Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Nanning Fugui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.

Chia-Wei Fan

Hao-Yun Ma

Nan-Hung Lin

Chih-Pi Cheng

Andrew Cheng

Robert G McHugh

Cheng-Chi Yeh

Nick Lin

Tod M Harlan

Darrell Lynn Wertz

Fu-Pin Hsieh

Nan-Hong Lin

Chien-Min Hung

Albert Terhune

Chia-Hsun Chan

Hu-Guang Luo

An electronic device includes a housing and a rotary switch received within the housing. The rotary switch includes a circuit board, a disk, a connecting shaft, and a pneumatic component. The connecting shaft protrudes from a central axis of the disk and connects to the circuit board. The pneumatic component is electrically coupled to the circuit board and includes an air chamber and a connecting rod. The connecting rod and the piston move together along the axis of the air chamber. The piston and the air chamber cooperatively define a sealed space. A circumference of the disk includes a number of protrusions. An engaging groove is defined between each two adjacent protrusions. A distance between a central axis of the disk and an inner wall of each engaging groove is different. The connecting rod selectively engages with a corresponding one of the engaging grooves.

Pneumatically actuated rotary switch

An electrical connector, adapted for electrically connecting an integrated circuit package, comprises a plurality of contacts, a plurality of solder balls disposed on tails of the contacts and an insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a plurality of passageways receiving the contacts. Each contact has a retaining portion, an elastic arm and a soldering portion. The contacts positioned in two adjacent rows of passageways are arranged staggered in a back to back manner. Such arrangement of the contacts of the electrical connector allows much more contacts to be put in the insulative housing.

Socket with improved contact array

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of passageways arranged in a matrix. A contact includes a base for securing the contact in the passageway, a spring portion and a soldering portion extending from the base. The soldering portions of the contacts laid in a row of the passageways are alternately arranged toward two opposite sides of the base to form two rows. Such array of soldering portions of the contact can improve contact density.

Electrical connector having contacts with solder portion pointing opposite directions

An electrical connector includes a base, a cover, a protecting mechanism, and a cam. The base has a contacting area with a plurality of passageways and a first end besides the contacting area with an opening in a first end thereof. The cover is slidably mounted upon the base. The cover defines a plurality of through holes in alignment with the corresponding passageways, respectively, and another opening is defined in a second end thereof and in vertical alignment with the corresponding opening of the base. The protecting mechanism includes a metallic base plate mounted upon the base and defining a stepping hole which includes a larger first hole and a smaller second hole via a drawing process, disposed in the opening of the base. The cam extends axially and vertically in the opening of the cover and the stepping hole of the base, and is riveted on a bottom surface of the base plate.

Electrical connector having improved base plate to support cam

A pick-up cap includes a main portion having a planar top surface with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Four latches are positioned at the two ends of the main portion and extend from the main portion, respectively. Each latch has a hook extending downwardly. And a supporting portion extending downwardly and being adjacent to the hook. The supporting portion is lower than the hook in a vertical direction to engage with an insulative housing to protect the hook during the pick-up cap is disassembled from the insulative housing.

Electrical connector assembly having pick-up cap

An electrical connector assembly () mounted on a printed circuit board () includes at least two electrical connectors () located on one side of the printed circuit board () and a back plate arrangement () located on the other side of the printed circuit board () opposite to the electrical connectors (). The back plate arrangement () secures the electrical connectors () onto the printed circuit board (), and includes at least two back plates () and at least one connecting bridge () interconnecting the at lest two back plates ().

Electrical connector assembly and back plate arrangement thereof

A pick-up cap includes a main portion with a planar top surface and having a first end and a second end opposite to each other. At least two latches extend downwardly from the first and the second ends of the main portion, respectively. Each latch has a hook extending laterally from the latch, and the latch on the second end has a supporting portion extending downwardly and connecting with the hook for facilitative assembling and disassembling the pick-up cap from an insulative housing.

