Patents by Inventor Zi-Qiang Zhu

Zi-Qiang Zhu 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: 9825383
    Abstract: A connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2) assembled onto the insulative housing (1), the insulative housing (1) defining a mating surface (11), a mounting surface (12) opposite to the mating surface (11) and a plurality of contact grooves (13) passing though the mating surface (11) and the mounting surface (12). The contact (2) assembled onto the insulative housing (1) from the mounting surface (12) of the insulative housing (1), each contact (2) including a contact portion (21) received in the contact grooves (13) and a mounting portion (22) extending out of the insulative housing (1). Wherein the connector (100) further includes a shell (4) assembled to the insulative housing (1), the shell (4) includes a shielding portion (41) shielding the mounting surface (12), thereby preventing the contact (2) shedding from the insulative housing (1) or loosening in the insulative housing (1) to make the combine of the contact (2) and insulative housing (1) reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9825382
    Abstract: A connector (100) and assembly of the same, the connector comprises an insulative housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2) assembled onto the insulative housing (1), the insulative housing (1) defining a mating surface (11) and a mounting surface (12) opposite to the mating surface (11). Each contact (2) including a contact portion (21) arranged in the insulative housing (1) and a mounting portion (22) locating at the mounting surface (12) and protruding sidewardly beyond said insulative housing, the mounting portion (22) defines a soldering surface (222) for being soldered onto to said printed circuit board (200), said soldering surface (222) face toward the mounting surface (12). Therefore, when the connector (100) assembled to the printed circuit board (200), we could make full use of the height space at the up and down direction of the printed circuit board (200), thus greatly reducing the height space occupied by the connector (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9605656
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for an electromechanical transducer is provided. The rotor assembly comprises a mechanical support structure and a magnet arrangement having a first magnetic component part and a second magnetic component part. The first magnetic component part and the second magnetic component part are attached to the mechanical support structure and are arranged along an axial direction (Z) of the rotor assembly. With respect to the axial direction a first cross section of the first magnetic component part has a first shape and a second cross section of the second magnetic component part has a second shape being different from the first shape. It is further described an electromechanical transducer and a wind turbine, which are both equipped with such a rotor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lijian Wu, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9496663
    Abstract: A transmission module assembly comprises a cover and an electrical connector received in the cover. The cover includes a body defining a receiving cavity and a mating section extending forwardly from the body. The connector includes an insulating elongated housing and a number of terminals retained in the housing. Each terminal includes an engaging portion extending forwardly beyond the body into the mating section, a tail portion extending upwardly beyond the housing and a connecting portion retained in the housing. There is a gap between the body and the housing for pouring sealant thereinto. A tuber is defined between the housing and the body, and a pair of stoppers positioned at the body abut forwardly against two lateral sides of the housing in an elongated direction, which can prevent the housing from deforming when temperature changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Zhang-Lan Xue, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20160315403
    Abstract: A connector (100) and assembly of the same, the connector comprises an insulative housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2) assembled onto the insulative housing (1), the insulative housing (1) defining a mating surface (11) and a mounting surface (12) opposite to the mating surface (11). Each contact (2) including a contact portion (21) arranged in the insulative housing (1) and a mounting portion (22) locating at the mounting surface (12) and protruding sidewardly beyond said insulative housing, the mounting portion (22) defines a soldering surface (222) for being soldered onto to said printed circuit board (200), said soldering surface (222) face toward the mounting surface (12). Therefore, when the connector (100) assembled to the printed circuit board (200), we could make full use of the height space at the up and down direction of the printed circuit board (200), thus greatly reducing the height space occupied by the connector (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: XUE-YUAN XIAO, ZI-QIANG ZHU
  • Publication number: 20160315406
    Abstract: A connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2) assembled onto the insulative housing (1), the insulative housing (1) defining a mating surface (11), a mounting surface (12) opposite to the mating surface (11) and a plurality of contact grooves (13) passing though the mating surface (11) and the mounting surface (12). The contact (2) assembled onto the insulative housing (1) from the mounting surface (12) of the insulative housing (1), each contact (2) including a contact portion (21) received in the contact grooves (13) and a mounting portion (22) extending out of the insulative housing (1). Wherein the connector (100) further includes a shell (4) assembled to the insulative housing (1), the shell (4) includes a shielding portion (41) shielding the mounting surface (12), thereby preventing the contact (2) shedding from the insulative housing (1) or loosening in the insulative housing (1) to make the combine of the contact (2) and insulative housing (1) reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: XUE-YUAN XIAO, ZI-QIANG ZHU
