Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Foxconn (kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Chao-Chieh Chen

Chih-Pi Cheng

Ming-Lun Szu

Terrance F Little

Hsueh-Lung Hsiao

Wen He

Quan Wang

Yue Zhou

Chun-Chieh Yang

Ming-Ching Chen

Stephen Sedio

Yuan Zhang

Feng Zeng

Shan-Yong Cheng

Wei-Hao Su

Chih-Kai Yang

Hao Zhou

Jhih-Yao Jiang

Lu Dai

Miao-Hui Gong

A CPU socket has an insulative housing equipped with two groups of contacts of different pitches from each other wherein either each group of contacts are arranged with the corresponding contacting arms extending in opposite directions to counterbalance the imposed/reaction forces itself or the two group of contacts are arranged with the corresponding contacting arms extending in opposite direction to somewhat counterbalance the imposed/reaction force during receiving a CPU therein, and or in a mixed manner, i.e., one group of contact with the corresponding contacting arms in the same direction while the other of contacts with the corresponding contacting arms extending in both opposite directions to achieve the total reaction forces in a substantial balanced manner.

Mixer pitch arrangement for CPU socket

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, and plural rows of contact modules therein. Each contact module includes plural contacts integrally formed within an insulator/wafter which extends in a longitudinal direction. In each contact module, each contact includes a main body with opposite contacting arms on upper and lower sections wherein the contacts in the same contact carrier are originally linked with the neighboring contacts around lateral sides of the main body for insert-molding consideration, and the corresponding linking sections are removed for disconnecting the neighboring the contacts after insert-molding to form the final complete contact module. Each contacting arm forms a hole with two spaced beams by two sides of the hole. The contact may further include a holding tab exposed in the hole so as to allow a gripping tool to be engaged thereon for assembling the contact module into the channel of the housing.

Electrical connector and method thereof making the same

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing composed of a plurality of parallel partitions each extending in a longitudinal direction, and plural rows of contact modules each extending in the longitudinal direction and disposed in the housing. Each contact module includes a plurality of contacts integrally formed within an insulator/wafter which extends in a longitudinal direction. In each contact module, each contact includes a main body with opposite contacting arms on upper and lower sections. The contact modules are successively assembled downwardly in the housing by plural assembling poles each of which retainably extends through plural contact modules in the transverse direction and retained in the corresponding positioning grooves formed in the corresponding partitions, respectively.

A plurality of contacts are disposed within the corresponding passageways of the housing of the electrical connector, respectively. Each contact includes a main body extending in a vertical plane with two pairs of fixing sections on two opposite lateral sides to form an X-like shape, and a pair of resilient contacting arms extending from opposite upper and lower ends of the main body for mating with the CPU and PCB. A pair of extension arms extend from the waist section of the main body in a direction perpendicular to the vertical plane. The contacting arm includes a vertical section coplanar with the main body, an oblique section extending from an upper end of the vertical section with a bulged and narrowed contacting section at the free end. Each pair of fixing sections are located by two sides of the vertical section of the corresponding contacting arm.

Electrical connector

A receptacle connector includes: a housing including a base and a mating tongue in front of the base, the mating tongue defining a thickened portion at a root to the base, the mating tongue defining a pair of lateral locking sides; two rows of contacts with contacting section exposing to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the thickened portion and tail sections extending out of the base; and a metallic shield retained on the base and surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity among the shield and the mating tongue. The shield is formed via a deep drawing process.

Flippable electrical connector

An electrical connector mounted on a PCB includes: an housing comprising a base, a mating tongue and a mounting portion, each surface of the mating tongue defining twelve terminal positions (P) through (P); two rows of terminals, each terminal including a mating portion, a leg portion and a middle portion connecting with the mating portion and the leg portion, each leg portion defining a soldering pad. Each row of terminals include grounding terminals in terminal positions (P, P) power terminals in terminal positions (P, P), and there are no terminals set in terminal positions (P, P, P, P). The soldering pads of the two rows of terminals are arranged in one row and at least two grounding terminals or two power terminals aligned with each other in a vertical direction are located side by side so as to share a same pad defined on the PCB.

Electrical connector with lower profile

According to one aspect of the present invention, an electrical connector assembly includes a locking station and a plug cable connector. Said locking station has a receiving cavity, and a pair of side walls extending in a front-to-back direction and locating at two sides of the receiving cavity in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction. Said plug cable connector is forwardly inserted into said receiving cavity and includes a spring being deflectable in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction. Said spring includes a pair of laterally extending offset ends; and each side wall defines a locking shoulder facing forwardly and pressing against said respective offset end downwardly.

