Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Chih-Ming C Chien

Feng Pan

Yi-Wen Wang

Hong-Tao Liu

Charles Sands Pickles

Wei-Chen Lee

Jian-Lin Huang

Chalres Sands Pickles

An optical backplane assembly () includes a backplane (), a first switch card (), a second switch card () disposed on one side of the first switch card, a plurality of first line cards disposed on the other side of the first switch card, and a first optical assembly () including a plurality of first optical channels () and a plurality of second optical channels () overlapped with the first optical channel. The first optical channels optically interconnecting the first switch card with the first line cards. The second optical channels optically interconnecting the second switch card with the first optical channels.

Optical backplane assembly

An electrical connector () includes a middle board (), a first insulative housing () defining a first receiving room (), a second insulative housing () defining a second receiving room (), and a number of contacts () mounted on the first insulative housing. Each of the contacts includes a first mating portion () received in the first receiving room and a second mating portion () received in the second receiving room. The first mating portion includes a first mating surface (). The second mating portion includes a second mating surface (). Each of the contacts includes a twisted portion () between the first mating portion and the second mating portion that make the first mating surface perpendicular to the second mating surface.

Electrical connector with improved signal transmitting performance

An electrical connector () includes a middle board () defining a plurality of receiving holes (), a first insulative housing () mounted on one side of the middle board and defining a first receiving room (), and a number of contacts () mounted on the first insulative housing. The contacts include a number of signal contacts (S) and a number of grounding contacts (G). Each of contacts includes a first mating portion (), a second mating portion (), and a middle portion () between the first and the second mating portions. The middle portions extend beyond the first insulative housing and are received in the receiving holes. Each of the middle portions of the signal contacts is solid. Each of the middle portions of the grounding contacts has a through hole () and has an outer profile wider than that of middle portion of the signal contact.

Electrical connector with improved impedance continuity

A cable connector assembly includes a cable () and a connector () terminated to the cable (). The connector () further includes a connector body (), a cover means () fastening the connector body () and connecting means () securing said cable () to the cover means (). The connecting means () further includes an outer ferrule () having a first part () crimped onto the cable and a second part () crimped onto a shield () of the cable, and an inner ferrule () fastened substantially under the shield () to the outer ferrule () in the area of the second part () for making an axial locking between the outer ferrule () and the inner ferrule (). The inner ferrule () forms a number of resilient tabs () flexibly abutting the cover means () thereby making firmly electrical connection to the cover means ().

Cable end connector assembly

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of signal contacts, a number of shielding plates and a grounding member touching the shielding plates so that the shielding plates are jointly connected with each other. The shielding plates are assembled to the insulative housing and disposed between the signal contacts of adjacent columns. Each shielding plate includes a tab projecting into a base of the insulative housing. No mounting tail for establishing connection between the shielding plates and a circuit board is set on any of the shielding plates. Instead, the grounding member comprises a number of mounting tails for being connected to the circuit board so as to establish electrical connection between the shielding plates and the circuit board.

Electrical connector with shielding plates without mounting tail and grounding member

An electrical connector () includes a number of wafers () and each wafer including an insulative housing () and a number of contacts (). The housing defines a mating surface () and a mounting surface (), and a plurality of passages () concaved from the mounting surface. The housing has a platform () formed in each passage and two cavities () defined on opposite sides of the platform. The platform has a pair of protruding portions () disposed above the cavities respectively. Each cavity has an opening () defined in the mounting surface. The contacts are received in the passages of the insulative housing. Each contact includes a receptacle () formed with a pair of legs (). Each leg has a preloaded portion (). The preloaded portion is insertable into the cavity via the opening along a mounting direction perpendicular to the mounting surface while spreading out the legs.