  • Patent number: 9472891
    Abstract: A signal transmission module includes a shell and a connector. The shell includes a box and a mating portion. The connector includes an insulative housing received in the box and a set of contacts. Each contact includes a middle portion, a contacting portion extending into the mating portion and a tail portion. A gap is formed between the insulative housing and the box for sealant being injected. The signal transmission module further includes a horizontal channel located between the insulative housing and the box for the sealant entering into and a vertical channel connecting the horizontal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Jia-Wei Gu, Zhang-Lan Xue, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150280376
    Abstract: A transmission module assembly comprises a cover and an electrical connector received in the cover. The cover includes a body defining a receiving cavity and a mating section extending forwardly from the body. The connector includes an insulating elongated housing and a number of terminals retained in the housing. Each terminal includes an engaging portion extending forwardly beyond the body into the mating section, a tail portion extending upwardly beyond the housing and a connecting portion retained in the housing. There is a gap between the body and the housing for pouring sealant thereinto. A tuber is defined between the housing and the body, and a pair of stoppers positioned at the body abut forwardly against two lateral sides of the housing in an elongated direction, which can prevent the housing from deforming when temperature changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: XUE-YUAN XIAO, ZHANG-LAN XUE, ZI-QIANG ZHU
  • Publication number: 20150280353
    Abstract: A signal transmission module includes a shell and a connector. The shell includes a box and a mating portion. The connector includes an insulative housing received in the box and a set of contacts. Each contact includes a middle portion, a contacting portion extending into the mating portion and a tail portion. A gap is formed between the insulative housing and the box for sealant being injected. The signal transmission module further includes a horizontal channel located between the insulative housing and the box for the sealant entering into and a vertical channel connecting the horizontal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan XIAO, Jia-Wei GU, Zhang-Lan XUE, Zi-Qiang ZHU
  • Patent number: 9099855
    Abstract: A screw retaining mechanism includes a hollow stud and a nut is matched with the hollow stud. The hollow stud has a plurality of elastic plates extending from a free end thereof and along a peripheral wall thereof. An opening is located between two adjacent elastic plates. An inner wall of the nut has a plurality of tubers protruding in the axial direction to match into the opening. The elastic plate defines a first side face and a second side face opposite to the first side face. Said first side face is used to guide the tubers into the opening and the second side face prevent the tuber fall off from the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Zhang-Lan Xue, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150200572
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for an electromechanical transducer is provided. The rotor assembly comprises a mechanical support structure and a magnet arrangement having a first magnetic component part and a second magnetic component part. The first magnetic component part and the second magnetic component part are attached to the mechanical support structure and are arranged along an axial direction (Z) of the rotor assembly. With respect to the axial direction a first cross section of the first magnetic component part has a first shape and a second cross section of the second magnetic component part has a second shape being different from the first shape. It is further described an electromechanical transducer and a wind turbine, which are both equipped with such a rotor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: LIJIAN WU, ZI-QIANG ZHU
  • Patent number: 8998635
    Abstract: A junction box includes a cable connecting box, a cover covering the cable connecting box and a cable electrically connecting with the cable connecting box. The cable connecting box including an insulative box and a wire connecting module, the insulative box comprising a plurality of walls extending upwardly and a receiving cavity surround by the walls, the walls including a front wall defining a plurality of mounting holes for the cable passing through. The cover includes a plurality of separating walls extending downwardly from a peripheral of the cover to engage with the walls of the insulative box and a pretending wall being parallel to the separating wall and located in front of the front wall. The adding pretending wall provides a longer distance for the junction box to ensure a safe creepage distance for the user to use the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8963000
    Abstract: A junction box (100) includes a cable connecting box, a cover (2) covering the cable connecting box, and a cable (4) connecting with the cable connecting box. The cable (4) connecting box has an insulative block (5), a number of contacting foils (6), and a number of diodes (31) connecting adjacent contacting foils (6). The junction box (100) further includes a plurality of clips (9) mounted in the insulative block (5) and electrically connecting with the contacting foils (6). The clip (9) includes a clamp spring (91) and an elastic plate (92) received in the clamp spring (91) to resist the clamping spring (91). As a result, the clamp spring (91) will not resist the cable connecting box so as to improve an using life of the junction box (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8907212