Electrical connector assembly with improved locking device

An electrical connector includes a terminal seat loaded with a plurality of terminals and a shielding plate. The terminal seat includes a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defines two opposite mating surfaces, a confronting surface and two opposite sides connecting with the mating surfaces and the confronting surface. The terminals include contacting sections exposing upon the mating surfaces and leg sections out of the base. The shielding plate includes a main sheet disposed between the mating surfaces and two thickening sections, the two thickening sections enclose the two opposite sides of the mating tongue and each provides a side latch at an outer side face thereof. Each thickness defines two opposite first surfaces connecting with the outer side face thereof, the first surfaces complete the mating surfaces of the mating tongue.

Electrical connector with improved shielding plate

A receptacle connector includes an insulating housing including a base and a mating tongue extending from the base and the mating tongue defining a thicken step portion at a root near to the base, two rows of contacts with contacting section exposing to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the step portion and tail sections extending out of the base, and a pair of separate metallic collars respectively disposed upon the opposite surface of the step portion. Two opposite ends of each metallic collar are embedded in the step portion of the insulating housing via an inserting mold process.

A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defining a thicken step structure around a root thereof adjacent to the base; two rows of contacts disposed in the insulating housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and mount tails out of the base; and a shielding plate embedded within the insulative housing and disposed between the two rows of contacts. The shielding plate defines a pair of locking sides for locking with an internal latch of a corresponding plug and the locking sides protruding beyond corresponding lateral sides of the mating tongue. The insulative housing and the shielding plate are integrally formed via an insert molding process while at least one row of the contacts are configured to be forwardly assembled to corresponding passageways in the insulating housing.

An electrical connector includes a terminal module including an insulative housing, and upper contacts, lower contacts and a shielding plate embedded in the housing. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defines an upper surface, a lower surface and a front face thereof. The upper and lower contacts includes contacting sections exposing to the upper and lower surfaces of the mating tongue and soldering sections out of the base and connecting section jointing the contacting sections and the soldering sections, respectively. The shielding plate is disposed between the upper and lower contacts and includes a pair of side latches. The housing includes an insulative sub-housing and an insulative coat, the whole upper surface and the whole front face of the mating tongue and part of the lower surface of the mating tongue are formed with the coat.

Electrcial connector and manufacturing method of the same

An electrical connector assembly includes a housing comprising a rear base and a mating tongue extending forward from the base; a row of upper terminals and a row of lower terminals retained on the housing, each terminal including a contacting section exposed to mating tongue and a pin leg section from the base, and the contacting sections of the upper and lower terminals being aligned with each in a vertical direction. The contacting sections of each row terminals are arranged in different central pitch, the pin leg sections of the upper and lower terminals are aligned with each in a front and back direction and the pin leg sections of each row are arranged with a same central pitch.

An electrical connector comprising a first terminal assembly and a second terminal assembly which are formed on a same metal material. The first and the second terminal assemblies respectively comprise a plurality of first and second conductive terminals. The plurality of first and second conductive terminals respectively connect with each other by a first contact carrier and a second contact carrier which are connected by a third contact carrier formed on the metal material. Bending the third contact carrier at 180 degrees such that the first and the second terminal assemblies are arranged in parallel and up-and-down to each other. Providing an insulating material injecting molding on the first and the second terminal assemblies to form an insulating housing. Cutting and dislodging the first, the second and the third contact carriers to forming the electrical connector. The electrical connector is simple in manufacture and low in production cost.

Electrical connector and method of manufacturing the same

A method of making a receptacle connector includes: Step 1: providing an upper terminal module making via a first inserting molded process; Step 2: providing an lower terminal module making via another first inserting molded process; Step 3: stacking the upper and lower terminal modules together in a vertical direction so as to provide a main basis; Step 4: applied an insulative filler on the main basis via a second insert molding process, wherein the insulative filler fills and completes the front tongues of the upper and lower terminal module thereby forming a mating tongue for inserting a plug connector.

An electrical connector includes a terminal module unit with contacts and grounding plates thereof. The terminal module includes an insulative base and an insulative mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom. The mating tongue forms opposite mating surfaces. The contacts includes the contacting sections on the mating surfaces and the connecting legs. The mating tongue includes a root section adjacent to the base. The grounding plates unit covers the root section in an embedded manner. The grounding plate includes a planar body exposed upon the mating surface, and a pair of fixing side arms extending from two opposite ends of the planar body and equipped with corresponding latching hooks to secure to the semi-finished root section before the final insert-molding process is applied.

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Taipei, Taiwan

Chao-Chieh Chen