Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Hao Gu

Qi-Sheng Zheng

Jia-Yong He

Zhi-Quan Mou

Yu-Long Mao

Feng Qiao

Xiao-Hai Zhou

Jie Cai

Yi-Hao Tang

ZiQiang Zhu

Guohua Zhang

Lun-Song Hu

Guang-Qian Chen

Yong-Gang Wang

Yu-Feng He

LunSong Hu

An optical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, an optical module mounted to the insulative housing, and a protecting mechanism assembled into the receiving space. The insulative housing has a front surface at a rear side of the receiving space. The optical module has a light receiving element located behind the front surface and forwardly exposed to the receiving space. The protecting mechanism has a door lying in a vertical plane in front of the front surface to shield the light receiving element along an insertion direction when the plug is not inserted into the receiving space, and moving downwardly out of the receiving space to unveil said light receiving element in said insertion direction when the plug is inserted into the receiving space.

Optical connector with a protecting mechanism for protecting an optical module thereof

An electrical connector has a receiving space () and includes an insulative housing () and a set of contacts. The insulative housing includes a tongue portion () protruding into the receiving space. The tongue portion has a mating face (), a set of depressions () formed in a front region of the mating face, and a set of passageways () defined in a rear region of the mating face and being spaced away from the depressions. The contacts are held in the tongue portion and include a set of first and second contacts (). The first contacts have elastic first contact portions () being movably received in the passageways and protruding beyond the mating face and into the receiving space, and first tail portions () opposite to the first contact portions. The second contacts have stiff second contact portions () retained in the depressions and exposed to the receiving space, and second tail portions () opposite to the second contact portions. The first and the second tail portions are arranged in only a single row.

Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement

An electrical card () includes an insulative frame () having a pair of detachable side bars () spaced from each other and a transverse bar () assembled onto the side bars to interconnect the side bars; a detachable upper cover () attached to a rear end of the frame; an upper shell () and a lower shell () mounted to an upper side and a lower side of the side bars respectively; a detachable lower cover () attached to the lower shell and disposed beneath the upper cover; a circuit board () supported by the frame and located between the frame and the upper shell; and an electrical connector () attached to a front end of the frame and electrically connected to the circuit board.

Electrical card

An electrical connector for being mounted on a PCB, has a receiving space () and includes an insulative housing () having a tongue portion () being parallel to the PCB, the tongue portion having a mating face (), a set of depressions () formed in a front region of the mating face, and a set of passageways () formed in a rear region of the mating face; and a set of contacts including a set of first and second contacts (). The first contacts have elastic first contact portions () being movably received in the passageways, first tail portions (), and first connecting portions () extending along the tongue portion. The second contacts have stiff second contact portions () received in the depressions, second tail portions (), and second connecting portions () being parallel to the first connecting portions in a height direction of the tongue portion. The second contact portions () are located at an inner side of the mating face ().

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () and a number of contacts () retained in the insulative housing (). The insulative housing () includes a first body portion () and a first tongue () extending from the first body portion (). The first tongue () defines a number of first receiving slots (). The contacts () comprise a plurality of first contacts () insert molded in the insulative housing () and a number of second contacts (). Each first contact () has a flat first contact portion () extending to the first tongue (). Each second contact () has an elastic second contact portion () received in the first receiving slot (). The first contact portions () and the second contact portion () are arranged at a same side of the first tongue () along a thickness direction of the first tongue ().

A memory card () includes a main body portion () and a rotatable portion () connected by a pair of hinges () to rotate around an axis extending across a width of the memory card. A conductive member () includes a base () retained in the main body portion () to form a SD card interface and an extension () extending beyond the main body portion to form a USB plug interface. The rotatable portion has a slot () and a slider () movably received in the slot. The slider () includes a locking projection () holding a distal end () of the extension at a closed position and sliding away the distal end to expose the second interface at an opened position.

Rotatable memory card with improved locking mechanism

An electrical connector () defining an inserting port () for connecting a corresponding plug, includes a first contact module and a second contact module fixed with each other. The first contact module includes a first housing () and a number of first contacts () insert molded in the first housing (). The first housing () has a tongue () extending into the inserting port (). Each first contact () has a first contact portion () extending to a free end of the tongue (). The second contact module includes a second housing () and a number of second contacts () insert molded in the second housing (). Each second contact () has a second contact portion () extending out of the second housing (). The second contact portions () extend to the tongue and offsetting with the first contact portion () along a length direction of the tongue ().

An electrical connector mounted on a mother PCB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and at least one pair of differential contacts for transferring high speed signals. The conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol. The contacts include a plurality of first and second tail portions to be arranged in a single row or at least two rows.

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing (), a plurality of contacts () retained in the insulative housing () and a metal shell (). The insulative housing () has a base portion (). The base portion () has a front face (), a top face () and a mounting face () opposite to the top face (). The insulative housing () has a tongue () extending forwardly from the front face (). The tongue () has a left face () and a right face (). The metal shell () comprises a left wall () and a right wall (). Each contact () has a contact portion () extending to the left face () of the tongue (). The space between the left face () and the left wall () is larger than that between the right face () and the right wall ().

Electrical connector with a tongue with two sets of contacts

An electrical connector () for mating with a corresponding plug () includes a dielectric housing () defining two contact areas () along an up to down direction. An outer shield () encloses the dielectric housing. A plurality of contacts () are retained in the contact areas. An inner shield () are mounted between two contact areas and comprises a pair of spring arms () extending into the contact area to lock with the plug and a resilient strip () extending into the contact areas to abutting against an outer side of the plug.

Electrical connector with improved grounding structure

An electrical connector includes an housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion and a number of passageways, the tongue portion defining a front face, a first side face and a second side face; a metal shell enclosing the tongue portion to define a receiving room therebetween, and defines a top wall, bottom wall and a pair of side walls, a first receiving room being formed between the bottom wall and the first side face; a number of contacts received in the passageways respectively and including a plurality of first contacts and second contacts, the first contacts each defining a first contacting portion, a first soldering portion and a first retaining portion, the second contacts each defining a second contacting portion, a second soldering portion and a second retaining portion. Both the second contacting portions and the first contacting portions are positioned on a same side of the second side face to be exposed to the first receiving room, the first contacting portions extend beyond the first side face.

Electrical connector with improved contacts

An electrical connector for mating with a plug includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield and at least one metal spring fixed to the metal shield. The metal spring and the metal shield are made of different materials. The metal shield covers the insulative housing to define a receiving cavity formed by a plurality of peripheral walls. One of the peripheral walls defines a slot communicating with the receiving cavity. The metal spring is securely fixed to the peripheral walls and including an engaging arm extending into the receiving cavity through the slot.

Electrical connectors with improved engaging arms

USB connector

A stacked electrical connector includes a first mating interface. The first mating interface comprises a first receiving space () with a first tongue (). The first tongue () has a pair of upper and lower face (). A plurality of first contacts () are retained in the first mating interface. The first contacts () include a plurality of first elastic contacts () and a plurality of first flat contact (). Each first elastic contact () has a securing portion () fixed in the first mating interface (), an elastic contact portion () extending to the first tongue () and a soldering portion (). Each first flat contact () has a retention portion () retained in the first mating interface (), a flat contact portion () extending to the first tongue () and a tail portion (). The flat contact portions () and the elastic contact portions () are located at a same side of the upper face (), and are arranged in two rows along a length direction of the first tongue (). A second mating interface is stacked with the first mating interface along a thickness direction of the first tongue (). A plurality of second contacts () are retained in the second mating interface.

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