Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Foxconn (kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Fuding Precision Components (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Chih-Pi Cheng

Terrance F Little

Stephen Sedio

Yuan Zhang

Chao-Chieh Chen

Wei-Hao Su

Ming-Lun Szu

Shuo-Hsiu Hsu

Wen He

An-Jen Yang

Nan-Hung Lin

Quan Wang

Chih-Kai Yang

Cheng-Chi Yeh

Feng Zeng

Chun-Chieh Yang

Chun-Yi Chang

Jia-Hau Liu

Hsueh-Lung Hsiao

Cheng-Ching Chien

Andrew Cheng

De-Cheng Zou

Tzu-Yao Hwang

Hao-Yun Ma

Chih-Hsien Chou

Chi-Nan Liao

Chien-Ping Kao

Hendrikus P G Van Der Steen

Liang-Kai Lee

Yen-Chih Chang

Chia-Wei Fan

Yue Zhou

Been-Yang Liaw

Ting-Yao Hung

Nan-Hong Lin

Kuo-Chun Hsu

Ke-Hao Chen

Ming-Ching Chen

Fu-Jin Peng

David Gregory Howell

Jim Xin Zhao

Pei Tsao

Xiao-Qin Zheng

Wei-Hung Hsu

Qi-Jin Yi

Hao Zhou

Zhan-Jun Xu

Joe-Fu Chen

Qing-Feng Wang

Lu Dai

Chi-Tung Kuan

Miao-Hui Gong

Qi Zhou

Hu-Guang Luo

Yang Qu

Ling Tao

Fu-You Yang

Ke-Hua Wu

An electrical connector includes a connection main part surrounded by the seat frame, and a CPU carrier for carrying the CPU and a load plate for downwardly pressing the CPU respectively pivotally located at two opposite ends of the seat frame in the front-to-back direction. A set of rotation mechanism is rotatably assembled upon one end to receive the CPU carrier. A pair of supporting arms are unitarily formed with one end of the seat frame, forming a pair of locking recesses having one open side. The seat frame includes a stopper opposite to the pair of locking recesses in the lengthwise direction. The rotation mechanism is pre-assembled as one piece and successively assembled upon the seat frame along the lengthwise direction with the pivot engaged within the pair of locking recesses and a middle section of the torsion spring engaged with the stopper.

Electrical connector

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the housing. Each of the contacts includes a vertical main body with retaining structure thereon, a mounting section split from the bottom portion of the main body with a horizontal pad at the end, a first transverse section extending from the top portion of the main body in a first transverse direction, an upward section extending upward from one end of the transverse direction, a second transverse section extending from an upper end of the upward section in a second transverse direction opposite to the first transverse direction, a curved contacting section extending from the end of the second transverse section, and a downward tip section formed at a free end of the contact section.

Electrical connector with aligned contacting points between CPU and PCB

A receptacle connector assembly includes an outer housing and a terminal module. The terminals module includes an insulator having a base and a mating tongue extending from the base and equipped with a plurality of contacts. The contacts include front contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and tail sections extending out of the base. The outer housing is of an insulative molding part or a metallic die cast, the terminal module is assembled in the outer housing, and thus a mating cavity is directly defined between the mating tongue and the outer housing.

Flippable electrical connector

A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending with a step portion defined at a root region of the mating tongue; a plurality of contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon a first surface and a second surface of the mating tongue and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts; a shielding plate embedded with the mating tongue and forming a pair of locking edge in two opposite lateral side edges; and an EMI collar intimately surrounding the step portion, the collar comprising two long portions covering the first surface and the second surface of the step portion and two short portions connecting with opposite ends of the long portions. A lateral rigid finger extends straight from a side of the shielding plate and touch an inner side of a short portion of the collar.

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.

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

An electrical special plug connector includes a mating space, for receiving a mating tongue of a complementary receptacle connector, with a corresponding latch extending thereinto, and further equipped with a moveable actuator to move a corresponding latch away from the mating space toward an outer position when said actuator is affected by magnetic forces derived from a special receptacle connector equipped with a magnet so as to have the special plug connector mated with the special receptacle connector with magnetic forces while keeping the corresponding latch in an inner position to interlock with a locking notch of a standard type C receptacle connector.

An electrical connector includes an outer shell formed by metal-injection mold and a terminal module including a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base and loaded with a plurality of terminals, and a waterproof glue. The shell includes a seat and a sidewall extending forwardly from the seat, the seat defines a front opening and a receiving cavity. The base is received in the receiving cavity and the mating tongue extends across the front opening and located in the mating cavity. The seat defines a pouring hole from an outer face thereof and communicating with the receiving cavity, the glue is filled with gap between the terminal module and the outer shell via the pouring hole.

Electrical connector with improved outer shell

A receptacle connector assembly includes an outer housing and a terminal module. The terminals module includes an insulator having a base and a mating tongue extending from the base and equipped with a plurality of contacts and a shielding plate. The contacts include front contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and tail sections extending out of the base. The shielding plate is embedded within the mating tongue and includes a pair of rigid notches in two opposite lateral sides for locking to a pair of corresponding latches of a complementary plug connector. The outer housing is of an insulative molding part or a metallic die cast, the terminal module is assembled in the outer housing, and thus a mating cavity is directly defined between the mating tongue and the outer housing.

An electrical connector includes a terminal module including an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and a shielding plate. The insulating housing defines a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defines opposite mating surfaces, a front face and opposite side faces connecting with the mating surfaces and the front face. The terminals include contacting sections exposed upon the mating surfaces and leg sections out of the base. The shielding plate is embedded in the insulating housing and includes a main portion disposed between the mating surfaces and two thickened side portions, the side portions enclose opposite side faces of the mating tongue and each provides a side latch at an outer side face thereof. The side portions extend forward to the front face of the mating tongue and rearward to the base.

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 for use with a plug, includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending, with a widen and thicken step portion defined at a root region of the mating tongue; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the first and second surfaces of the mating tongue and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts. Each of first and second surfaces of the step portion is fitly surrounded with a metallic plate, the metallic plate mechanically and electrically connects to the corresponding grounding contact.

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing and a shell surrounding around the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly therefrom. The mating tongue includes two opposite mating faces and two opposite side faces. The shell includes a holding portion and a mating portion. The mating portion of the shell includes two short-walls facing to the two side faces of the mating tongue and at most a long-wall facing to one of the mating faces of the mating tongue so that at least one of the mating faces of the mating tongue could be exposed to exterior in a vertical direction.

Electrical connector and electrical device assembled with the same therein

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Chih-Pi Cheng