Patents by Inventor Zhi Yong Zhou
Zhi Yong Zhou 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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Patent number: 11735848Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a recess at an outer surface thereof; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and each including a securing portion, a front contacting portion, and a rear tail; an internal printed circuit board (PCB) having plural conductive pads connected to the rear tails of the contacts and an auxiliary ground pad; a metallic cover enclosing the insulative housing; and a coupling piece received in the recess of the insulative housing, the coupling piece either connecting the metallic cover to the auxiliary ground pad of the PCB or connecting the metallic cover to a corresponding ground contact of the plurality of contacts or both.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Cai-Yuan Wang, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Ying-Xing Ma, Chien-Hsun Huang
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Patent number: 11664623Abstract: A plug connector includes: an insulative housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end; a conductive module received in the insulative housing and exposed to the front mating end; a rod mounted to the insulative housing; a latch mounted to the insulative housing, the latch including a securing portion, a latching portion movable between a latched position and a released position, and an operating portion operable by the rod to move the latching portion to the released position; and a pulling tab connected to the rod, wherein the insulative housing includes a pair of grooves and the rod is slidable in the pair of grooves by the pulling tab to operate the operating portion of the latch to move the latching portion to the released position.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Yang-Yang Yu, Cai-Yuan Wang, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Ying-Xing Ma, Chien-Hsun Huang
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Patent number: 11569612Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a plug connector, a cable electrically connecting to the plug connector, an outer cover enclosing the plug connector and the cable, a pair of latches mounted to the plug connector, and a pair of buttons mounted to the outer cover for operating the pair of latches, wherein each of the pair of latches includes a spring arm, a securing portion at an inner side of the spring arm, and a pressing portion at an outer side of the spring arm, and each of the pair of buttons includes a pivot at one end thereof, a stopper at an opposite end thereof, and an abutting portion coupled to the pressing portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Cai-Yuan Wang, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Ying-Xing Ma, Chien-Hsun Huang
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Publication number: 20220209455Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a row of slots defined by plural dividing walls thereof, and plural contacts secured in the insulative housing and each including a securing portion, a front contacting portion disposed in a corresponding slot, and a rear tail, wherein the plurality of dividing walls includes a group of first dividing walls each having a first length and a group of second dividing walls each having a second length along a front-to-back direction, and the first length is shorter than the second length to expose to air a larger extent of the front contacting portions of associated contacts disposed in the slots defined by the group of first dividing walls with respect to the front contacting portions of associated contacts disposed in the slots defined by the group of second dividing walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: CAI-YUAN WANG, ZHI-YONG ZHOU, YING-XING MA, CHIEN-HSUN HUANG
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Publication number: 20220131293Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a recess at an outer surface thereof; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and each including a securing portion, a front contacting portion, and a rear tail; an internal printed circuit board (PCB) having plural conductive pads connected to the rear tails of the contacts and an auxiliary ground pad; a metallic cover enclosing the insulative housing; and a coupling piece received in the recess of the insulative housing, the coupling piece either connecting the metallic cover to the auxiliary ground pad of the PCB or connecting the metallic cover to a corresponding ground contact of the plurality of contacts or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: CAI-YUAN WANG, ZHI-YONG ZHOU, YING-XING MA, CHIEN-HSUN HUANG
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Publication number: 20220029355Abstract: A plug connector includes: an insulative housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end; a conductive module received in the insulative housing and exposed to the front mating end; a rod mounted to the insulative housing; a latch mounted to the insulative housing, the latch including a securing portion, a latching portion movable between a latched position and a released position, and an operating portion operable by the rod to move the latching portion to the released position; and a pulling tab connected to the rod, wherein the insulative housing includes a pair of grooves and the rod is slidable in the pair of grooves by the pulling tab to operate the operating portion of the latch to move the latching portion to the released position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: YANG-YANG YU, CAI-YUAN WANG, ZHI-YONG ZHOU, YING-XING MA, CHIEN-HSUN HUANG
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Publication number: 20210351546Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a plug connector, a cable electrically connecting to the plug connector, an outer cover enclosing the plug connector and the cable, a pair of latches mounted to the plug connector, and a pair of buttons mounted to the outer cover for operating the pair of latches, wherein each of the pair of latches includes a spring arm, a securing portion at an inner side of the spring arm, and a pressing portion at an outer side of the spring arm, and each of the pair of buttons includes a pivot at one end thereof, a stopper at an opposite end thereof, and an abutting portion coupled to the pressing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: CAI-YUAN WANG, ZHI-YONG ZHOU, YING-XING MA, CHIEN-HSUN HUANG
