Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Hendrikus P G Van Der Steen

Terrance F Little

Chih-Pi Cheng

Cheng-Chi Yeh

Stephen Sedio

Yuan Zhang

Wei-Hao Su

Chin-Yu Chen

Jen-Jou Chang

Tao Yao

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 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: an insulative housing comprising a base portion defining a rearward surface and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; plural conductive terminals affixed to the insulative housing and each having a contacting portion exposed to the top and bottom surfaces of the tongue portion, a fixing portion embedded in the base portion, and a soldering portion extending backwardly out of the base portion; a shielding plate affixed to the insulative housing; a shielding shell covering the insulative housing and defining a sol space with the rearward surface of the base portion; and a waterproof sheet; wherein the base portion further comprises a stepped portion in the sol space, the waterproof sheet is formed by solidification of liquid insulative material flowing from the stepped portion to the rearward surface, and the waterproof sheet encloses the stepped portion.

Electrical connector having insulative housing with a rear stepped portion assisting in formation of a waterproof sheet

An audio jack connector, assembled to a printed circuit board having a number of conductive pads, includes an insulative housing having a number of receiving grooves and a number of terminals received in the receiving grooves. Each audio terminal includes an elastic portion having a number of compressive contacts laterally. The elastic portion is pressed laterally by the printed circuit board so that the compressive contacts are contacted with the conductive pads.

Audio jack connector having compressive contacts

A receptacle connector includes a housing defining a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom, a first row of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections and surface mount type tail sections for mounting on a PCB, a second row of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections and through hole type tail sections for mounting in the PCB; a metallic shield including a capsular segment surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity and a rear wall covering a rear face of the base to surrounding the surface mount type tail sections and a lower bracket attached to the metallic shielding. The lower bracket is located upon a bottom side of the shield and includes a bottom wall, two sidewalls and a rear wall commonly surrounding the through hole type tail sections.

A card connector assembly includes: an electrical connector for being mounted behind an opening in a housing of an electronic device, the electrical connector including a cam groove, a slider, a biasing member, and a cam bar coupled between the cam groove and the slider; and a card tray insertable into the electrical connector through the housing opening for moving the slider from the ejected position to the inserted position; wherein the cam bar has a push portion; the card tray includes a latch, the latch being adapted to be stopped by the electronic device housing when the slider is at the inserted position; and when pushing the card tray to move the slider from the inserted position to the ejected position, the push portion of the cam bar releases the latch for the slider together with the card tray to move to the ejected position.

Card connector assembly having a card tray with a latch

An electrical card connector () includes an insulative housing (), a number of contacts () retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell () covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space, a slider () moveably assembled on the insulative housing, a spring member () biasing the slider, and a pin member (). The slider includes a base portion () and an actuating portion () sidewardly protruding from the base portion into the receiving space. The slider has a guiding slot (), an inner heart-shaped slot () connecting with the guiding slot, and an outer cam slot () connecting with the inner heart-shaped slot. The pin member has a first end () secured to the insulative housing and a second end (). The second end is normally guided in the inner heart-shaped slot but guided to the outer cam slot when a card is improperly inserted.

Electrical card connector capable of indicating card's false insertion

An electrical card connector () includes an insulative housing (), a number of contacts () retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell () covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space () and having an opening () extending along a front-and-rear direction, and a slider () movable on the insulative housing along the front-and-rear direction. The slider includes a base portion (), an operating portion () extending upwardly from the base portion to be exposed outside of the metal shell through the opening, and an actuating portion () extending sidewardly from the base portion into the receiving space for ejecting an insertion card. The operating portion is operable to move the slider.

Electrical card connector preventing card from flying out of the receiving space

A waterproof connector for mounting to a circuit board includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts fixed in the insulative housing, a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing and a soldering plate fixed to a peripheral wall of the metallic shell. The insulative housing includes a tongue portion residing in a receiving space which is jointly formed by the insulative housing and the metallic shell. The peripheral wall defines a pair of latch holes in communication with the receiving space for locking with an inserted plug connector. The soldering plate is fixed to the peripheral wall so as to seal the pair of latch holes. The soldering plate is located between the peripheral wall and the circuit board. The soldering plate includes at least one emboss for surface mounting onto the circuit board.

Waterproof connector with board-mounted soldering plate for improved sealing

An electrical card connector () includes an insulative housing (), a number of contacts () assembled in the insulative housing, an ejector () assembled at a side of the insulative housing, and a metallic shell () comprising a stopper portion (). The ejector includes a slider () moveable along a mating direction and an ejection direction opposite to the mating direction, a spring member () for urging the slider to move along the ejection direction, and a pin member () having one end () secured on the insulative housing and the other one end () moveably guided by the slider. The stopper portion () stops the spring member () from urging the slider () during movement of the slider along the ejection direction.

Card ejector having a slider and a spring engaging a stopper on a metallic shell

A shield connector () for electrically connecting an electronic component to a printed circuit board () comprises a housing () configured by a first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls () defining a receiving space () together, a pair of contact module () assembled on an opposite sidewalls of the housing (), and a pair of soldering assemblies () detachable to the contact module. Said soldering assembly at least has a soldering member for electrical connected to a printed circuit board and an attached portion attaching to the contact module. Consequently, present electrical connector can fit in different mobile phones to meet different requirements thereof.

Shielded connector adapted to be mounted at different profile

A card connector () for receiving a card (), includes an insulative housing () having a card receiving space (), a number of contacts () mounted in the insulative housing to contact with the card and an eject mechanism (). The eject mechanism defines a slider () movably mounted on the housing and engageable with the card, a spring () for biasing the slider to move in a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the card, a cam mechanism including an cam () and a cam groove () formed around the cam having a starting point (), and a pin member () movable within the cam groove. The cam includes a first recessed portion () and a second recessed portion () both communicating with the cam groove, the pin member disengages from the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion upon ejection of the card.

Card connector with ejecting mechanism

A card connector comprises a housing having a receptacle section for receiving a card therein and a slider section, the slider section defining a leading member; a plurality of contacts received in the receptacle section; a slider engaging with the card which is provided to swing in the slider section in a direction of substantially parallel to an insertion direction and; a spring received in the slider section for engaging with a lower end of the slider; a rotator engaging with the slider for guiding the slider; a elastic plate receiving an end of the slider section for engaging with the rotator to leading the slider; and a cover mounted on the housing.

Electrical card connector

A card connector for connecting a card () to a printed circuit board comprises a housing () comprising a receiving section () for accepting a card () therein and a retaining section () enveloped by a front wall () and a sidewall (), a plurality of terminals () received in the receiving section (), a slider () engaging with and guiding the card () sliding on the receiving section (), a spring () received in the retaining section () with one end engaging with a locating pole () of the housing () and the other end inserted in a channel () of the slider (), a guiding member () with one end received in a locating hole () disposed in the front wall () and the other end slidable engaging with a guiding slot () of the slider () for guiding the trace of the slider (), a cover () mounted on the housing ().

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Hendrikus P G Van Der Steen