Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Fuding Precision Components (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Fu Ding Precision Industrial (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd.

Nan-Hung Lin

Shuo-Hsiu Hsu

Cheng-Chi Yeh

Chih-Pi Cheng

Chia-Wei Fan

Hao-Yun Ma

Chun-Yi Chang

Jia-Hau Liu

Cheng-Ching Chien

Fu-Pin Hsieh

Andrew Cheng

Ting-Yao Hung

Fang-Jwu Liao

Fang-Chu Liao

Liang-Kai Lee

Ming-Lun Szu

Yen-Chih Chang

Chi-Nan Liao

Albert Terhune

An electrical connector includes an insulative rectangular housing with a planar base defining opposite upper surface and lower surface thereon. Four restriction parts are formed at four corners of the base to cooperate with the base for commonly forming a receiving cavity to receive the electronic package therein. A plurality of first contacts are disposed in the base with corresponding contacting sections upwardly extending into the receiving cavity to upwardly abut against the corresponding pads on the undersurface of the electronic package. A plurality of second contacts are disposed in the base with corresponding contacting sections sidewardly extending into the receiving cavity to sidewardly abut against the corresponding pads on the side faces of the electronic package.

Electrical connector having first and second plurality of contacts for respectively mating an undersurface and a side surface of electronic package

An electrical connector assembly comprising a first connector and a second connector mated with each other. The first connector includes a first shell forming a first mating surface thereon. A retractable first contact has a first contacting section moveable between an outer position coplanar with the first mating surface and an inner position recessed from the first mating surface. The second connector includes a second shell forming a second mating surface thereon. A stationary second contact has a second contacting section protruding beyond the second mating surface. During mating, the second contacting section abuts against the first contacting section in the mating direction and protrudes beyond the first mating surface to be snugly received within the first connector.

Connector assembly with retractable probe contact recessed behind mating surface and stationary pad contact extending beyond mating surface

A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector mating with the first connector. The first connector defines a first mating face, a first cleaning device disposed in the first mating face and a stiff first mating portion exposed upon the first mating face. The second connector defines a second mating face, a second cleaning device disposed in the second mating face and a stiff second mating portion exposed upon the second mating face. During mating the first connector to the second connector along the mating direction, the first cleaning device wipes the second mating face for wiping away the dirty attached to the second mating portion while the second cleaning device wipes the first mating face for wiping away the dirty attached to the first mating portion until the first and second mating portions mated with each other.

Connector assembly with cleaning devices

An electrical connector () includes an insulating housing () and a plurality of electrical contacts () received therein, the insulating housing () includes a top surface (), a bottom surface (), a plurality of passageways () and a pair of blocks () extending toward each other from the inner surface of the passageway (), each of the electrical contacts () includes a body portion () positioned in the insulating housing (), the blocks () locate under the body portion () of the electrical contact (), the electrical connector () further includes adhesive () pasted on the inner surface of the passageway (), after the electrical contacts () are assembled to the insulating housing (), the electrical contacts () touch with the adhesive () to position the electrical contacts () on the insulating housing ().

Electrical connector and the assembling method thereof

An electrical connector for electrically connecting a package with a printed circuit board (PCB) with a plurality of pads and an alignment feature includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and a stiffener insert molding with the insulating housing. When the stiffener is assembled upon the alignment feature correspondingly, the contacts align with the pads of the PCB correspondingly.

Low profile electrical connector

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a number of through holes extending therethrough, a number of contacts assembled to the insulative housing, and a number of solder balls disposed in the though holes and each is clasped by the tail and insulative housing. Each contact includes a vertical base portion secured to a first side of the through hole, a contact engaging arm extending from a top end of the base portion, and a solder portion extending from a bottom end of the base portion. The solder portion has a wave arrangement below the base portion and projecting from the base portion to a second side of the through hole which opposites to said first side, and a tail extending downwardly from the wave arrangement and capable of moving from the first side to the second side.

Socket connector with contact terminal having waveform arrangement adjacent to tail portion perfecting solder joint

An electrical connector includes an upper housing formed with a plurality of upper through holes therein, and a lower housing located under the upper housing and formed with a plurality of lower through holes therein corresponding to the upper through holes, respectively. A plurality of contacts are received within the upper housing and the lower housing, and respectively has an upper contacting portion and a lower contacting portion. At least some of the contacts extend with angles of inclination varying in sequence so that a distance defined by two neighboring lower contacting portions is larger than that defined by corresponding two neighboring upper contacting portions.

