Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Xiao Fan

Jerry Wu

Jun Chen

Zhi-Yong Zhou

Peter Kuo

Cheng Zhang

Zhao-Tao Jiang

Wei-Wei Cheng

Yang-Tsun Hsu

Min Yao

Yong-Song Di

Qiu-Ming Wu

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing; plural conductive terminals disposed in the insulative housing; and a shield shell covering the insulative housing, wherein the shield shell has a mating frame opening at a front end thereof, the mating frame opening including a top edge, a bottom edge parallel to the top edge, a first side and a second side respectively perpendicular to a left and a right ends of the top edge, a first connecting edge connected between the first side and the bottom edge, and a second connecting edge connected between the second side and the bottom edge, the first connecting edge has a first angle with respect to the bottom edge, the second connecting edge has a second angle with respect to the bottom edge, and the first angle and the second angle are both obtuse angles.

Electrical connector having a chamfered housing structure and a unitary shielding shell latch aligned with the chamfered housing structure

A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members spacedly retained in the insulative housing; a cable electrically connected to the mating member; and an outer case enclosing the mating member and the cable and having an operating portion to operate the latching member; wherein each of the latching member includes a forwardly extending mounting portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from a rear end of the mounting portion, an elastic portion upwardly extending form a top end of the connecting portion, and a locking portion disposed on an extremity end, the elastic portion defining an upwardly extending pressing portion, the operating portion when pressed further pressing the pressing portion to move the locking portion towards an inside of the insulative housing for disengaging the latching member from a mating connector.

Plug connector assembly having improved locking structure

A connector assembly includes: an insulative housing defining a receiving room communicating with outside; plural contacts retained in the insulative housing; and a latch member assembled on a rear side of the insulative housing, latch member comprising a locking portion received in the receiving room and a pressing portion connected to a rear end of the locking portion; wherein the latch member further comprises a resilient portion connected to a rear end of the pressing portion and a fixing portion connected to a rear end of the resilient portion and fixed relative to the insulative housing, the locking portion defines a locking section on a front end thereof to lock with a docking connector, and the locking portion is movable within the receiving room by applying an external force to the pressing portion, thereby unlocking the locking section from the docking connector.

Connector assembly with an improved latch member easy to operate

A connector assembly includes: an insulative housing defining a receiving room communicating with the outside; and a latch member assembled in the receiving room of the insulative housing, the latch member comprising a fixing portion fixed on the insulative housing, a latch arm extending along a first direction and movably received in the receiving room, and a latch portion defined on a front end of the latch arm and exposed to the outside through the receiving room for cooperating with the docking connector; wherein a first bent portion is bent and formed on a rear end of the latch arm and extends along a second direction angled relative to the first direction, and the first bent portion is connected between the latch arm and the fixing portion and driven by the latch arm to move when the latch arm is operated.

Connector assembly with an improved latch member having a shorter length

An plug connector assembly for latching with a mating connector comprises an insulative body defining a latch apparatus on a side thereof, a cable extending along a front-to-back direction and rearwardly exposed to a rear end of the insulative body, and an unlocking assembly assembled on the insulative body and cooperate with the latch apparatus, and the latch apparatus defining a latching portion to latch with the mating connector, wherein the unlocking assembly comprises an actuator assembled on the insulative body and a operating portion connected to he actuator, and when the operating portion is operated, the actuator is derived by the operating portion to apply a force on the latch apparatus, so that the latching portion moves synchronously to release the locking with the mating connector.

Plug connector assembly with an unlocking apparatus for unlocking a latch

An electrical connector assembly includes: a connector housing receiving a plurality of contacts mounted to an internal substrate; a shielding shell enclosing the connector housing; and a pair of latches secured to the connector housing in a cantilevered fashion; wherein the latch has an arm secured to the substrate.

Electrical connector assembly having a latch secured to both connector housing and internal substrate

A plug connector assembly includes a cable and a mating member electrically connected to the cable, the mating member having an insulative housing and a contacting module retained in the insulative housing, the contacting module having a first contacting module unit and a second contacting module unit, the first contacting module unit having plural first contacts arranged along a lateral direction and a first insulative member retaining the first contacts, the second contacting module unit having plural second contacts arranged along the lateral direction and a second insulative member retaining the second contacts, wherein each of the first and second insulative members includes a same engagement structure, through which the first insulative member and the second insulative member are assembled into a whole by interference arrangement and then inserted into the insulative housing together.

