Patents by Inventor Zhi Jian Chen
Zhi Jian Chen 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: 11381043Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts assembled in the housing, a plurality of cylindrical mating ports located on and forwardly extending from a front face of the housing, and a plurality of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) disposed in the housing behind the front face thereof. The mating port includes a majority part and a minority part engaged with each other wherein the majority part has the material same with or similar to that of the housing and is spaced away from the LED while the minority part is essentially translucent or transparent for light transmission/guiding and intimately confronts the LED.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Zhong-Hua Zhou, Zhi-Jian Chen
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Patent number: 11108177Abstract: An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing defining a receiving space with a plurality of contacts retained therein with constant pitch thereof. The housing includes a base and a plurality of tongues extending from the base into the receiving space. The contact includes a contact arm extending forwardly into the receiving space, and a soldering leg extending rearwardly out of the base. The tongue includes a plurality of partition bars with corresponding cavities therebetween. The contacts include a plurality of differentia pairs and grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other. The partition bars are located between the neighboring grounding contacts and differential pairs while no partition bar is located within each differential pair.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Zhi-Jian Chen, Ning Tian, Kun Huang
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Patent number: 11056817Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having opposite mating port and mounting port. Plural pairs of contacts are retained in the housing. Each pair of contacts has a first contact blade and a second contact blade. Each of the first contact blade and the second contact blade includes a main body, a contacting section extending into the mating port, and a mounting leg of the main body disposed in the mounting port. Each of the main body of the first contact blade and the main body of the second contact blade forms an embossment abutting against each other so as to electrically unify both the first contact blade and the second contact blade without blocking the space therebetween for enhancing heat dissipation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Yun-Kui Liang, Fang-Hua Shu, Yun Qi, Jian Shao, Zhi-Jian Chen, Xue-Wu Bu
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Publication number: 20200373714Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts assembled in the housing, a plurality of cylindrical mating ports located on and forwardly extending from a front face of the housing, and a plurality of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) disposed in the housing behind the front face thereof. The mating port includes a majority part and a minority part engaged with each other wherein the majority part has the material same with or similar to that of the housing and is spaced away from the LED while the minority part is essentially translucent or transparent for light transmission/guiding and intimately confronts the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: ZHONG-HUA ZHOU, ZHI-JIAN CHEN
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Publication number: 20200313325Abstract: An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing defining a receiving space with a plurality of contacts retained therein with constant pitch thereof. The housing includes a base and a plurality of tongues extending from the base into the receiving space. The contact includes a contact arm extending forwardly into the receiving space, and a soldering leg extending rearwardly out of the base. The tongue includes a plurality of partition bars with corresponding cavities therebetween. The contacts include a plurality of differentia pairs and grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other. The partition bars are located between the neighboring grounding contacts and differential pairs while no partition bar is located within each differential pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: ZHI-JIAN CHEN, NING TIAN, KUN HUANG
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Publication number: 20200303859Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having opposite mating port and mounting port. Plural pairs of contacts are retained in the housing. Each pair of contacts has a first contact blade and a second contact blade. Each of the first contact blade and the second contact blade includes a main body, a contacting section extending into the mating port, and a mounting leg of the main body disposed in the mounting port. Each of the main body of the first contact blade and the main body of the second contact blade forms an embossment abutting against each other so as to electrically unify both the first contact blade and the second contact blade without blocking the space therebetween for enhancing heat dissipation thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: YUN-KUI LIANG, FANG-HUA SHU, YUN QI, JIAN SHAO, ZHI-JIAN CHEN, XUE-WU BU