Electrical connector capable of interconnecting electronic devices having different conductive leads arrangements

A socket assembly, comprising a socket, a package received in the socket, a pressing member arranged upon the package and downwardly pressing the package and two heat pipes attached to the pressing member. The pressing member is formed with four arch grooves along a peripheral thereof, and the arch grooves allow linking members to pass therethrough and rotatablely retain the pressing member on a printed circuit board. Therefore, the pressing member can rotate in a certain range, by sliding the arch groove with respect to the linking member, to provide a flexible arrangement for heat pipes.

Socket assembly incorporated with rotationally mounted pressing member

An electrical connector assembly () includes an insulative housing (), a micro chip () arranged on the insulative housing, a PCB () located below the insulative housing, a number of contacts () received in the insulative housing and a locking element () interconnecting the insulative housing onto the PCB. The contacts extend beyond an upper surface of the insulative housing and solder with the micro chip. The contacts extend below a lower surface of the insulative housing and contact with the PCB.

Electrical connector assembly with low profile

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. Each contact has a base portion, a resilient arm and a contacting portion located at one end of the resilient arm. The contacting portion has a free end attached with an insulative member so as to prevent short circuit with an adjacent contact.

Contact terminal having insulative cap

An electrical connector assembly () for electrically connecting a plurality of processing units () to a printed circuit board () comprises a substrate () and a plurality of sockets () assembled on the substrate () for retaining the processing units () respectively, the substrate () comprises a top surface () and a bottom surface () opposite to each other, the top surface () comprises a plurality of first contact elements () and the bottom surface () comprises a plurality of second contact elements (), the socket () comprises an insulative housing () and a plurality of contacts () received therein for electrically contacting with one of the processing units ().

Electrical connector assembly for retaining multiple processing units

An electrical connector assembly () mounted on a printed circuit board () includes at least two electrical connectors () located on one side of the printed circuit board () and a back plate arrangement () located on the other side of the printed circuit board () opposite to the electrical connectors (). The back plate arrangement () secures the electrical connectors () onto the printed circuit board (), and includes at least two back plates () and at least one connecting bridge () interconnecting the at lest two back plates ().

Electrical connector assembly and back plate arrangement thereof

A socket connector () includes an insulative housing (), a number of contacts received in the insulative housing, a stiffener () attaching to periphery of the insulative housing, a load plate () pivotally mounted to one side of the stiffener, a load lever () pivotally mounted on the opposite side of the stiffener relative to the load plate, and a sheath piece () attached to the operating part of the load lever. The load lever includes a fixing part (), an actuating part () perpendicular to the fixing part, and an operating part () formed at the distal end of the actuating part. The load plate is capable of moving towards the insulative housing between an original, open position and a final, closed position.

Land grid array socket connector with anti-slippery load lever structure

A socket connector configured with an insulative housing defining a mating interface surrounded with peripheral walls and a mounting surface is disclosed. A plurality of passageways is defined between the mating interface and the mounting surface and having an opening at the mounting surface. The insulative housing includes an encampment associated with each of the passageway at the mounting surface, and includes an extension crossing over an inner wall of the passageway to substantially narrow the opening of the opening. The socket connector furthers includes a plurality of contact terminals each received in the passageway and further includes a curvilinear solder portion extending beyond the mounting surface. And the socket connector further is incorporated with a plurality of solder balls each disposed between the encampment and the curvilinear solder portion.

A socket connector is configured with an insulative housing defining a mating interface surrounded with peripheral walls and a mounting surface. A plurality of passageways is defined between the mating interface and the mounting surface and having an opening at the mounting surface. The insulative housing includes an encampment associated with each of the passageway at the mounting surface, and includes an extension crossing over an inner wall of the passageway to substantially narrow the opening of the opening. The socket connector furthers includes a plurality of contact terminals each received in the passageway and further includes a curvilinear solder portion extending beyond the mounting surface. And the socket connector further is incorporated with a plurality of solder balls each disposed between the encampment and the curvilinear solder portion.

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