Plug connector assembly having improved contacting module structure

A plug connector assembly includes: a mating member including an insulative housing and a pair of latching members retained in the insulative housing; a cable; and an outer case, wherein the latching member includes a base portion, a fixing portion forwardly extending from the base portion, a connecting portion upwardly extending from the base portion, an elastic portion forwardly and rearwardly extending from an extremely end of the connecting portion, a locking portion disposed on a front side of the elastic portion and exposed to the insulative housing, and a pressing portion downwardly extending from a rear end of the elastic portion beyond the base portion; the outer case defines an operating portion for operating the latching member; the operating portion drives the pressing portion to disengage the latching with a mating connector; andthe operating direction of the operating portion is opposite to the movement direction of the locking portion.

An electrical connector includes: an elongated insulative housing; plural contacts secured to the housing; an upper shell attached to the housing, the upper shell having a latching piece () secured to a middle portion of the housing; and a lower shell attached to the housing and connected to the upper shell at both end portions thereof in a longitudinal direction, the lower shell having a protruding piece () secured to the middle portion of the housing, wherein the upper shell includes a connecting piece () secured to a middle portion of the lower shell.

Electrical connector having elongated housing and interconnected upper and lower shells attached to the housing

An electrical connector assembly includes a housing shroud enclosing the respective first and second connectors spaced and distinct from each other with the corresponding ports exposed outside of the housing shroud. A cable is connected to the first connector and the second connector respectively and extends out of the housing shroud opposite to the mating ports. The first connector is fixed within the housing shroud while the second connector is disposed in the housing shroud in a floating manner wherein the second connector is equipped with a rubber ring transversely confronting the housing shroud for obtaining the floating effect.

Cable connector assembly with dual ports

A plug connector () includes: a sleeve () having a receiving cavity (); and a terminal module () including a fixed body () received in the receiving cavity (), an insulative housing () located in front of the fixed body () and extended beyond the sleeve (), a magnetic element () received in the sleeve (), a plurality of movable terminals (), and plural elastic elements (), the insulative housing () having a number of through holes (), the other end of the elastic element () bearing against the fixed body (), the movable terminals () in non-retracted state being located inwardly of the insulative housing (), the insulative housing () being operable to move backwards urging against the elastic elements () and exposing the movable terminals () in retracted state out of the insulative housing (); wherein the movable terminals () are sheathed in the elastic elements ().

Plug connector having a terminal protector

A cable connector assembly comprises a cable and an electrical connector electrically connected with the cable, the electrical connector includes a mating member, a PCB connected with the mating member, a metal shell enclosing the PCB, and an outer case covering the metal shell, the PCB includes a front end, a rear end and a middle portion connecting with the front end and the rear end; wherein the light emitting element is mounted on the middle portion of the PCB, the metal shell includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a connecting portion connecting the front portion and the rear portion, the connecting portion defines a groove, a distance between a bottom of the groove and the PCB is equal to or smaller than a height of the light emitting element, and the outer case has a light-transmissive portion to pass light emitted by the light emitting element.

Cable connector having an outer casing with a light transmissive region and a grooved metallic shell accommodating a light emitting element

A cable connector assembly () includes a mating member () adapted to be mated with a mating connector, a cable () electrically connected with the mating member, a strain relief member () enclosing the cable, and an outer shell () assembled at outer sides of the mating member and the strain relief member. The outer shell includes a first shell () and a second shell () mated with the first shell. The strain relief member includes a mating portion () enclosed by the outer shell and a ring portion () connected with the mating portion. Both of the first shell and the second shell are latched with the mating portion.

Cable connector assembly having improved outer shell and lateral mating member

A cable connector assembly () comprises an insulative housing having a receiving space () extending along a front-to-back direction, and a printed circuit board module () received in the receiving space of the insulative housing. The printed circuit board module defines a protruded ridge () offset to one side thereof, the protruded ridge extending along a vertical direction, and a groove () is defined in the receiving space for accommodating the protruded ridge.

Cable connector assembly with improved printed circuit board module

A plug connector assembly includes a bottom metallic shell having a lower wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall, and defining a receiving slot. The front wall has an inserting groove extending therethrough along a front-to-back direction and a mounting slit extending downwardly from a top edge of the front wall and communicating to the inserting groove. A top metallic shell assembled to the bottom metallic shell along a top-to-bottom direction has a plurality of side walls, an opening defined by the side walls, and a front wall extending downwardly from of the side walls and abutting against the front wall of the bottom metallic shell to seal the mounting slit. A printed circuit board (PCB) is located in the receiving slot and enclosed by the bottom and top shells. A connector connects with a top section of the PCB.

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