Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Foxconn (kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Yang-Yang Yu

Jin-Guo Qiu

Jun Zhao

Shao-Cong Zhou

Zhi-Yong Zhou

Chien-Hsun Huang

Cai-Yuan Wang

Ying-Xing Ma

A plug connector includes: an insulative housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end; a conductive module received in the insulative housing and exposed to the front mating end; a rod mounted to the insulative housing; a latch mounted to the insulative housing, the latch including a securing portion, a latching portion movable between a latched position and a released position, and an operating portion operable by the rod to move the latching portion to the released position; and a pulling tab connected to the rod, wherein the insulative housing includes a pair of grooves and the rod is slidable in the pair of grooves by the pulling tab to operate the operating portion of the latch to move the latching portion to the released position.

Plug connector having a latch and a rod slidable to release the latch

An electrical connector includes: a contact module including an insulative housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the insulative housing, the insulative housing having a base and a tongue, the upper row of contacts and the lower row of contacts being exposed to two opposite surfaces of the tongue, respectively, each contact having a contacting portion, a tail, and an intermediate portion between the contacting portion and the tail; and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing, the shielding shell including a rear plate proximate to the contact tails; wherein the rear plate has a recessed face opposing the contact tails to increase a distance between the rear plate and the contact tails.

Electrical connector having a shielding shell with a recessed plate to distance from contact tails

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

A spring contact includes: a main part (); plural legs () extending downward from two opposite sides of the main part; a resilient arm () extending upward from a rear end of the main part, the resilient arm having a contact portion; and a pair of supporting portions () extending from the two opposite sides of the main part and located in front of the resilient arm; wherein the supporting portions are separate from the resilient arm.

Spring contact having separate resilient arm and supporting portion

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: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion; plural contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a front end; an outer cover enclosing the shielding shell and having a front protrusion; and a front sealer having a front main body, a rear securing portion, and a pair of connecting portions connected between the front main body and the rear securing portion; wherein a groove is defined between the front end of the shielding shell and the front protrusion of the outer cover; and the front main body is disposed in the groove and the rear securing portion is disposed behind the front protrusion of the outer cover.

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Kunshan, China

Yang-Yang Yu