Patents by Inventor Ya-Fen Kao

Ya-Fen Kao 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: 11742610
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electric connector, which includes a base, a cover, and an elastic member. The cover covers the base and is formed with a chamber. The cover is disposed with a key and a trough. The elastic member is disposed in the chamber and includes a lower plate, an upper plate, and a flexible arm. The lower plate is fixed on the base. The upper plate is formed above the lower plate. The flexible arm is connected between the lower plate and the upper plate. The upper plate is extended with a hook. The hook movably enters or leaves each trough. The upper plate is disposed with a pressed portion corresponding to the key in position. The pressed portion drives each hook to move out from each trough through pressing of the key so as to implement unlatching of the electric connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsu-Feng Chang, Ya-Fen Kao, Cheng-Chung Lai, Siang-Ting Wang
  • Publication number: 20230155315
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electric connector, which includes a base, a cover, and an elastic member. The cover covers the base and is formed with a chamber. The cover is disposed with a key and a trough. The elastic member is disposed in the chamber and includes a lower plate, an upper plate, and a flexible arm. The lower plate is fixed on the base. The upper plate is formed above the lower plate. The flexible arm is connected between the lower plate and the upper plate. The upper plate is extended with a hook. The hook movably enters or leaves each trough. The upper plate is disposed with a pressed portion corresponding to the key in position. The pressed portion drives each hook to move out from each trough through pressing of the key so as to implement unlatching of the electric connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Hsu-Feng CHANG, Ya-Fen KAO, Cheng-Chung LAI, Siang-Ting WANG
  • Patent number: 11569600
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cable connector structure, which includes a housing, a tongue plate, a plurality of cables, and a plurality of heat sinks. The housing includes a docking end and a butting end. One side of the housing includes a top surface, and the top surface protrudingly provided with a hollow stage. The tongue plate is arranged in the housing, one end of the tongue plate is provided with a docking area, and the other end of the tongue plate is provided with a welding area. The plurality of heat sinks is arranged on the top surface of the housing, the hollow stage is arranged toward the docking end and the plurality of heat sinks are arranged toward the butting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Hsu-Feng Chang
  • Publication number: 20230015510
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cable connector structure, which includes a housing, a tongue plate, a plurality of cables, and a plurality of heat sinks. The housing includes a docking end and a butting end. One side of the housing includes a top surface, and the top surface protrudingly provided with a hollow stage. The tongue plate is arranged in the housing, one end of the tongue plate is provided with a docking area, and the other end of the tongue plate is provided with a welding area. The plurality of heat sinks is arranged on the top surface of the housing, the hollow stage is arranged toward the docking end and the plurality of heat sinks are arranged toward the butting end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ya-Fen KAO, Hsu-Feng CHANG
  • Patent number: 11417972
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a connector is disclosed. The connector includes an insert portion and multiple wires connected to the insert portion. The fixing structure includes a wire binding block, a lower shell and an upper shell disposed with multiple first engaging structures. The lower shell is disposed with multiple second engaging structures separately corresponding to the first engaging structures and connected with the upper shell to form a chamber for receiving the connector and form a wiring hole for being passed by the wires. The wires are extended from the insert portion toward the wiring hole to form a bend section and a curve section in the chamber. The wire binding block is fixed on the curve section of the wires and clamped by the upper shell and the lower shell through engagement of the first engaging structures and the second engaging structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsu-Feng Chang, Ya-Fen Kao
  • Patent number: 11417988
    Abstract: An electric connector includes an insulative seat, a circuit board, a flat cable, a latch and an actuating slider. The insulative seat includes a main body and a cover. An action room and a sliding trough are formed between the cover and the main body. The circuit board is received in the main body. The circuit board is extended with a tongue having printed terminals. An end of the flat cable is embedded in the main body and electrically connected to the printed terminals. The latch is received in the action room. The latch has a root with an insert and an extremity with a hook, respectively. The latch has an actuating portion with an elastic member. The actuating slider is received in the insulative seat and is slidable along the sliding trough. The acting slider pushes the actuating portion away from the cover to make the hook retract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsu-Feng Chang, Ya-Fen Kao
  • Publication number: 20220181802
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a connector is disclosed. The connector includes an insert portion and multiple wires connected to the insert portion. The fixing structure includes a wire binding block, a lower shell and an upper shell disposed with multiple first engaging structures. The lower shell is disposed with multiple second engaging structures separately corresponding to the first engaging structures and connected with the upper shell to form a chamber for receiving the connector and form a wiring hole for being passed by the wires. The wires are extended from the insert portion toward the wiring hole to form a bend section and a curve section in the chamber. The wire binding block is fixed on the curve section of the wires and clamped by the upper shell and the lower shell through engagement of the first engaging structures and the second engaging structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hsu-Feng CHANG, Ya-Fen KAO
  • Patent number: 10950961
    Abstract: A card edge connector structure includes an insulating case, a terminal assembly, a first grounding sheet and a second grounding sheet. The terminal assembly includes a first terminal set and a second terminal set and is configured in the insulating case. The first grounding sheet is configured between the insulating case and the first terminal set, and the second grounding sheet is configured between the insulating case and the second terminal set. A first arm of the first grounding sheet contacts the first grounding terminal through a first groove of a first terminal fixing component, and a second arm of the second grounding sheet contacts the second grounding terminal through a second groove of a second terminal fixing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Lai, Ya-Fen Kao, Tung-Huan Hsieh, Chieh-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200328541
    Abstract: A card edge connector structure includes an insulating case, a terminal assembly, a first grounding sheet and a second grounding sheet. The terminal assembly includes a first terminal set and a second terminal set and is configured in the insulating case. The first grounding sheet is configured between the insulating case and the first terminal set, and the second grounding sheet is configured between the insulating case and the second terminal set. A first arm of the first grounding sheet contacts the first grounding terminal through a first groove of a first terminal fixing component, and a second arm of the second grounding sheet contacts the second grounding terminal through a second groove of a second terminal fixing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: CHENG-CHUNG LAI, YA-FEN KAO, TUNG-HUAN HSIEH, CHIEH-MING CHENG
  • Patent number: 10601160
    Abstract: A card edge connector structure includes: an insulation main body, having one side disposed with an insertion surface and having another side disposed with an installation surface; the insertion surface has an insertion port; two electrical conductive terminal sets, disposed in the insulation main body with a parallel arrangement means; each electric conductive terminal set has a positioning seat, grounding terminals and electrical conductive terminals protruded from the positioning seat, each grounding terminal has an inner side, a first end exposed in the insertion port and a second end exposed on the installation surface; and a grounding plate, disposed between the two electrical conductive terminal sets; two sides of the grounding plate are extended with grounding elastic arms towards a direction of each first end, and each grounding elastic arm is elastically abutted against the inner side of each grounding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Ching-Hung Liu, Hsu-Yu Li, Yun-Chang Yang
  • Publication number: 20190393634
    Abstract: A card edge connector structure includes: an insulation main body, having one side disposed with an insertion surface and having another side disposed with an installation surface; the insertion surface has an insertion port; two electrical conductive terminal sets, disposed in the insulation main body with a parallel arrangement means; each electric conductive terminal set has a positioning seat, grounding terminals and electrical conductive terminals protruded from the positioning seat, each grounding terminal has an inner side, a first end exposed in the insertion port and a second end exposed on the installation surface; and a grounding plate, disposed between the two electrical conductive terminal sets; two sides of the grounding plate are extended with grounding elastic arms towards a direction of each first end, and each grounding elastic arm is elastically abutted against the inner side of each grounding terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ya-Fen KAO, Ching-Hung LIU, Hsu-Yu LI, Yun-Chang YANG
  • Patent number: 9923310
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulation housing, upper-row plate terminals, and lower-row plate terminals. The metallic shell defines a receptacle cavity to receive the insulation housing. The insulation housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending from one side of the base portion. The tongue portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include upper-row contact segments at the upper surface for transmitting first signals. The lower-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include lower-row contact segments at the lower surface for transmitting second signals. The upper-row plate terminals and the lower-row plate terminals are point-symmetrical with a central point of the receptacle cavity as the symmetrical center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Yu Wang, Wen-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 9853399
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes a plug metal shell, an insulation housing bracket, a plug grounding contact, and a grounding member. The plug metal shell encloses a tongue portion of the insulation housing bracket. The plug grounding contact is held inside the insulation housing bracket. The grounding member is disposed between the plug metal shell and the plug grounding contact and spaced from the first side of the insulation housing bracket. A connecting portion is selectively disposed on the grounding member or on the plug grounding contact. The connecting portion mechanically contacts to the grounding member and the plug grounding contact such that the grounding member is electrically connected to the plug grounding contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Mao-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9799966
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing, a plurality of plug terminals, a plurality of tooth portions, and a wire organizer. The insulated housing is received in the metallic shell. The plug terminals are held at the insulated housing. Each of the power terminal and the ground terminal of the plug terminals includes a clamping structure. Each of the tooth portions is extending from rear of the corresponding plug terminal. The wire organizer is assembled to the insulated housing. Each of the tooth portions is inserted into the corresponding wire groove of the wire organizer to connect to a corresponding wire when the wires held in the wire organizer are pressed against the tooth portions. Each power and ground terminals may include either a single one or a pair of flexible contact portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Ya-Fen Kao, Long-Fei Chen, Chien-Tsung Chuang
  • Patent number: 9793662
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes an insulated housing and a rear terminal organizer. The rear terminal organizer is assembled to the rear of the insulated housing. The rear terminal organizer includes a base and a gluing passage. The front of the base corresponds to the rear of the insulated housing. The width of the base is greater than the width of the insulated housing. The periphery of the base is protruded from the periphery of the insulated housing. The gluing passage is formed at a peripheral area of the base, and the gluing passage is defined through the base from the front to the rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Yang-Yang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20170288345
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulation housing, upper-row plate terminals, and lower-row plate terminals. The metallic shell defines a receptacle cavity to receive the insulation housing. The insulation housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending from one side of the base portion. The tongue portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include upper-row contact segments at the upper surface for transmitting first signals. The lower-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include lower-row contact segments at the lower surface for transmitting second signals. The upper-row plate terminals and the lower-row plate terminals are point-symmetrical with a central point of the receptacle cavity as the symmetrical center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ya-Fen KAO, Yu-Lun TSAI, Pin-Yuan HOU, Wen-Yu WANG, Wen-Hsien TSAI
  • Patent number: 9780500
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes an insulated housing, a metallic shell, two terminal sets, and a circuit board. The insulated housing includes a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion extends forwardly from the rear portion, and an inside of the front portion forms a receiving cavity. The metallic shell covers the insulated housing. Each terminal set is composed with a plurality of terminals. Each terminal includes a contact portion, a retaining portion, and a soldering portion. The retaining portion is retained in the insulated housing. The soldering portion extends backwardly from the retaining portion. The soldering portions are arranged as an upper row and a lower row in symmetry, and the soldering portion is of the spring arm type. The circuit board is inserted between the upper row and the lower row of the soldering portions. The upper row and the lower row of the soldering portions clip elastically the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Wen-Hsien Tsai, Mao-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9755353
    Abstract: A waterproof and interference proof receptacle connector has an upper insulative housing, a lower insulative housing, a first terminal set, a second terminal set, a shell, a watertight casing and an interference proof rear guard. The first and second terminal sets are mounted respectively on the upper and lower insulative housings. The shell is mounted on the upper and lower insulative housings. The watertight casing is mounted around the shell. The interference proof guard is mounted on the watertight casing. The watertight casing provides a waterproof function to allow the waterproof and interference proof receptacle connector to operate in humid or underwater environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Ya-Fen Kao, Rui Su, Long-Fei Chen
  • Patent number: 9748701
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a first terminal module, a grounding member, a second terminal module, and a metallic shell. The first terminal module includes a first insulated housing, a plurality of first terminals, and a grounding plate. The first insulated housing includes two grooves. The first terminals and the grounding plate are in the first insulated housing. A surface of the grounding plate is exposed from the first insulated housing. The grounding member includes two side protrusions and two protruding structures. The side protrusions are engaged with the grooves. The protruding structures are in contact with the grounding plate. The second terminal module is assembled to the first terminal module. The grounding member is between the first terminal module and the second terminal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Ya-Fen Kao, Long-Fei Chen, Rui Su, Chien-Tsung Chuang
  • Patent number: D797063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Ya-Fen Kao, Yang-Yang Zhou, Long-Fei Chen