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Patent number: 10797445Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing; plural conductive terminals disposed in the insulative housing; and a shield shell covering the insulative housing, wherein the shield shell has a mating frame opening at a front end thereof, the mating frame opening including a top edge, a bottom edge parallel to the top edge, a first side and a second side respectively perpendicular to a left and a right ends of the top edge, a first connecting edge connected between the first side and the bottom edge, and a second connecting edge connected between the second side and the bottom edge, the first connecting edge has a first angle with respect to the bottom edge, the second connecting edge has a second angle with respect to the bottom edge, and the first angle and the second angle are both obtuse angles.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Zhi-Yong Zhou, Xiao Fan, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
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Patent number: 10601163Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a circuit board includes a body for upwardly bearing the chip module. The body is provided with multiple accommodating holes. Each accommodating hole has a first groove and a second groove, and a width of the second groove is less than a width of the first groove. Multiple terminals are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes. Each terminal includes: a base, accommodated in the first groove; an extending portion, bending and extending from one side of the base and accommodated in the second groove; a conducting portion, provided on a bottom portion of the terminal to be electrically connected with the circuit board; and an elastic portion, formed by upwardly bending and extending from the extending portion to abut the chip module.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: LOTES CO., LTDInventors: Ted Ju, Zhi Yong Zhou, Zuo Feng Jin
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Patent number: 10581197Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members spacedly retained in the insulative housing; a cable electrically connected to the mating member; and an outer case enclosing the mating member and the cable and having an operating portion to operate the latching member; wherein each of the latching member includes a forwardly extending mounting portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from a rear end of the mounting portion, an elastic portion upwardly extending form a top end of the connecting portion, and a locking portion disposed on an extremity end, the elastic portion defining an upwardly extending pressing portion, the operating portion when pressed further pressing the pressing portion to move the locking portion towards an inside of the insulative housing for disengaging the latching member from a mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Xiao Fan, Zhi-Yong Zhou
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Patent number: 10535935Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a circuit board includes an insulating body, and a plurality of terminals. Each of the terminals has a base accommodated in the insulating body and a mating portion contacting a conductive sheet of the chip module. A plurality of supporting portions extend upward from an upper surface of the insulating body, and an upper end of each of the supporting portions is provided with a crumple portion located below the mating portion of one of the terminals. The chip module is mounted on the electrical connector, the conductive sheet presses the mating portion, the mating portion abuts the crumple portion, and the crumple portion is pressed so that a height of the crumple portion is decreased.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: LOTES CO., LTDInventors: Ted Ju, Zhi Yong Zhou
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Publication number: 20190319407Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing; plural conductive terminals disposed in the insulative housing; and a shield shell covering the insulative housing, wherein the shield shell has a mating frame opening at a front end thereof, the mating frame opening including a top edge, a bottom edge parallel to the top edge, a first side and a second side respectively perpendicular to a left and a right ends of the top edge, a first connecting edge connected between the first side and the bottom edge, and a second connecting edge connected between the second side and the bottom edge, the first connecting edge has a first angle with respect to the bottom edge, the second connecting edge has a second angle with respect to the bottom edge, and the first angle and the second angle are both obtuse angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: ZHI-YONG ZHOU, XIAO FAN, JUN CHEN, JERRY WU
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Patent number: 10389050Abstract: An electrical connector configured to electrically connect to a chip module includes: a body, provided with at least one accommodating hole, where the body has a protruding block provided to protrude upward from one side of the accommodating hole, and the protruding block is configured to support the chip module upward; and at least one terminal, correspondingly accommodated in the at least one accommodating hole. The terminal includes a base, accommodated in the accommodating hole; an elastic arm, formed by extending forward from the base, located at one side of the protruding block, and configured to be electrically connected with the chip module; and a through slot, running vertically through the elastic arm. The protruding block has a rear end. The base is located behind the rear end, and the through slot extends forward beyond the rear end.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Wei Huang, Ted Ju, Zhi Yong Zhou, Yong Quan Wu, Zuo Feng Jin, Chien Chih Ho, Tung Ming Ho
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Publication number: 20190181579Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a circuit board includes a body for upwardly bearing the chip module. The body is provided with multiple accommodating holes. Each accommodating hole has a first groove and a second groove, and a width of the second groove is less than a width of the first groove. Multiple terminals are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes. Each terminal includes: a base, accommodated in the first groove; an extending portion, bending and extending from one side of the base and accommodated in the second groove; a conducting portion, provided on a bottom portion of the terminal to be electrically connected with the circuit board; and an elastic portion, formed by upwardly bending and extending from the extending portion to abut the chip module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Ted Ju, Zhi Yong Zhou, Zuo Feng Jin