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Patent number: 10714854Abstract: The electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a columnar section and an annular groove surrounding the columnar section. The column section includes a mating face and a plurality of power contact passageways and a plurality of signal contact passageways extending through the mating face wherein the signal contacts and the power contacts are commonly arranged with a cross configuration area to have the signal contacts located by opposite upper and lower sides of the power contacts. Both the power contacts and the signal contacts of the plug connector are of a blade type while both the power contacts and the signal contacts of the receptacle connector are of a clamp type wherein each signal contact has one clamping structure while each power contact has a pair of clamping structures side by side arranged with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: FUYU ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY (HUAIAN) CO., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Bin Peng, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Chang-Hsien Tung, Zhi-Jian Chen
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Publication number: 20190237889Abstract: The electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a columnar section and an annular groove surrounding the columnar section. The column section includes a mating face and a plurality of power contact passageways and a plurality of signal contact passageways extending through the mating face wherein the signal contacts and the power contacts are commonly arranged with a cross configuration area to have the signal contacts located by opposite upper and lower sides of the power contacts. Both the power contacts and the signal contacts of the plug connector are of a blade type while both the power contacts and the signal contacts of the receptacle connector are of a clamp type wherein each signal contact has one clamping structure while each power contact has a pair of clamping structures side by side arranged with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: BIN PENG, KUO-CHUN HSU, CHANG-HSIEN TUNG, ZHI-JIAN CHEN
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Patent number: 10236610Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of upper contacts and a plurality of lower contacts disposed in the housing with a metallic shielding plate therebetween, and a metallic shielding shell enclosing the housing. The upper contacts have the signal contacts and the grounding contacts alternatively arranged with each other along a transverse direction. A plurality of wires are located behind the housing. Each of the wires includes an inner conductor mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal contacts, and an outer braiding layer surrounding the inner conductor. A grounding bar is mechanically and electrically connected to all the shielding plate, the braiding layer, the grounding contacts and the shell.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jun Lin, Hung-Chi Yu, Zhi-Jian Chen
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Patent number: 10153596Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and two grounding members. The insulative housing defines an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and two end walls connected to both ends of the upper and lower sidewalls to form a mating cavity. Each grounding member defines a body portion fixed to the outside of the insulative housing and a plurality of contacting arms. Each contacting arm defines a connecting portion extending forwardly from the body portion and a contacting portion bent inwardly from the connecting portion, and the upper and lower sidewalls of the insulative housing defines a plurality of channels and a plurality of ribs, the contacting portion of the grounding member protrudes into the mating cavity and the connecting portion abuts against the top surface of the rib to form a certain pre-pressure to the contacting arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jun Lin, Zhi-Jian Chen, Lai-Ang Hu
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Patent number: 10135163Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing defining a mating cavity upwardly communicating with an exterior through a top mating face thereof along an up-to-down direction, the mating cavity including a pair of side walls facing each other in a lengthwise direction perpendicular to the up-to-down direction; and a pair of flat power terminals retained in the two side walls of the mating cavity, respectively; wherein each flat power terminal includes a pair of elastic arms extending on two opposite sides thereof in the up-to-down direction, the pair of elastic arms of each flat power terminal are staggered in a transverse direction perpendicular to the up-to-down direction and the lengthwise direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xin-Tian Li, Bin Peng, Zhi-Jian Chen
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Patent number: 10116071Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and a plurality of electrical contacts received in the insulative housing. Each electrical contact is formed by stamping a metal plate and includes a contacting portion exposed to the top surface, a mounting portion extending out of the bottom surface and an elastic portion disposed between the contacting portion and the mounting portion and in the insulative housing, wherein the elastic portion includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion disposed on two opposite sides of the contacting portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xin-Tian Li, Wei Yin, Ji-Wang Jin, Bin Peng, Zhi-Jian Chen
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Patent number: 10103501Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and two grounding members. The insulative housing defines an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and two end walls connected to both ends of the upper and lower sidewalls to form a mating cavity. Each grounding member defines a body portion fixed to the insulative housing and a plurality of contacting arms extending forward from the body portion. Each contacting arm defines a pair of wing portions located on both sides thereof, and the upper and lower sidewalls define a plurality of channels and a plurality of receiving slots. The wing portions are abutted against the bottom surfaces of the receiving slots to form a pre-pressure to the contacting arms.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jun Lin, Jian-Kuang Zhu, Zhi-Jian Chen
