Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Foxconn (kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.

Chun-Hsiung Hsu

Kuei-Chung Tsai

Xin-Jie Zhang

Terrance F Little

Xiao-Juan Lin

Chih-Ping Chung

Chih-Hsien Chou

Dai-pei Fu

Feng Pan

Brian J Gillespie

Ji-Feng Qiu

Yue-Ou Zhang

Shan-ling Fu

Hou-quan Liu

An electrical connector including: an insulative housing; four terminal modules received in the insulative housing and each having a row of terminals integrally formed with plural plastic fixing members, each terminal defining a contact portion, a tail portion opposite to the contact portion, and a holding portion therebetween; and a pair of metallic side plates fixing the four terminal modules together, each metallic side plates having plural holes, each plastic fixing member including a pair of positioning protrusions at two ends thereof to be received within corresponding holes, wherein the positioning protrusions respectively extend through the corresponding holes and are heat riveted to the metallic side plates.

Electrical connector having four terminal modules and a pair of metallic side plates fixing the four terminal modules

A board connector includes a first housing including a base and two sidewalls, plural first terminals retained in the base and located between the two sidewalls, and a first metallic shell enclosing the first housing and including a pair of first engaging portions at the sidewalls and a pair of first locking portions located in front of the sidewalls. A cable connector includes a second insulating housing and defining two opposite sides, plural second terminals retained in the second housing, and a second metallic shell enclosing the second housing and including a pair of second locking portions and a pair of second engaging portions behind the second locking portions. The first locking portions are locked with the second engaging portion, and the second locking portion are locked with the first engaging portions after the board connector and the cable connector is mated with each other.

Electrical connector assembly having improved locking elements

An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing having a front housing having a front top wall and a pair of front side walls and a rear housing cooperating with the front housing; and plural terminal modules accommodated in the insulating housing, each of the terminal modules including an insulating body and plural conductive terminals held in the insulating body, wherein the rear housing includes a rear top wall and a pair of rear side walls extending downward from the rear top wall, and the rear top wall and the pair of rear side walls surround the terminal module in three directions.

Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly

A board connector includes a first housing including a base and two sidewalls and defining a receiving space, a plurality of first terminals and a first metallic shell including a first main portion and two extending portions extending from the first main portion and fitting covering outsides of the sidewalls. Each extending portion defines a locking hole. A cable connector includes a second housing, a plurality of second terminals and a second metallic shell comprising a second main portion covering a top of the second insulating housing and a pair of locking arms extending from the second main portion in the lateral direction. Each sidewall is sandwiched between the locking arm and an outside of the second housing and each locking arm is retained in the locking hole during the cable connector is engaged with the board connector.

An electrical connector includes: an insulating body; and a first row of terminals and a second row of terminals housed in the insulating body, each terminal in the first row of terminals having a tail portion, a contact portion, and a body portion, the first row of terminals including a signal terminal pair having a pair of signal terminals and a ground terminal arranged on one side of the signal terminal pair, wherein a first center distance between the contact portions of the signal terminal pair is different from a second center distance between the contact portion of the ground terminal and the contact portion of an adjacent signal terminal.

Electrical connector

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a front cavity for receiving andarear cavity, a terminal assembly assembled in the rear cavity, and a ground member. The terminal assembly includes an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module sandwiching a shielding module therebetween.SaidTheupper terminal module includes a pair of upper ground terminals.SaidThelower terminal module includes a plurality of lower ground terminals.SaidTheshielding module includesametallic shielding plate. The ground member is associated with the shielding module to mechanically and electrically connect at least one of the upper ground terminals and the lower ground terminals with the shielding plate.

Electrical receptacle for transmitting high speed signal

An electrical connector assembly includes a board connector and a cable connector. The board connector includes a first seat comprising a base and two first sidewalls commonly defining a mating space, and a pair of first locking portions with locking heads projecting into the mating space, and a plurality of first terminals retained in the first seat and comprising contacting portions projecting into the mating space and leg portions. The cable connector includes a second seat including a pair of second locking portions to engage with the first locking portions and plural second terminals retained in the second seat. The first seat of the board connector further includes a second sidewall unitarily connecting with the base and first sidewalls at a same side and the second sidewall defines a first locking section to engage with a second locking section defined on the cable connector.

Electrical connector assembly having improved locking portions

An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a first terminal group having a signal terminal pair and a ground terminal arranged on one side of the signal terminal pair, each signal terminal having a tail portion, a contact portion, and a body portion, the body portion having a covering portion and a free portion exposed to air, wherein there is a first center distance between the contact portions of the signal terminal pair, there is a second center distance between the free portions, and there is a third center distance between the covering parts, and a second terminal group forming a first mating port with the first terminal group, wherein the second center distance is smaller than the first center distance, and the third center distance is greater than the second center distance.

Electrical connector having an insulative body with partition walls of different extent and with side walls provided with first through fourth installation grooves

An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing with a front mating slot and a rear receiving cavity; a combo contact module assembly received within the receiving cavity and including a sideband contact module sandwiched between a pair of high speed contact modules; each high speed contact module including an upper unit and a lower unit assembled with each other in a vertical direction; the upper unit and the lower unit being essentially symmetrically arranged with each other in the vertical direction with a half of pitch offset in a transverse direction; and a metallic shell; wherein each of the upper unit and the lower unit including a front subunit and a rear subunit stacked with each other in the vertical direction and retained together.

Electrical connector assembly with high speed high density symmetrical contact arrangement

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing (), a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and a first conductive member (). The contacts include a pair of first grounding contacts () for transmitting grounding signal, and a pair of first signal contacts () for transmitting a differential signal. The pair of first grounding contacts and the pair of first signal contacts are arranged in a first row. The pair of first signal contacts is disposed between the pair of first grounding contacts. The first conductive member is electrically connected with both of the first grounding contacts in at least two different locations.

Electrical connector having improved grounding structure

An electrical connector assembly includes: a metal shell including a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of parallel spaced side walls connecting the top and bottom walls, a receiving space, and a front opening communicating with the receiving space; a connector received in the receiving space of the metal shell; and a heat sink disposed in the rear side of the metal shell, wherein the metal shell includes a rear opening communicating with the receiving space, and the heat sink covers the rear opening.

Electrical connector assembly

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing (), and a number of contacts received therein. The contacts include a pair of first and second grounding contacts (), and a pair of first and second signal contacts (). Each of the first signal and grounding contacts includes a first contact portion (), a first mounting portion (), a first horizontal portion (), and a first connecting portion (). Each of the second signal and grounding contacts includes a second contact portion (), a second mounting portion (), and a second horizontal portion (). A first distance (d) between the first connecting portion and the second mounting portion is greater than a second distance (d) between the first and second horizontal portions, and is also greater than a third distance (d) between the first and second mounting portions.

Electrical connector having improved contacts structure

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a front cavity for receiving and rear cavity, a terminal assembly assembled in the rear cavity, and a ground member. The terminal assembly includes an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module sandwiching a shielding module therebetween. Said upper terminal module includes a pair of upper ground terminals. Said lower terminal module includes a plurality of lower ground terminals. Said shielding module includes metallic shielding plate. The ground member is associated with the shielding module to mechanically and electrically connect at least one of the upper ground terminals and the lower ground terminals with the shielding plate.

A receptacle connector () includes a housing (), a front contact module () and a rear contact module () assembled in the housing. The housing has a cavity () opening along a horizontal direction. The cavity has a top wall () and a bottom wall () opposing to each other, the bottom wall having a tongue portion () at a front side of the housing. The rear contact module has a first contacts () and a second contacts () positioned on the top wall and the bottom wall respectively. The front contact module includes a one-piece insulator () assembled to a bottom side () of the housing, and a number of third contacts () insert-molded with the insulator.

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