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Publication number: 20190173207Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a circuit board includes an insulating body, and a plurality of terminals. Each of the terminals has a base accommodated in the insulating body and a mating portion contacting a conductive sheet of the chip module. A plurality of supporting portions extend upward from an upper surface of the insulating body, and an upper end of each of the supporting portions is provided with a crumple portion located below the mating portion of one of the terminals. The chip module is mounted on the electrical connector, the conductive sheet presses the mating portion, the mating portion abuts the crumple portion, and the crumple portion is pressed so that a height of the crumple portion is decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Ted Ju, Zhi Yong Zhou
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Patent number: 10205265Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes a cable and a mating member electrically connected to the cable, the mating member having an insulative housing and a contacting module retained in the insulative housing, the contacting module having a first contacting module unit and a second contacting module unit, the first contacting module unit having plural first contacts arranged along a lateral direction and a first insulative member retaining the first contacts, the second contacting module unit having plural second contacts arranged along the lateral direction and a second insulative member retaining the second contacts, wherein each of the first and second insulative members includes a same engagement structure, through which the first insulative member and the second insulative member are assembled into a whole by interference arrangement and then inserted into the insulative housing together.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Xiao Fan, Zhi-Yong Zhou
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Patent number: 10199769Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members retained in the insulative housing; a cable; and an outer case, wherein the latching member includes a base portion, a fixing portion forwardly extending from the base portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from the base portion, an elastic portion forwardly and rearwardly extending from an extremely end of the connecting portion, a locking portion disposed on a front side of the elastic portion and exposed to the insulative housing, and a pressing portion downwardly extending from a rear end of the elastic portion beyond the base portion; the outer case defines an operating portion for operating the latching member; the operating portion drives the pressing portion to disengage the latching with a mating connector; andthe operating direction of the operating portion is opposite to the movement direction of the locking portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Xiao Fan, Zhi-Yong Zhou
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Publication number: 20180331442Abstract: An electrical connector configured to electrically connect to a chip module includes: a body, provided with at least one accommodating hole, where the body has a protruding block provided to protrude upward from one side of the accommodating hole, and the protruding block is configured to support the chip module upward; and at least one terminal, correspondingly accommodated in the at least one accommodating hole. The terminal includes a base, accommodated in the accommodating hole; an elastic arm, formed by extending forward from the base, located at one side of the protruding block, and configured to be electrically connected with the chip module; and a through slot, running vertically through the elastic arm. The protruding block has a rear end. The base is located behind the rear end, and the through slot extends forward beyond the rear end.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Chang Wei Huang, Ted Ju, Zhi Yong Zhou, Yong Quan Wu, Zuo Feng Jin, Chien Chih Ho, Tung Ming Ho
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Publication number: 20180145450Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members retained in the insulative housing; a cable; and an outer case, wherein the latching member includes a base portion, a fixing portion forwardly extending from the base portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from the base portion, an elastic portion forwardly and rearwardly extending from an extremely end of the connecting portion, a locking portion disposed on a front side of the elastic portion and exposed to the insulative housing, and a pressing portion downwardly extending from a rear end of the elastic portion beyond the base portion; the outer case defines an operating portion for operating the latching member; the operating portion drives the pressing portion to disengage the latching with a mating connector; and the operating direction of the operating portion is opposite to the movement direction of the locking portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN, ZHI-YONG ZHOU
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Publication number: 20180145451Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members spacedly retained in the insulative housing; a cable electrically connected to the mating member; and an outer case enclosing the mating member and the cable and having an operating portion to operate the latching member; wherein each of the latching member includes a forwardly extending mounting portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from a rear end of the mounting portion, an elastic portion upwardly extending form a top end of the connecting portion, and a locking portion disposed on an extremity end, the elastic portion defining an upwardly extending pressing portion, the operating portion when pressed further pressing the pressing portion to move the locking portion towards an inside of the insulative housing for disengaging the latching member froma mating connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN, ZHI-YONG ZHOU