An electrical connector assembly () comprises an insulative housing (), a plurality of contacts () received in the insulative housing () and a pick-up cap () assembled to the insulative housing (), the contact () comprises a base portion (), a contacting portion () extending upwardly from the base portion () and a rear portion () extending downwardly from the base portion (), the pick-up cap () comprises a flat body portion (), the body portion () comprises an upper surface () and a lower surface () opposite to each other, the lower surface () is supported by the insulative housing (), a receiving space () recesses from the lower surface (), and the contacting portions () of said contacts () project beyond the lower surface () into the receiving space ().

Electrical connector assembly having pick-up cap with recess receiving the contacts

An electrical connector includes a base plate, a plurality of contacts, and a plurality of solder portions. The base plate has a plurality of through holes extending from a top surface and a bottom surface therebetween. The contacts is assembled in through holes, and each contact comprises a spring portion disposed upon the top surface, a soldering portion passing through the through hole and with a tail extending beyond the bottom surface, and a stopping portion connecting the spring portion and the soldering portion and abutting against the top surface. The solder portions are attached to the tails of the soldering portions for fixing the contacts to the base plate.

Low profile socket connector

The electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () defining a mounting face () for mounting onto a printed circuit board () and a mating face () opposite to the mounting face, a plurality of contacts () received in the insulative housing, an insulator () mounted to an underside of the printed circuit board, a back panel () attached to the insulator, and a plurality of fastening elements () mechanically interconnecting the back panel, the insulator and the insulative housing onto opposite sides of the printed circuit board. The insulator has a plurality of pairs of guiding posts () extending oppositely towards the back panel and the printed circuit board. The back panel defines a plurality of guiding holes () aligned with holes () on the printed circuit board for receiving corresponding guiding posts.

Board mounted electrical connector with reinforcing device

A socket, for electrically connecting an IC package with gaps on two sides thereof and a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing and a pair of engaging clumps. The insulative housing has a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls upwardly extending from the bottom wall, the sidewalls and the bottom wall together define a space for the IC package, two opposed sidewall further have engaging slots. The engaging clump is received in the engaging slot, and has a post entering into the space to engaging with the gap of the IC package and a transverse arm abutting against and position the IC package.

Socket having engaging clump

An electrical connector includes a number of contacts and an insulative housing. Each contact includes a main body, a spring portion extending upwardly from the main body, and a tail portion defining a receiving space in a vertical plane. The insulative housing has a plurality of passageways retaining the contacts. An inner sidewall of each passageway has a protrusion extending into the receiving space to limit a movement of the contact, such that the contact can float upwardly and downwardly in the vertical direction without being drawn out of the passageway.

Electrical connector having floatably arranged contact

An electrical connector for receiving an IC package includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, a stiffener surrounding the insulative housing and a load plate pivotally connected to the stiffener and movable between an opened position and a closed position. The load plate has a shaft and an abutting portion. The stiffener has a connecting member comprising an insertion opening for the shaft, a cavity communicated with the insertion opening for rotation of the shaft, and a supporting portion engaging with the abutting portion to keep the load plate in the opened position with a predetermined angle.

Electrical connector having improved interconnecting arrangement between load plate and stiffener

A socket connector includes a socket body, a plurality of contact terminals received in the socket body. The socket body includes an upper surface, a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the upper surface. The upper surface and the sidewalls jointly define a cavity for receiving an IC package therein. A plurality of protrusions extend upwardly from the upper surface and formed separately from the sidewall. The protrusions being discretely distributed at periphery of the IC package and thereby positioning the IC package.

Socket connector having protursions for positioning IC package

A socket assembly comprises a socket and a pick up cap attached on the socket. The socket has an insulative housing with sidewalls, and the sidewalls have a plurality of protrusions extending upwardly and formed with end surfaces. The pick up cap comprises a plurality of cutouts with inner side surfaces. The inner side surface of the cutout abuts against corresponding end surface of insulative housing to position the pick up cap on the insulative housing. An interference force created between the cutout and the protrusion extends along an extending direction of corresponding sidewall.

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