Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Foxconn (kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Xue-Liang Zhang

Chien-Chiung Wang

Qing-Man Zhu

Kun-Lin Wu

Xiao-Guo Zhang

Er-Hou Zhou

Jian-Jun Zhu

Jiang-Hong Wu

Chou-Jung Kuo

Fu-Jun Sun

A connector to be mated with a mating connector through a lock, includes: a connector body including an mounting portion having a receiving space and a slide groove provided on the mounting portion; and an unlocking mechanism held on the connector body, the unlocking mechanism including an unlocking slider slidable along the slide groove and an elastic member for driving the unlocking slider to slide; wherein the slide groove has a convex surface protruding outward, the unlocking slider has a concave surface cooperating with the convex surface of the slide groove, the concave surface makes a wall thickness of the unlocking slider uneven, and the elastic member is located at an area of the unlocking slider having a thicker wall thickness.

Connector having a pair of springs at two opposite sides of a convex slide groove for urging an unlocking slider

A plug connector assembly includes: a plug connector having a cage, and a PCB received in the cage, the PCB including a mating end for being mated with a mating connector and an opposite connecting end, the connecting end comprising a first row of pads and a second row of pads disposed at one side of the PCB; at least one cable electrically connected to the connecting end, the at least one cable comprising a number of core wires, the core wires comprising a first group of core wires and a second group of core wires extending beyond the first group of core wires, the first group of core wires soldered to the first row of pads, the second group of core wires soldered to the second row of pads; and an insulative member isolating a soldering area of the first and second group of core wires.

Plug connector assembly having an insulative member

A cable connector assembly includes: a shielding shell; an inner circuit board received in the shielding shell and defining a number of grounding pads; a cable electrically connecting to the inner circuit board, the cable including an outer boot, plural pairs of differential signal wires, and a number of grounding wires each corresponding to a respective pair of differential signal wires; and a grounding plate electrically connecting with the grounding pads; wherein the grounding plate includes a number of arcuate walls each having a respective receiving room accommodating a corresponding pair of differential signal wires, a notch is defined on a top of each of the arcuate walls, and the grounding wire is soldered in the notch.

Grounding plate having an arcuate wall with a soldering notch

An optical connector assembly () includes an optical connector plug () and an optical connector receptacle (). The optical connector plug includes a base (), a head portion () and a pair of springs () compressed between the base and the head portion. The base includes a body portion () and a pair of beam portions () formed at opposite sides of the body portion. Each beam portion has a guiding portion () extending from the body portion, a lever () and a latching portion (). The head portion carries a number of fibers and includes a securing portion () defining a pair of guiding recesses (). The guiding portions are slidably mounted to the guiding recesses. The latching portions retain the securing portion in position relative to the body portion against a restoring force of the springs.

Optical connector plug having improved latching mechanism

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 connector assembly has a receptacle connector and a plug connector adapted for inserting in the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector () includes housing (), a first terminal () and a second terminal () secured in the housing. The second terminal is lower than the first terminal. The plug connector includes a paddle board () having a first conductive member () and a second conductive member (). The second conductive member is higher than the first member. The first terminal contacts with the first conductive member, and the second terminal contacts with the second conductive member. The paddle board is capable of inserting into the housing easily and protecting the terminals and the paddle board.

Connector assembly having front and rear rows of terminals with differently leveled contacting portions

An electrical connector comprises a PCB () having a front edge to be inserted into a mating receptacle. The PCB comprises a top face having a row of first mating pads (), and an opposite bottom face having a row of second mating pads () and a row of third mating pads () behind the second row of mating pads. The first and second mating pads are compatibly fit with an SFP receptacle (). The PCB comprises a first sub-PCB () having a first outer layer containing the first mating pads and an opposite second outer layer containing the second mating pads, and a second sub-PCB () attached to the second outer layer on an area behind the second mating pads, the second sub-PCB having a second outer layer containing the third mating pads.

Electrical connector assembly with high signal density

Electrical connector assembly having a receptacle with three rows of contacts and a printed circuit board with three rows of pads

A receptacle connector () and a plug connector having a paddle board () mate with each other along a mating direction. The receptacle connector includes a housing () defining a slot (), and a pair of first groups of terminals secured in the housing and a second group of terminals. The first group of terminals includes a first terminal () having a first contact portion () disposed at a first side of the slot (), a second terminal () having a second contact portion () and a third terminal () having a third contact portion () disposed at a second side of the slot. The first contact portion is positioned between the second contact portion and the third contact portion along the mating direction. The second group of terminals include a fourth terminal () and a fifth terminal ().

Receptacle connector having contact modules and plug connector having a paddle board

An electrical connector () adapted for being mounted on a mother board () includes a housing and a number of contact modules () each having a wafer () and a number of terminals insert molded with the wafer. The terminals include an upper terminal () having an upper contact portion (), and a lower contact terminal () having a lower contact portion (). The upper contact portion and the lower contact portion are separated from each other along a vertical direction to define a slot () therebetween. The upper terminal and the lower contact terminal are secured in the wafer at two positions remote from each other along a mating direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, with the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion approaching close to each other along the mating direction.

Electrical connector having contact modules

A cable assembly () includes an interior printed circuit board () with a number of conductive pads (), a cable () and an insulative holding device (). The cable () includes a number of conductors (), a conductive sheath () shrouding the conductors () and an insulative sheath () shrouding the conductive sheath (). Each conductor () has a soldering tail () extending to the outside of the insulative sheath () and soldering to the conductive pad (). The insulative holding device () encloses the insulative sheath () and the conductors ().

Cable assembly having improved insulative holding device and method for making the same

A pluggable module () retained in a mating receptacle cage () which has a retaining tab () includes a housing () and an ejector device (). The housing has a latch portion () retained in the retaining tab, a recessing portion () defined on a surface thereof, at least one inclined portion () located on the surface of the recessing portion. The ejector device includes a spring member () slidably received in the recessing portion and a driving portion () for pulling the spring member forwardly. The spring member is guided by the inclined portion and upwardly resists against the retaining tab for releasing the latch portion of the housing from the retaining tab of the receptacle cage.

Pluggable module having ejector device

An RF connector assembly () assembly has a first connector and a second connector () electrically connecting with the first connector. The first connector includes a first main body () defining an interior space (), an insulative member () received in the interior space, a center conductor () retained within the insulative member, a flexible bushing () and a magnetic member () retained in the interior space. The second connector includes a mating member () firmly resisting against the flexible bushing under an attractive force exerted by the magnetic member.

RF connector assembly

A coaxial connector () for being mounted on a panel () includes a metallic bracket () defining a receiving space () therein, an insulative member () mounted on the metallic bracket and a contact terminal () received in the securing portion. The insulative member has a securing portion () received in the receiving space and defining a passage (), and a mounting portion () integrated with the securing portion for being mounted on the panel. The contact terminal is received in the passage of the securing portion.

Coaxial connector having an integrated insulative member

A cable connector assembly () has a terminal connector (), a number of cables () connected to the terminal connector, an outer shell () defining an interior space () receiving the terminal connector, an inner shell () and a wire spacer (). The terminal connector includes an insulative base () having a number of terminals () mounted therein, a shield () enclosing the insulative base and a printed circuit board () having a number of pads () disposed thereon and arranged in two rows. The wire spacer partially extends out of the outer shell () and has a number of parallel passages for extension of the cables and organization of the number of cables.

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