    Abstract: A junction box includes a cable connecting box and a cover covering the cable connecting box. The cable connecting box includes an insulative block, a plurality of contacting foils retained in the insulative block and a plurality of diodes. Each diode connects with two neighborly contacting foils. The contacting foils are insert-molded with the insulative block. Based on thermal radiation properties of the plastic material is superior to that of the metal material, as the contacting foils transfer the heat to the insulative block, the insulative block would deliver the heat to the cable connecting box, then the heat would be delivered to the cover. Such that, the heat dissipates outside quickly from the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8834206
    Abstract: An electrical connector 100 includes an insulative housing 1, a plurality of contacts 2, a metal shell 3 and a grounding plate 4. The metal shell 3 includes a front shell 31 having a top wall 311 and an assembling portion 318 extending upwardly from the top wall 311 and having an accommodating slot 3181. The grounding plate 4 includes a base portion 41 inserted into the accommodating slot 3181 and a protruding portion 42 having an elastic mating portion 423 connected with a mating connector. The metal shell 3 further has a rear shell 32 having a vertical covering plate 321 having a resisting portion 3211 extending upwardly and a shielding plate 323 extending forwardly from a top of the covering plate 321. The resisting portion 3211 upwardly abuts against the top wall 311. The grounding plate 4 would be easily assembled to the metal shell 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xun-San Tao, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8829752
    Abstract: A synchronous permanent magnet machine includes a permanent magnet arrangement for producing a magnetic field having a flux density distribution that is approximately sinusoidal. The permanent magnet arrangement includes a permanent magnet pole with both low and high energy-product magnets. The permanent magnet pole includes a low energy-product magnet and a high energy-product magnet which have different directions of magnetization, or a disposition of low/high energy-product magnets within the permanent magnet pole is asymmetric with respect to the central region of the permanent magnet pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jin-tao Chen, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8779285
    Abstract: A junction box includes a cable connecting body and a cover covering the cable connecting body. The cable connecting body includes an insulative block, a plurality of connecting foils retained in the insulative block and a plurality of diodes connecting with two neighborly connecting foils. The connecting foils are insert-molded with the insulative block. The insulative block has a hook and the cable connecting body has a front wall with a depressing slot corresponding to the hook. The hook and the depressing slot engage with each other, when the insulative block is damaged, the user can remove the insulative block away from the junction box by levering the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8748743
    Abstract: A junction box includes a cable connecting box including an insulative box and a wire connecting module assembled to the insulative box. The insulative box has a receiving cavity, a bottom wall under the receiving cavity, a plurality of walls surrounding around the receiving cavity, at least a supporting portion located in the walls, a locking slot defined between the supporting portion and one of the walls, and a resilient locking portion received in the locking slot. A cover covers the cable connecting box and comprises a latching portion protruding outwardly from a side of the cover to lock with the resilient locking portion in the locking slot. In this arrangement, the junction box is convenient for users service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8723034
    Abstract: A junction box includes a cable connecting box, a cover covering the cable connecting box and an o-ring sealing between the cover and the cable connecting box. The cable connecting box includes an insulative block, a plurality of contacting foils retained in the insulative block, a plurality of diodes connecting with two neighborly contacting foils and four walls surrounding around the insulative block. The cover defines a sealing slot for receiving the o-ring. The sealing slot has a bump at a place of the molding joint of the cover to enlarge a deformation of the o-ring for improving a waterproof effect of the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Hong-Qiang Han, Zi-Qiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140076603
    Abstract: A screw retaining mechanism includes a hollow stud and a nut is matched with the hollow stud. The hollow stud has a plurality of elastic plates extending from a free end thereof and along a peripheral wall thereof An opening is located between two adjacent elastic plates. An inner wall of the nut has a plurality of tubers protruding in the axial direction to match into the opening. The elastic plate defines a first side face and a second side face opposite to the first side face. Said first side face is used to guide the tubers into the opening and the second side face prevent the tuber fall off from the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XUE-YUAN XIAO, ZHANG-LAN XUE, ZI-QIANG ZHU