Patents by Inventor Wen-Te Hsu
Wen-Te Hsu 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).
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Publication number: 20250062565Abstract: Reliable connector assembly and housing thereof. The housing may include a first portion having first spaces for receiving first connectors and a second portion having second spaces connected to the first spaces for receiving second connectors configured to mate with the first connectors. The first portion comprises a platform comprising a surface in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction at an interface of the first portion and the second portion. Such a configuration reduces the risk of exerting excessive force onto the connectors and increase the reliability of the connector assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: Amphenol East Asia Limited (Hong Kong)Inventors: Mei-Chien Wu, Lo-Wen Lu, Wen Te Hsu
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Publication number: 20250023296Abstract: A reliable socket connector. The connector includes an insulative body having a slot recessed from a mating face and terminals disposed in the insulative body having mating ends curving into the slot and tail ends extend thereout. A shell is disposed outside the insulative body. The shell has a mating portion extend beyond the mating face of the insulative body. The shell has a side wall comprising a docking portion and a guiding portion. The docking portion has holes configured for receiving a latch of a mating plug connector. The guiding portion extends beyond the docking portion in a mating direction and is configured for guiding the mating plug connector into the shell where a mating portion of the plug connector may then be guided into the slot of the insulative body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Amphenol East Asia Limited (Hong Kong)Inventors: Mei-Chien Wu, Lo-Wen Lu, Wen Te Hsu
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Publication number: 20240380162Abstract: Reliable connectors configured for easy locking/unlocking. A connector can include a first end configured to mate with a first mating component in a first direction, and a second end configured to mate with a second mating component in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The connector can include a locking member configured to move between locked and unlocked positions by a force applied in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions. Such a configuration reduces the risk of interfering with connections between the mated components when applying the force and therefore provide more reliable connectors. The connectors can include a shell with a guiding structure to reduce the risk of damage to lightweight connectors that might otherwise be damaged due to misalignment during mating/unmating. Such a shell can be used with locking members configured for using within electronic systems with densely packed components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Amphenol East Asia Limited (Hong Kong)Inventors: Mei-Chien Wu, Lo-Wen Lu, Wen-Te Hsu
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Patent number: 11128092Abstract: A connector assembly configured for compact, high speed electronic systems. The assembly includes a board connector and a cable connector that may be mated by moving the cable connector in a mating direction perpendicular to a printed circuit board to which the board connector is mounted. The cable and board connectors may latch when mated and may be unlatched and unmated by pulling on a tab at a top of the cable connector in a direction opposite the mating direction. As a result, little clearance is required around the board connector to access the latching components. Such a connector may enable an electronic device with high signal integrity because the connector can be mounted close to an electronic component that processes high speed signals, providing a short, and high integrity signal paths for high speed signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Amphenol AssembleTech (Xiamen) Co., Ltd, Amphenol East Asia Ltd.Inventors: Wen Chu Yang, Hui Tang, Zhenxing Liu, Lo-Wen Lu, Wen Te Hsu
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Patent number: 10965064Abstract: A receptacle connector having a plurality of airflow holes positioned to avoid heat buildup inside a receptacle shell, preventing deformation to the housing of a short, high density connector during solder reflow. The airflow holes may be in a bent portion joining a top face and rear face of the shell. The receptacle connector may be mounted to a substrate, such as a printed circuit board, leaving a gap between the connector and the substrate, forming an airflow passage between the substrate and the receptacle connector, enabling heated air to reach mounting portions of terminals of the connector during soldering, but reducing heat buildup within the shell. The passage, alone or in combination with a cutout in a face of the shell, may expose terminal contacts of the receptacle connector to provide for easy inspection and rework of the solder joints between the terminal contacts and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Ltd.Inventors: Wen Te Hsu, Sheng-Fen Sang
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Patent number: 10938157Abstract: A connector assembly with latching provided by a rotating latch bar. The connector has a low height, with the rotating latch bar providing secure engagement between mated connectors of the connector assembly. The latch bar may be shaped to provide spring force that urges the mated connectors together. The connector assembly may be formed with a cable connector and a board connector. The low height of the board connector enables the connector to be mounted close to high speed electronic components, such as a processor, even if covered by a heat sink, as the connector may fit under the heat sink. The cable connector may be coupled, via a cable, to an I/O connector or other component remote from the high speed electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignees: Amphenol AssembleTech (Xiamen) Co., Ltd, Amphenol East Asia Ltd.Inventors: Wen Chu Yang, Hang Li, Shujian Wang, Hui Tang, Zhenxing Liu, Xiyin Zhou, Lo-Wen Lu, Wen Te Hsu
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Patent number: 9263811Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connector having support portions like steps for improving yield rate of soldering, which includes an isolation base provided therein with signal terminals each having two ends respectively exposed out of front and back side surfaces of the isolation base. Support portions each is formed by a protruded part and a recessed part like steps on the back side surface. An end of a positioning terminal can be inserted into a positioning groove on the recessed part and then be exposed out of the back side surface with a length larger than the length of the protruded part that is approximately equal to the length of the signal terminal extended out the back side surface, whereby the end of the positioning terminal can be inserted into a positioning hole on a circuit board when the back side surface is positioned on the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: AMPHENOL EAST ASIA LIMITED TAIWAN BRANCH (H.K.)Inventor: Wen-Te Hsu
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Publication number: 20150200472Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connector having support portions like steps for improving yield rate of soldering, which includes an isolation base provided therein with signal terminals each having two ends respectively exposed out of front and back side surfaces of the isolation base. Support portions each is formed by a protruded part and a recessed part like steps on the back side surface. An end of a positioning terminal can be inserted into a positioning groove on the recessed part and then be exposed out of the back side surface with a length larger than the length of the protruded part that is approximately equal to the length of the signal terminal extended out the back side surface, whereby the end of the positioning terminal can be inserted into a positioning hole on a circuit board when the back side surface is positioned on the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: AMPHENOL EAST ASIA LIMITED TAIWAN BRANCH (H.K.)Inventor: Wen-Te HSU
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Publication number: 20060035484Abstract: A land grid array terminal is provided. The terminal includes a side plate, and two elastic arms respectively formed on the upper and lower portions of the side plate. At the central portion of the each elastic arm, a bend portion is formed protrusively facing towards each other. The terminal has a larger circuitry when it is not pressed. However, when the terminal is pressed, the bend portions of the elastic arms contact each other to form a shorter circuitry. This renders a shorter conducting circuitry and a better supporting strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2004Publication date: February 16, 2006Applicant: Starlink Electronics Corp.Inventor: Wen-Te Hsu