Patents by Inventor XIAO-BO DU
XIAO-BO DU 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: 20230033842Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing defining a terminal hole, the terminal hole defining two opposite narrow sides and two opposite wide sides; and a first terminal having a fixing portion fixed in the terminal hole, the fixing portion having two opposite narrow surfaces and two opposite wide surfaces, the narrow surfaces defining barbs interference fit with the narrow sides of the terminal hole, wherein the fixing portion further defines a tab protruding from one wide surface thereof, the terminal hole further defines a front groove with a blocking face and a rear groove with a guiding face, and the tab passes across the guiding face to press against the blocking face for preventing the fixing portion from moving rearward.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: YAN-YAN HAN, XIAO-BO DU, GUO-HUA ZHANG, ZI-QIANG ZHU
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Patent number: 11381024Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. Each contact includes a retaining section, a contacting section in front of the retaining section, and a mounting section behind the retaining section. A plurality of independent glue reservoirs are formed on a rear side of the housing via crossing partitions. A tiny passage is formed in an exterior face of the partition to communicate the neighboring glue reservoirs so as to assure the even/same height of the hardened glue blocks in respective glue reservoirs.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: De-Ming Xu, Xiao-Bo Du, Guo-Hua Zhang, Zi-Qiang Zhu
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Patent number: 11271334Abstract: An electrical contact for extending through a hole in the printed circuit board in an insertion direction, includes a retention plate and a leg extending therefrom. The leg includes an insertion section and a deformation section. The deformation section includes a pair of opposite wide side faces in a first direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, and a pair of opposite narrow side faces in a second direction perpendicular to both the insertion direction and the first direction, and a cavity recessed from one wide side face in the first direction. The cavity forms a first end located closer to the insertion end of the leg in the insertion direction and equipped with a cone shape thereof, and a second end located opposite to the first end and closer to a rectangular retention section and equipped with an arc shape thereof. The cavity forms a trapezoidal cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: De-Ming Xu, Xiao-Bo Du, Guo-Hua Zhang, Zi-Qiang Zhu
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Publication number: 20210265760Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. Each contact includes a retaining section, a contacting section in front of the retaining section, and a mounting section behind the retaining section. A plurality of independent glue reservoirs are formed on a rear side of the housing via crossing partitions. A tiny passage is formed in an exterior face of the partition to communicate the neighboring glue reservoirs so as to assure the even/same height of the hardened glue blocks in respective glue reservoirs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: DE-MING XU, XIAO-BO DU, GUO-HUA ZHANG, ZI-QIANG ZHU
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Publication number: 20200403331Abstract: An electrical contact for extending through a hole in the printed circuit board in an insertion direction, includes a retention plate and a leg extending therefrom. The leg includes an insertion section and a deformation section. The deformation section includes a pair of opposite wide side faces in a first direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, and a pair of opposite narrow side faces in a second direction perpendicular to both the insertion direction and the first direction, and a cavity recessed from one wide side face in the first direction. The cavity forms a first end located closer to the insertion end of the leg in the insertion direction and equipped with a cone shape thereof, and a second end located opposite to the first end and closer to a rectangular retention section and equipped with an arc shape thereof. The cavity forms a trapezoidal cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: DE-MING XU, XIAO-BO DU, GUO-HUA ZHANG, ZI-QIANG ZHU
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Patent number: 10498080Abstract: A electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a mating face and a loading face opposite to each other. A plurality of partitions are formed in the housing with corresponding passageways in which a plurality of contacts are received. The partition includes a main body and a protrusion extending on the loading face. The protrusion includes a pair of chamfers with a recess in one side to receive the possible burrs due to the injection molding so as to allow the sealing plate intimately cover the loading face with superior waterproofing effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR Co., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Guo-Hua Zhang, Ling-Jie Meng, Xiao-Bo Du, Chun-Ming Yu, Er-Dong Ma
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Publication number: 20190190202Abstract: A electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a mating face and a loading face opposite to each other. A plurality of partitions are formed in the housing with corresponding passageways in which a plurality of contacts are received. The partition includes a main body and a protrusion extending on the loading face. The protrusion includes a pair of chamfers with a recess in one side to receive the possible burrs due to the injection molding so as to allow the sealing plate intimately cover the loading face with superior waterproofing effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Guo-Hua ZHANG, Ling-Jie MENG, Xiao-Bo DU, Chun-Ming YU, Er-Dong MA
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Patent number: 10236641Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a main body defining a plurality of mating cavities each coupled with an LED located right behind the mating cavity. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing corresponding to each of the mating cavities. A translucent color ring is assembled upon a front face of the main body of the housing in front of each mating cavity. A holder is attached upon a rear face of the housing behind the contacts. The LEDs and the corresponding connecting legs are retained by the holder.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xiao-Bo Du, Er-Dong Ma, Peng Chen, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang
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Patent number: 10236642Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a main body defining a plurality of mating cavities each coupled with an LED located right behind the mating cavity. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing corresponding to each of the mating cavities. A translucent color ring is assembled upon a front face of the main body of the housing in front of each mating cavity. A printed circuit board is vertically attached upon a rear side of the main body with a terminal module assembled on the bottom edge. A plurality of LEDs are mounted upon the printed circuit board wherein all LEDs are electrically connected to the terminal module having connecting legs.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Er-Dong Ma, Xiao-Bo Du, Peng Chen, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang
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Publication number: 20180131141Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a main body defining a plurality of mating cavities each coupled with an LED located right behind the mating cavity. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing corresponding to each of the mating cavities. A translucent color ring is assembled upon a front face of the main body of the housing in front of each mating cavity. A printed circuit board is vertically attached upon a rear side of the main body with a terminal module assembled on the bottom edge. A plurality of LEDs are mounted upon the printed circuit board wherein all LEDs are electrically connected to the terminal module having connecting legs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Er-Dong MA, Xiao-Bo DU, Peng CHEN, Chun-Ming YU, Guo-Hua ZHANG
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Publication number: 20180131140Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a main body defining a plurality of mating cavities each coupled with an LED located right behind the mating cavity. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing corresponding to each of the mating cavities. A translucent color ring is assembled upon a front face of the main body of the housing in front of each mating cavity. A holder is attached upon a rear face of the housing behind the contacts. The LEDs and the corresponding connecting legs are retained by the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: XIAO-BO DU, ER-dong Ma, Peng Chen, Chun-ming Yu, Guo-hua Zhang
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Patent number: 9853393Abstract: An electrical connector comprises: an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion and a mating tongue. The mating tongue comprises a stepped portion extending from the base portion and a tongue portion extending from the stepped portion. The insulative housing defines an outer periphery. The stepped portion defines a front face. The base portion defines a rear face. The terminal defines a connecting portion buried in the base portion and the stepped portion, a contacting portion extending from the connecting portion. The insulative housing defines a sealing member filling in the periphery of the connecting portion. The sealing member not extends out the front face of the stepped portion, the rear face of the base portion and the out periphery of the insulative housing. It is favorable for improving the waterproof effect of the electric connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Bin Guo, Xiao-Bo Du, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang
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Publication number: 20170324188Abstract: an electrical connector comprises: an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion and a mating tongue. The mating tongue comprises a stepped portion extending from the base portion and a tongue portion extending from the stepped portion. The insulative housing defines an outer periphery. The stepped portion defines a front face. The base portion defines a rear face. The terminal defines a connecting portion buried in the base portion and the stepped portion, a contacting portion extending from the connecting portion. The insulative housing defines a sealing member filling in the periphery of the connecting portion. The sealing member not extends out the front face of the stepped portion, the rear face of the base portion and the out periphery of the insulative housing. It is favorable for improving the waterproof effect of the electric connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: BIN GUO, XIAO-BO DU, CHUN-MING YU, GUO-HUA ZHANG
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Patent number: 9768544Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the housing to commonly form a terminal module, a metallic shield enclosing the terminal module and forming a mating cavity, and a glue groove formed in a base of the housing and located behind the mating cavity, in which a glue part is received. The shield forms an opening communicating with the glue groove, through which the liquid type glue is injected into the glue groove and solidified therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xiao-Bo Du, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang, Bin Guo
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Publication number: 20170179634Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the housing to commonly form a terminal module, a metallic shield enclosing the terminal module and forming a mating cavity, and a glue groove formed in a base of the housing and located behind the mating cavity, in which a glue part is received. The shield forms an opening communicating with the glue groove, through which the liquid type glue is injected into the glue groove and solidified therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: XIAO-BO DU, CHUN-MING YU, GUO-HUA ZHANG, BIN GUO
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Patent number: 9484654Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing with a plurality of ports, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, a rear seat assembled to a rear side of the insulative housing and a metal shell covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a plurality of slots recessed from a rear surface thereof for retaining the contacts. The contact has a linking portion positioned in the rear sear and a mating portion bent from the linking portion and exposed in the port. The mating portions of the contacts in a same port are located in different heights, and at least one of the mating potions is inclined, so as to provide an inclined force to an inserted mating connector thereby reducing a pressing force to the inserted plug during engaging.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xiao-Bo Du, Chun-Ming Yu, Liang Gong, Qi-Sheng Zheng, Xiao-Bo Xu
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Publication number: 20150295335Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing with a plurality of ports, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, a rear seat assembled to a rear side of the insulative housing and a metal shell covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a plurality of slots recessed from a rear surface thereof for retaining the contacts. The contact has a linking portion positioned in the rear sear and a mating portion bent from the linking portion and exposed in the port. The mating portions of the contacts in a same port are located in different heights, and at least one of the mating potions is inclined, so as to provide an inclined force to an inserted mating connector thereby reducing a pressing force to the inserted plug during engaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: XIAO-BO DU, CHUN-MING YU, LIANG GONG, QI-SHENG ZHENG, XIAO-BO XU
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Patent number: D845915Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xiao-Bo Du, Er-Dong Ma, Peng Chen, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang
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Patent number: D846509Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xiao-Bo Du, Er-Dong Ma, Peng Chen, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang