Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Fuyu Electronical Technology (Huaian) Co.

Shao-Cong Zhou

Jun Zhao

Jin-Guo Qiu

Yang-Yang Yu

Cai-Yun Zhang

Gang Hu

An electrical connector includes: a contact module including a housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing, the housing having a base and a front tongue; a metallic shell enclosing the housing; and a metallic bracket affixed to the metallic shell and having a pair of soldering legs; wherein the base has a front face and plural recesses behind the front face, each recess having an interior face; and the metallic shell has plural stops accommodated in corresponding recesses, each stop having a front face positioned in front of the front face of the base and a rear face spaced a gap from the interior face of a corresponding recess.

Electrical connector with stop positioned on metallic shell

An electrical connector for inserting along a mating direction into a receiving space of a complementary connector through an insertion hole of an electronic device that has a dimension greater than that of the receiving space includes: an insulative housing; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing; and an outer shell enclosing the insulative housing, the outer shell including a front portion and a rear portion each having a respective lateral dimension measured along a transverse direction perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the lateral dimension of the rear portion is greater than the lateral dimension of the front portion, the front portion is adapted to match the receiving space of the complementary connector and the rear portion is adapted to match the insertion hole of the electronic device, and the lateral dimension of the rear portion is less than the electronic device insertion hole dimension.

Electrical connector having an outer shell with a front portion and a rear portion larger than the front portion

An electrical connector includes: an insulative outer cover and a metallic inner shell insert molded with the insulative outer cover, the inner shell having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls; and a terminal module including an insulative housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing, the insulative housing having a base received by the inner shell and a frontal tongue exposing the upper and lower rows of contacts respectively to two opposite surfaces thereof; wherein the inner shell has a front stop and a rear finger at the top wall respectively engaging a front and rear portions of the base, and the rear finger is situated in a rear chamber of the outer cover.

Electrical connector having a metallic inner shell with rear engaging finger situated within an insulative outer cover

An electrical connector assembly includes: an electrical connector including a terminal module, a shielding shell enclosing the terminal module, an insulative cover enclosing the shielding shell, and a sealing member disposed at a front portion of the insulative cover; and an outer housing accommodating the electrical connector, wherein the insulative cover has a plurality of humps engaging an inner surface of the outer housing, and the sealing member is compressed between the front portion of the insulative cover and the inner surface of the outer housing.

Electrical connector assembly with protective guiding outer housing

An electrical connector includes: a terminal module including a first unit, a second unit, and a shielding plate between the first and second units, each of the first unit and the second unit having an insulative body and a row of contacts, the insulative body including a rear base and a front tongue; and a shielding shell enclosing the terminal module, wherein the first unit and the second unit have same structure.

Electrical connector having two terminal module units of same structure

An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and an outer frame receiving the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive terminals affixed to the insulative housing, and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion. There exists an annular groove between an outer surface of the shielding shell and an inner wall of the outer frame. The outer frame includes a number of dispensing holes penetrating the inner wall and an outer wall thereof and communicating with the annular groove. An o-ring is injected into the annular groove through the dispensing holes by the insulative materials sealing a gap between the shielding shell and the outer frame. Since the o-ring is formed after assembling the electrical connector to the outer frame, the gap is better sealed.

Electrical connector having an improved O-ring and method of making the same

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a tongue; and plural conductive terminals retained to the insulative housing and arranged in two rows, the conductive terminals including plural grounding terminals and plural power terminals at outer ends of the two rows, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue, a tail section, and an intermediate section between the contacting section and the tail section, wherein at least one of the grounding terminals and the power terminals has a widening section continuing and bent from the contacting section thereof to be embedded in the tongue portion, and a thickness of the widening section is substantially equal to a thickness of the contacting section.

Electrical connector grounding and power terminals having a bent widened section

An electrical connector is mounted to a printed circuit board and includes an insulative housing and a number of upper and lower terminals affixed to the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base portion having a mounting portion extending rearward from the base portion, and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base portion. The mounting portion includes a mounting surface mounted to the printed circuit board and an rear surface. Each terminal has a contacting portion exposed to two exposed surfaces of the mating tongue, a fixed portion and a tail extending rearward from the fixed portion. The tails of the upper terminals parallel to the mounting surface are a number of horizontal rear tails located in a rear end of the tails of the lower terminals. The horizontal rear tails extend rearward and are located in front of the rear surface.

Supported and hidden surface mount contact tails of electrical connector

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion; plural contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion; an outer cover enclosing the insulative housing, the outer cover having plural peripheral grooves () open at a front face thereof; and a sealing element having plural protrusions () secured to the plural grooves.

Electrical connector having metallic outer cover equipped with transversely linked mounting ears and sealing element secured upon front end region

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a frontal tongue, the base having a front face; an upper and lower rows of contacts mounted in the insulative housing and exposed respectively to two opposite sides of the tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a protruding wall () abutting the front face of the insulative housing base; and a fixing plate () received inside the shielding shell and welded to the protruding wall.

Electrical connector having a shielding shell with mounting device and a fixing plate welded to the shielding shell internally

An electrical connector includes a contact module and a mating/outer case enclosing the contact module. The mating case includes an insulative shell with a metallic reinforcement bracket embedded therein. The insulative shell forms opposite inner and outer surfaces wherein the inner surface forms a mating cavity for receiving a complementary plug connector therein, and the bracket is essentially located between the outer surface and the inner surface except the corresponding mounting legs extending out of the insulative shell for mounting to a printed circuit board.

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Huaian, China

Shao-Cong Zhou