on one of the top and bottom tongues for USB 2.0 signal transmission. The second and third terminals are mounted on the other tongue for USB 3.0 signal transmission. The shell covers the insulative housing assembly and defines upper and lower socket holes with the partition for engaging different plug connectors. The dual socket connector is compact and has high compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 7942704
    Abstract: A crosstalk-proof plug connector has an insulating housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the mounting bracket. Each terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section and a contacting section. The soldering sections are arranged in a transverse row with a specific sequence to prevent crosstalk interfering with signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Chih Ko, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wei Wan
  • Publication number: 20110070778
    Abstract: A high-speed plug connector has an insulating housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the mounting bracket. Each terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section and a contacting section. The soldering sections are arranged in a transverse row instead of two rows to make the high-speed plug connector compact and reduce mounting surface areas of a PCB on which the soldering sections is soldered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANCED CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 7909653
    Abstract: A high-speed plug connector has an insulating housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the mounting bracket. Each terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section and a contacting section. The soldering sections are arranged in a transverse row instead of two rows to make the high-speed plug connector compact and reduce mounting surface areas of a PCB on which the soldering sections is soldered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Publication number: 20110065324
    Abstract: A dual socket connector has an insulative housing assembly, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, multiple third terminals and a shell. The insulative housing assembly has a top tongue, a bottom tongue and a partition formed between the top and bottom tongues. The first terminals are mounted on one of the top and bottom tongues for USB 2.0 signal transmission. The second and third terminals are mounted on the other tongue for USB 3.0 signal transmission. The shell covers the insulative housing assembly and defines upper and lower socket holes with the partition for engaging different plug connectors. The dual socket connector is compact and has high compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Publication number: 20110053414
    Abstract: A crosstalk-proof plug connector has an insulating housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the mounting bracket. Each terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section and a contacting section. The soldering sections are arranged in a transverse row with a specific sequence to prevent crosstalk interfering with signal transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 7887370
    Abstract: An electrical connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals and a terminal shield. The first and second terminals are mounted in the insulative housing and each terminal has a soldering segment. The terminal shield substantially shields the soldering segments of the second terminals and prevents electromagnetic interference so that transmitting high frequency signals on the second terminals is stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 7862346
    Abstract: A socket connector has an insulative housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals, a positioning bracket and a shell. The first and second terminals are mounted through the insulative housing, and each of the first and second terminals has a mounting section, a soldering section and a contacting section. The soldering sections of all terminals are arranged in a transverse row relative to the insulative housing. The positioning bracket is mounted under the insulative housing and holds the soldering sections. The shell covers the insulative housing, first and second terminals and positioning bracket. The soldering sections arranged in one row makes the socket connector compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 7862378
    Abstract: A vertical socket connector has an insulating housing, an insulating bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The insulating bracket is mounted on the insulating housing. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the insulating bracket. The shell covers the insulating housing, insulating bracket and terminals and forms a socket hole. Soldering sections of the first and second terminals protrude horizontally backward through rears of the insulating housing and insulating bracket so that the vertical socket connector is mounted vertically on a PCB with the socket hole opposite to the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko
  • Patent number: 7850465
    Abstract: A plug connector has an insulative housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The mounting bracket is mounted on the insulative housing. The first terminals are mounted through the insulative housing and have soldering sections arranged in a first transverse row. The second terminals are mounted through the mounting bracket and have soldering sections arranged in a second transverse row. The soldering sections arranged in the different rows reduce a density of a soldering section layout and facilitate soldering the plug connector to a PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Chih Ko