Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Han-Ming Zhang

Tsuneki Watanabe

Jian Wang

Nan Hu

Jian-Ping Xiao

Jian-Xin Jiang

Guo-Dong Gu

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of upper and lower contacts fixed in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base and a tongue portion extending from the base along a first direction. Each of the upper contacts includes a first planar soldering section situated adjacent to a bottom face of the base. Each of the lower contacts includes a second planar soldering section situated adjacent to the bottom face of the base. The lower contacts are assembled to the insulative housing along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in order that the second planar soldering sections can be kept coplanar with the first planar soldering sections through controlling insertion depth of the lower contacts along the second direction.

Electrical connector with improved contact-loading manner for coplanarity adjustment

An electrical connector assembly () includes an electrical connector (), a cage () defining an opening (), an ejection mechanism () assembled on an electrical device and receiving the electrical connector, and a flexible circuit board () connecting the electrical connector with a mother board of the electrical device for signal transmission. The ejection mechanism has a second housing () retractively movably relative to the first housing to extend through the opening of the cage. The electrical connector is received in the second housing such that the electrical connector is movable out of the electrical device for connecting with a mating connector and retractable in the electrical device when the electrical connector is not in use.

Dustproof electrical connector assembly

Electrical connector

An electrical receptacle is provided and includes an insulative housing defining a first receiving space and a second space in communication with the first receiving space and a plurality of contacts comprising audio contacts, power contacts and at least one grounding contact. The audio contacts and the at least one grounding contact are received in the first receiving space and establish a path for transmitting audio signals, while the power contacts are received in the second receiving space and corporate with the at least one grounding contact to establish a path for power supply.

Multifunctional electrical connector

An electrical connector includes an insulting housing, a mating face, a rear face opposite to the mating face, a first receiving groove defined into the mating face and a second receiving groove defined into the rear face, and the two receiving grooves extend towards each other. The first contact includes a contacting contact retained in the first receiving groove and a soldering contact separated from the contacting contact and retained in the second receiving groove, and the contacting contact defines a mating portion exposed to the mating face, and the soldering contact defines a soldering portion exposed out of the housing for mounting onto a printed circuit board and a resilient arm extending into the second receiving groove and soldered to the contacting contact. The separated mating contact and soldering contact are soldered together to provide a secure connection therebetween and a good electronic capability for the electrical connector.

Contact having soldered interconnection between first and second parts

Provided is a cable assembly comprises an insulative housing having a plurality of contact terminals disposed therein. A plurality of conductive wires each is terminated with the plurality of contact terminals. And a hold-down arrangement is securely attached to the housing, and includes a metallic base portion substantially covering interconnection between the contact terminals and the conductive wires. The arrangement includes a first anchors interlocked to the housing, and a second anchors extending beyond a mating interface of the housing.

Cable assembly having hold-down arrangement

An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a receiving cavity opening forwards for receiving a mating plug in a mating direction and a mounting face, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating hosing and having contacting portions projecting into the cavity, and a clip member retained in a rear portion of the housing and having a connecting portion and a pair of resilient arms extending from two opposite ends of the connecting portion. The two resilient arms and the connecting portion each define a clamping portion respectively to retain the mating plug in the receiving cavity.

Electrical connector with improved clip member

An audio jack comprises a set of contacts including a stationary contact () and a movable contact (), and an anti-dust dome member (). The anti-dust dome member () includes a conductive sheet () extending from a horizontal plate portion () of the stationary contact () to a lateral beam () of the movable contact (), and a middle conductive dome sheet () below the conductive sheet (). The conductive dome sheet () is constantly actuated to establish an electrical connection between the stationary contact () and the movable contact (). Thus, even if dust is deposited on the anti-dust dome member () will have no effect on the electrical connection as established.

Electrical connector with an anti-dust device to avoid the poor contact from dust

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () and at least one contact () received and retained in the housing. The housing defines a mating face (), a receiving cavity () running through the mating face for receiving a mating connector () and at least one groove () disposed at a sidewall of the receiving cavity and communicating with the receiving cavity. The at least one contact defines a retaining portion () retained in the at least one groove, a contacting portion () bending into the cavity and at least one guiding portion () extending from the contacting portion along a mating direction for guiding the mating connector to enter into the receiving cavity, and a free edge () of the at least one guiding portion extends into the corresponding at least one groove.

Electrical connector with improved contacts

An electrical card connector comprising an insulative housingand a plurality of contactswhich received in the insulative housing, each contactincludes a retention portion, an elastic portionwhich extends from one end of the retention portion, a contact portionwhich connects with the elastic portion, a preload portionwhich extends from the end of the contact portionand a soldering portion, wherein the contactfurther includes a connect portionwhich extends from the soldering portionand a block portionwhich extends from the end of the connect portion

Electrical card connector with contacts having preload portions

A battery connector comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of passageways defined in the insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways; each contact including a retention section, an engaging section bending and extending from an end of the retention section, and a resilient section extending from the other end of the retention portion with a contact portion defined thereon, the contact portion having a block portion; wherein the cross section of the block portion showing cambered and extending against the contact portion.

Battery connector with a block portion defined a curved surface

A receptacle connector () includes a metal shield () having the cover () and an opposite base (). The cover () includes a pair of top lateral wings (). The base includes a pair of bottom lateral wings () for mating with the respective top lateral wings (). The top lateral wing () defines a first portion of a whole lateral wing board, while the bottom lateral wing () defines a second portion adapted to contribute towards completing the whole lateral wing board. Thus, the metal shield () is integrated by the cover () and the base (), each of which is molded by a single sheet.

Low profile receptacle connector straddle-mounted on the PCB

An electrical connector for connecting an electrical component to a printed circuit board through a flexible printed circuit comprises a shell defining a receiving space and a spring plate assembled in a bottom of the shell. The spring plate includes a main section extending in the longitudinal direction and against the bottom of the shell and contact sections extending from the two opposite sides of the main section. The main section defines a protrusion towards the receiving space in order to prevent the electrical component from overcompressing the spring plate.

An electrical connector () includes a shielding () defining a receiving space and a spring plate () mounted in the receiving space of the shielding. The shielding comprises a bottom wall () for supporting the spring plate therein. The spring plate defines a main body (), a plurality of contacting portions () extending slantly upward from two opposite longitudinal ends of the main body, and a locking portion () and a retention portion () extending outward from two transverse ends of the main body for engaging with a corresponding locating slot () and a cutout () of the shielding thereby the spring plate soldered by laser beam to the bottom wall of the shielding to obtain reliable connection between the shielding and the spring plate.

An electrical connector adapted for connecting a camera module to a printed circuit board via a flexible printed circuit comprises a shield and a spring plate. The shield includes a pair of opposite rear and front walls, a pair of left and right walls adjacent to the rear and front walls, and a flat bottom wall connecting the walls together to enclose a cavity for receiving the camera module. The spring plate is mounted on the bottom wall of the shell and has a main portion and a number of elastic arms extending outward from the two opposite sides of the main portion. Each of the front and rear wall of the shield includes an upright base extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a retaining section extending upwardly from the center of the upright base, and a pair of fastening sections extending from both sides of the retaining section and bending toward the receiving cavity.

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Shenzhen, China

Han-Ming Zhang