High speed electrical connector having improved housing for harboring preloaded contact

The electrical connector () includes a front housing () and a number of stacked wafersassembled to the front housing (). The front housing () defines a number of passageways () arranged in rows and columns. Each of the wafers includes a lead frame () and nine contacts (-) molded in the lead frame (). Each of the contacts (-) further includes a fastening portion () molded in the lead frame (), a mating portion () extending from an end of the fastening portion () for mating with a complementary mating connector () and a terminal portion () extending from an opposite end of the fastening portion () to be mounted in said PCB. The nine conductive contacts (-) are arranged on a coplanar surface. Adjacent rows of passageways () are arranged with a slight offset. Corresponding adjacent wafersare arranged with the contacts of adjacent wafers () aligned in a direction perpendicular to the coplanar surface.

Receptacle backplane connector having interface mating with plug connectors having different pitch arrangement

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () mounted onto a mother board, and a mulitiplicity of contact modules () received in the housing. The housing defines first and second openings () in a front portion thereof. Each contact module includes first, second, third and fourth contacts () and a ground contact (). The first and second contacts are inserted into the first opening to form a first signal contact group, thereby providing a first mating interface for a daugher board. The third and fourth contacts are inserted into the second opening to form a second signal contact group, thereby providing a second mating interface for another daughter board. The ground contacts are disposed betweent the first and second signal contact groups. The connector can thereby electrically connect the daughter boards with the mother board simultaneously.

Electrical connector with double mating interfaces for electronic components

An electrical connector assembly () includes at least one connector () and a shell () surrounding the connector. A number of locking tabs () extend vertically beyond a joint face () of the connector. Each locking tab defines an aperture () and a block () at a free end thereof. The aperture separates the free end of the locking tab into two spaced portions. The block protrudes outwardly from an outside of one of the two spaced portions. An opening () under the block is defined in the joint face for facilitating the molding of the block. The shell defines a number of securing holes () engagingly receiving the corresponding locking tabs of the connector. The block can press an outside of the shell to retain the locking tab in the hole. Reliable connection between the connector and the shell is secured.

Electrical connector assembly

An electrical connector includes a front half ( ), a back half ( ) assembled to the front half, a plurality of circuit boards ( ) and a plurality of leading caps ( ). The front half has a front surface ( ), an upper surface ( ), and a lower surface ( ). A top tongue ( ) and a bottom tongue ( ) extend respectively from the upper surface and the lower surface along a mating direction. The leading caps are positioned between the top tongue and the bottom tongue. The circuit boards are mounted in the combination of the front half and the back half and extend beyond the front surface. Each leading cap includes two inclined faces ( ) facing forwardly for mating with a complementary connector ( ). A swallow-tailed slot ( ) is defined at a rear end of the leading cap to engage with a front edge of a corresponding circuit board.

Electrical connector having leading cap for facilitating printed circuit board in the connector into a mating connector

An electrical connector assembly ( ) includes a receptacle connector ( ) and a plug connector ( ). A plurality of circuit boards ( ) each has a lower portion inserted into a corresponding groove ( ) defined in a second housing ( ) of the receptacle connector and electrically connecting with terminals ( ) therein. A front portion of each circuit board is inserted through a passageway ( ) in a first housing ( ) of the receptacle connector ( ) and into a groove ( ) defined in the plug connector and is electrically connected with terminals ( ) therein. The terminals of the receptacle connector and of the plug connector respectively connect to two different main circuit boards, providing electrical connection therebetween.

Electrical connector assembly having the same circuit boards therein

An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing, a number of terminals received in the housing, an insulative spacer and a retainer supportingly attached to the spacer. The terminals each comprise a base, an engaging end forwardly extending from the base, a neck rearwardly extending from the base, and a shoulder intermediate the neck and a leg for mating with a circuit board. The spacer includes a number of uniformly spaced apart dividers, each divider defining a pair of channels at rear corners thereof whereby defining a pair of rearwardly facing abutment walls. The dividers are interposed between the necks of adjacent terminals thereby the abutment walls bear against the shoulders of the terminals for preventing their forward movements.

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Chih-Ming C Chien