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Publication number: 20180166812Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of upper contacts and a plurality of lower contacts disposed in the housing with a metallic shielding plate therebetween, and a metallic shielding shell enclosing the housing. The upper contacts have the signal contacts and the grounding contacts alternatively arranged with each other along a transverse direction. A plurality of wires are located behind the housing. Each of the wires includes an inner conductor mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal contacts, and an outer braiding layer surrounding the inner conductor. A grounding bar is mechanically and electrically connected to all the shielding plate, the braiding layer, the grounding contacts and the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: JUN LIN, HUNG-CHI YU, ZHI-JIAN CHEN
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Patent number: 9991631Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes: an insulative housing having a base (11) and a pair of side walls (12), each side wall having a resilient inner arm (121) and a stationary outer arm (122); and plural contacts (2) retained to the insulative housing, wherein the resilient inner arm extends along a horizontal, front-to-back direction and has a front end operable in both a vertical, top-to-bottom direction and the horizontal, front-to-back direction to move toward the stationary outer arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Yue-Chao Zhao, Zhi-Jian Chen, Lai-Ang Hu
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Publication number: 20180040977Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes: an insulative housing having a base (11) and a pair of side walls (12), each side wall having a resilient inner arm (121) and a stationary outer arm (122); and plural contacts (2) retained to the insulative housing, wherein the resilient inner arm extends along a horizontal, front-to-back direction and has a front end operable in both a vertical, top-to-bottom direction and the horizontal, front-to-back direction to move toward the stationary outer arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Yue-Chao ZHAO, Zhi-Jian CHEN, Lai-Ang HU
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Publication number: 20170358879Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing defining a mating cavity upwardly communicating with an exterior through a top mating face thereof along an up-to-down direction, the mating cavity including a pair of side walls facing each other in a lengthwise direction perpendicular to the up-to-down direction; and a pair of flat power terminals retained in the two side walls of the mating cavity, respectively; wherein each flat power terminal includes a pair of elastic arms extending on two opposite sides thereof in the up-to-down direction, the pair of elastic arms of each flat power terminal are staggered in a transverse direction perpendicular to the up-to-down direction and the lengthwise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: XIN-TIAN LI, BIN PENG, ZHI-JIAN CHEN
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Publication number: 20170352991Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and two grounding members. The insulative housing defines an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and two end walls connected to both ends of the upper and lower sidewalls to form a mating cavity. Each grounding member defines a body portion fixed to the insulative housing and a plurality of contacting arms extending forward from the body portion. Each contacting arm defines a pair of wing portions located on both sides thereof, and the upper and lower sidewalls define a plurality of channels and a plurality of receiving slots. The contacting arms of the grounding member are running through the channels and projecting into the mating cavity, and the wing portions are abutted against the bottom surfaces of the receiving slots to form a pre-pressure to the contacting arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: JUN LIN, JIAN-KUANG ZHU, ZHI-JIAN CHEN
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Publication number: 20170352992Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and two grounding members. The insulative housing defines an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and two end walls connected to both ends of the upper and lower sidewalls to form a mating cavity. Each grounding member defines a body portion fixed to the outside of the insulative housing and a plurality of contacting arms. Each contacting arm defines a connecting portion extending forwardly from the body portion and a contacting portion bent inwardly from the connecting portion, and the upper and lower sidewalls of the insulative housing defines a plurality of channels and a plurality of ribs, the contacting portion of the grounding member protrudes into the mating cavity and the connecting portion abuts against the top surface of the rib to form a certain pre-pressure to the contacting arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: JUN LIN, ZHI-JIAN CHEN, LAI-ANG HU
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Publication number: 20170222348Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and a plurality of electrical contacts received in the insulative housing. Each electrical contact is formed by stamping a metal plate and includes a contacting portion exposed to the top surface, a mounting portion extending out of the bottom surface and an elastic portion disposed between the contacting portion and the mounting portion and in the insulative housing, wherein the elastic portion includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion disposed on two opposite sides of the contacting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: XIN-TIAN LI, WEI YIN, JI-WANG JIN, BIN PENG, ZHI-JIAN CHEN