Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Hong-fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Jian-Jun Zhu

Qing-Man Zhu

Jerry Wu

Chien-Chiung Wang

Liang-Yan Dai

Jian-Feng Wang

Xiao-Feng Li

Terrance F Little

Kuo-Chun Hsu

An-Jen Yang

Stephen Sedio

Chien-Ping Kao

Xue-Liang Zhang

Richard Lee Malehorn, Ii

Wei-Hung Hsu

Li-Shing Hou

Dong-Qi Kuang

Dong Tang

An electrical connector including: a magnetic element having a cavity; a contact protector movably accommodated in the cavity, the protector defining a front end and a plurality of slots through the front end; a plurality of contacts accommodated in the slots, each contact being retractable and having a front end located in the front end of the contact protector; and an elastic element urging the contact protector to extend the front end thereof out of the cavity.

Electrical connector assembly having contact protector

An electrical connector assembly includes: a first connector including a mating section, a first magnetic element having a cavity, and a number of first contacts accommodated in the mating section and the cavity; a second connector for mating with the mating section, the second connector including a second magnetic element and a number of second contacts accommodated in the second magnetic element; and an anti-mismating structure located at a front end of the second connector. The structure includes a number of anti-mismating elements and an anti-mismating hole surrounded by the anti-mismating elements for receiving the mating section. The anti-mismating hole is asymmetric in one of an up-to-down direction and a left-to-right direction, and the periphery of the mating section corresponds to the anti-mismating hole.

Electrical connector assembly having guiding means

A magnetic connector including: a flat engaging surface; a number of electrical contacts each having a flexible mating portion protruding to the engaging surface; an insulative housing comprising plural contact channels for receiving the electrical contacts and a first fixing space communicating with the contact channels; and a first magnet assembled to the first fixing space along a direction parallel to the flat engaging surface, the first magnet overhanging over the electrical contacts.

Magnetic connector for electronic device

An active plug connector () adapted to plug into a receptacle includes a shell () defining a receiving room (), a pair of printed circuit boards () received in the receiving room and disposed horizontally and spaced apart from each other along a vertical direction, an active element mounted on one of the two printed circuit boards, and a connecting member () electrically connected with the two printed circuit boards to share the active element. A method for assembling the active plug connector comprises inserting the connecting member into the receiving room to electrically connect with the conductive pads of the printed circuit boards to share the active element.

Active plug connector and method for assembling the same

An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector including a first magnetic element and a number of first contacts, and a second connector including a second magnetic element and a number of second contacts. The first magnetic element and the second magnetic element include a pair of opposite poles located at two ends thereof respectively along a direction perpendicular to a mating direction of the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element. When the first connector mates with the second connector, the poles of the corresponding ends of the first magnetic and the second magnetic element are opposite.

Magnetic connector assembly

A cable electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector, a cable soldered with the electrical connector, and an insulative body. The electrical connector includes a printed circuit board having a number of conductive pads, two of the conductive pads forming a differential signal pair for differential signal transmission. The cable has a number of core wires soldered with the conductive pads. The insulative body encloses a soldering area of the conductive pads and the cable core wires. The insulative body has a slot between the two conductive pads of the differential signal pair, the slot running through the insulative body along an up-to-down direction. The slot improves impedance in the soldering area of the core wires and the conductive pads.

Cable electrical connector assembly having an insulative body with a slot

A plug connector () includes a shell () and a printed circuit board () received in the shell. The printed circuit board includes a grounding layer (), a conductive layer () disposed at a first side of the grounding layer, and an insulative layer () disposed therebetween. The conductive layer includes a pair of grounding traces (), and a signal channel disposed between and isolated with the grounding traces. The signal channel includes a signal mating portion () disposed at a front portion. Each of the grounding traces includes a grounding mating portion () disposed at a front portion. Each of the grounding mating portions has a front end extending beyond the signal mating portion. The printed circuit board includes a pair of connecting traces (). Each of the front ends of the grounding mating portions directly connects with the grounding layer by corresponding one of the connecting traces.

