Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Foxconn (kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Chien-Jen Ting

Hung-Chi Yu

Yung-Chang Cheng

Ming-Lun Kuo

Kuo-Lung Lin

Kuo-Chun Hsu

Ding-Cherng Chen

Zhi-Feng Wang

Tzu-Ching Tsai

Min-Han Lin

Wei-Cheng Chang

Xiang-Qi Yang

Tzu-Fan Kuo

Zu-Sheng Wang

Bin Xie

Da-Chun Li

Li Cao

Shao-Jie Xu

An electrical connector includes: a terminal module including an insulative body and plural first contacts secured to the insulative body, each first contact having a leg and a first terminating portion; plural second contacts each having a second terminating portion coupled to the first terminating portion of a corresponding first contact and a contacting portion extending from the second terminating portion rearwardly toward the leg of the corresponding first contact.

Electrical connector having a contact formed of first and second contact parts coupled together

An electrical connector () comprises an insulative housing (), a cover () and a plurality of terminals () retained in the insulative housing (). The insulative housing () includes a base (), the base () defines a first region () disposed on the lower surface thereof. The electrical connector () further comprises a body portion () injection molded on the first region (). The body portion () is disposed between the insulative housing () and the cover () and defining at least one spot-welded portion (). The cover () is spot-welded on the spot-welded portion () of body portion () so as to cover the insulative housing ().

Electrical connector and the method of making the same

An electrical connector comprising an insulative housing defining a base which includes a first region and a first recess and a plurality of terminal grooves; and a terminal module which received in said first recess, including a plurality of terminals received in said terminal grooves respectively and a substrate insert-molded upon said terminals; wherein said first recess communicates with said first region and said terminal grooves are surrounded commonly by said first region and said first recess; wherein said electrical connector includes a main portion over-molded in said first region and said first recess.

Electrical connector having improved water-proof function

An electrical connector, for mating with a mating plug, includes an insulative housing (), a number of contacts () received in the insulative housing (), a shell () mounted to the insulative housing () and an elastic element () mounted to the receiving space (). The insulative housing includes a top wall (), a lower wall (), two side walls () and a receiving space surrounded by the top wall, the lower wall and the two side walls. The shell () comprises a pair of elastic arms (). The elastic element () resists against the elastic arm () upon inserting a mating plug to move the pair of least arms outward.

Electrical connector having elastic element

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing () defining a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; a plurality of terminals () each having a retention portion, a contacting portion extending forwardly from the retention portion and a tail portion; an insulative spacer disposed behind the base portion, and the insulative spacer () defining a plurality of positioning holes for the tail portions passing therethrough, respectively; and waterproof material () stuffing corresponding seam between the insulative spacer and the base portion.

Electrical connector with waterproof function

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () defining a plurality of passageways () with an inserted opening (), a plurality of forniciform terminals () inserted into the passageways () from the inserted openings () and disposed therein, each defining a soldering portion () extending towards outside of the insulative housing () and a connecting portion () folding and extending from one end of soldering portion (). Each of the connecting portions () covers the inserted opening (), both cut sides () of which are pressed against by a pair of protecting protrusions () which integrally protrudes outwards from both sides of inserted opening () of the insulative housing ().

Electrical connector having passageways protected from contamination

An electrical card connector () includes an insulating housing (), a metal shield () covering the insulating housing for defining a card receiving space therebetween, a printed circuit board (PCB) (), an insulator () assembled on the PCB and a plurality of terminals () received in the insulator. The insulating housing defines a cutout () at a rear part thereof and the cutout communicates with the card receiving space. The PCB has a smaller size than the insulating housing and is received in the cutout. The PCB is fused with the insulating housing.

Electrical card connector

A shielded connector () includes an insulative housing () having a base portion () and an engaging portion (), a plurality of contacts () disposed in the housing (), each of the contacts () defining a contacting portion () extending into the engaging portion () and a soldering portion () extending out of the housing (), a metallic shell () having side walls surrounding the engaging portion () and a pair of positioning brackets () folding outwards from an upper edge of the side walls (). The shielded connector furthermore defines a pair of insulative supporting sections () respectively disposed and supported under the positioning brackets () thereby forming a positioning device.

Shielded connector with enlarged base supporting cantilevered brackets extending from the shielded connector

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () with an engaging portion (), a plurality of contacts () received in the inslulitive housing () with a contacting portion () disposed in the engaging portion () and at least one latch () received in the insulative housing () with a locking portion () exposed at outside of the insulative housing (). The latch () has a retaining portion () hold in the insulative housing () and a locking arm () unitarily connecting with the retaining portion () obliquely.

Electrical connector having latchs for locking with a complementary connector

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () with a base portion (), a first engaging portion () and a second engaging portion () extending from the base portion along same direction, a plurality of conductive terminals () retained in the insulative housing () and a shielding member () assembled on the housing. The shielding member () has a pair of sidewalls () opposite to each other and a pair of end walls () surrounding the first engaging portion () thereby forming a mating cavity between thereof. One of the end walls () is served as a partition located between the first engaging portion () and the second engaging portion () which extends outwards through the shielding member () then nearly presses against the shielding member.

Electrical connector having two engaging portions

An electrical card connector () for receiving a card, includes an insulating housing () receiving a plurality of terminals (), a shell () mounting on the insulating housing defining a guiding space () and receiving a guiding portion () to guiding the card moving in the guiding space, and an ejecting mechanism () assembled on the insulating housing. The ejecting mechanism includes an ejecting plate () for ejecting the card from the guiding space, an operation portion () and a lever member () connecting the operation and the ejecting plate. The lever member forms a center point as the center of rotation thereof, and the center point is outside the guiding space.

Card connector having ejecting mechanism

A stacked card connector () includes a first electrical card connector (), a second electrical card connector () positioned under the first electrical card connector, a retaining member () provided on the second card connector and a converting mechanism plate () received in the retaining member. The first card connector comprises a first insulating housing () and a plurality of first terminals () received in the first insulating housing. The second card connector () includes a second insulating housing () received a plurality of second terminals (). The first terminal comprises a vertical portion (), the second terminal comprises a tail portion () arranged in a line with the vertical portions of the first terminal. The converting plate comprises a plurality of third terminals () electrically connecting with the first and the second terminals.

Stacked card connector

An electrical card connector () includes a metal shield (), an insulated housing () and a terminal module () having a plurality of terminals () received therein. The metal shield covers the insulated housing to define a card receiving room and a card insertion/ejection direction. The insulated housing defines a receiving cavity () and forms an elastic piece (). The terminal module is slidably received in the receiving cavity of the insulated housing along the card ejection direction and is fixed in the insulated housing by the elastic piece.

An electrical card connector assembly () comprising: a first electrical card connector (); a second electrical card connector () disposed below the first electrical card connector; a third electrical card connector (); a fourth electrical card connector () arranged abreast with the third electrical card connector; a PCB () defining an upper surface () and a lower surface (), the upper and lower surface having a plurality of traces, respectively; wherein the combined first and second card connector are disposed on the upper surface () of the PCB and electrically connected with the corresponding traces of the upper surface, and the third and fourth electrical card connector are arranged abreast on the lower surface of the PCB () and electrically connecting with the corresponding traces of the lower surface ().

Electrical card connector assembly

A stacked card connector () adaptor for receiving cards includes a first electrical card connector (), a second electrical card connector () under the first electrical card connector and a retaining member () integral with the second insulating housing. The first card connector includes a first insulating housing () received a plurality of first terminals (). The second card connector includes a second insulating housing () received a plurality of second terminals (). The retaining member defines a plurality of slots (), said first and second terminals partially passing through the slots.

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