High speed plug connector having improved high frequency performance

An electrical connector module for mating with a complementary connector module comprises a housing defining a channel formed on a top surface thereof and a mounting slot recessed downwardly from a bottom surface of the channel; a releasing mechanism received into the channel, the releasing mechanism defines a tab extending into the mounting slot, and an actuator formed on a front end thereof; and a resilient piece received into the mounting slot, the resilient piece having a front end abutting against a front inner surface of the mounting slot and a rear end abutting against the tab; the complementary connector module comprises a latching member locked in the front end of the channel and located above the actuator; the releasing mechanism moves forwardly, the actuator extends into a front end of the channel and raises up the latching member along a vertical direction.

Electronic connector module having an improve releasing mechanism with a simple structure

An electrical connector assembly () including a housing () having a channel () formed on a top surface thereof and extending along a mating direction, a latch mechanism () received in the channel and being capable of sliding in the channel, and a spring () received in the indentation. An indentation () is formed in the channel. The spring is limited by the latch mechanism along a front to rear direction. The latch mechanism defines a block () extending into the indentation and attached to a front end of the spring.

Electrical connector assembly with an improved latch mechanism

A cable connector includes an insulative housing including two sidewalls and a mating slot defined between the two sidewalls, and a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing. The terminals include contacting portions exposed to the mating slot and connecting portions behind a rear end of the insulating housing. The two sidewalls are loaded with a first row and a second row of the plurality of terminals respectively. The first row includes signal terminals and grounding terminals. A grounding plate is inserted in the insulating housing and between two rows of terminals. The grounding plate defines resilient arms and connecting legs, the resilient arms slant to the first row and touch with the grounding terminals.

Cable connector with improved grounding plate

A cable assembly () includes a cover () defining a cavity (), a circuit board () assembled in the cavity and including a first surface () and a second surface () lower than the first surface, and a cable () having a jacket () and a number of wires () shrouded by the jacket. Each wire includes an inner coat () and a conductor having a free end () exposed outwardly from the inner coat for being soldered to the first surface, with the inner coat disposed on the second surface.

Cable assembly having an improved circuit board

A transceiver connector () includes a housing () having a number of faces including a primary face () and a pair of side faces () and a collar clip (). The collar clip includes a base at least partially surrounding the plurality of faces of the housing. The primary face defines at least one vertically extending locking recess () having a stepped portion (). The collar clip includes a base () at least partially surrounding the number of faces of the housing. The base includes at least one locking beam () inserted into the corresponding locking recess of the housing along a first direction and having a click portion () engaging with the stepped portion of the housing along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Transceiver connector having improved collar clip

A connector assembly includes a receptacle () having a latching tab () defining a latching hole () and a plug connector (). The plug connector includes a housing () having a latching nose () for latching with the latching hole and a releasing mechanism. The releasing mechanism includes two resisting beams () disposed on the housing and having two protrusions (), a puller (), and an operator () having two guiding portions () projecting toward and in front of the protrusions. The guiding portions slide beneath the protrusions, in response to a rearward movement of the puller, to tilt the resisting beams upwardly and lift the latching tab from a latched position to a released position for releasing the latching nose from the latching hole.

Plug connector having a releasing mechanism and a connector assembly having the same

An apparatus for adjusting a pixel clock frequency based on a phase locked loop (PLL) includes: a pixel clock generator () for generating an actual pixel clock having an actual frequency; a division frequency counter () for dividing the actual pixel clock into several pixel clocks having different frequency ranges by means of multiplying the actual frequency of the actual pixel clock by a multiplier; a reference frequency counter () for dividing the actual pixel clock by means of lowering the actual frequency of the actual pixel clock, and generating a reference frequency; a reactive frequency counter () for dividing the actual pixel clock by means of heightening the actual frequency of the actual pixel clock, and generating a reactive frequency; a PLL circuit () for integrating the reference frequency and the reactive frequency to generate a required pixel clock having a required frequency. A related method is also disclosed.

Apparatus and method for adjusting a pixel clock frequency based on a phase locked loop

A system for checking basic input output system read only memory (BIOS ROM) data includes a keyboard, a display, a computer host, and a checking device. The computer host has a BIOS ROM installed therein. The checking device includes: a data dividing module for dividing the BIOS ROM data into a plurality of sections; a data obtaining module for capturing BIOS ROM data from one or more sections, and for counting a check datum; a data checking module for comparing the check datum with a standard datum, and for determining whether the two data are equal; and a checking result outputting module for outputting the checking results.

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Jian-Jun Zhu