Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.

Fu Zhun Precision Industry (shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited

Foxconn (kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Fu Zhun Precision Industry (shen Zhen)., Ltd.

Zhi-Yong Zhou

Cheng-Tien Lai

Qiao-Li Ding

Jerry Wu

Jun Chen

Xiao Fan

Hsieh-Kun Lee

Ji-Yun Qin

Chi-Yuan Lai

Guang Yu

Chien-Hsun Huang

Cai-Yuan Wang

Ying-Xing Ma

Jiang-Jian Wen

Jian Hu

Yi-San Liu

Hai-Bing Cao

Sheng-Chao Zhang

Chun-Chi Chen

Hsieh Kun Lee

Xue-Wen Peng

Cui-Jun Lu

Wen-Xiang Zhang

Chun-Jiang Shuai

Jin-Song Feng

Bo-Yong Yang

Min-Qi Xiao

Yang-Yang Yu

Zhi-Bin Tan

Bo-Tao Wang

Hao-Xia Liu

Xiao-Jian He

Zeng-Jun Gao

Hai-Gang Xiong

Shao-Long Zhai

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a recess at an outer surface thereof; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and each including a securing portion, a front contacting portion, and a rear tail; an internal printed circuit board (PCB) having plural conductive pads connected to the rear tails of the contacts and an auxiliary ground pad; a metallic cover enclosing the insulative housing; and a coupling piece received in the recess of the insulative housing, the coupling piece either connecting the metallic cover to the auxiliary ground pad of the PCB or connecting the metallic cover to a corresponding ground contact of the plurality of contacts or both.

Electrical connector having a metallic cover and a coupling piece grounding the metallic cover to an internal printed circuit board

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 assembly includes a plug connector, a cable electrically connecting to the plug connector, an outer cover enclosing the plug connector and the cable, a pair of latches mounted to the plug connector, and a pair of buttons mounted to the outer cover for operating the pair of latches, wherein each of the pair of latches includes a spring arm, a securing portion at an inner side of the spring arm, and a pressing portion at an outer side of the spring arm, and each of the pair of buttons includes a pivot at one end thereof, a stopper at an opposite end thereof, and an abutting portion coupled to the pressing portion.

Electrical connector assembly having a pair of latches and a pair of buttons pivotable to operate the latches

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 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.

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

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a chamber, a number of terminals mounted in the insulative housing, and an insulative block mounted to the insulative housing. Each terminal includes a mounting section mounted in the insulative housing, a contacting section protruding forwards from the mounting portion, and a soldering section protruding backwards from the mounting portion. The contacting sections are exposed to the chamber. The insulative block has a number of guiding ribs and a number of stopping ribs located behind the guiding ribs respectively. Two adjacent guiding ribs define a receiving slot for receiving the soldering section. The stopping rib has a top blocking section.

Plug connector with improved insulative housing for retaining terminals

A connector assembly has an insulative housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a side wall, and a receiving cavity enclosed by these walls. A slot and some passageways are formed on the top wall and communicating to the receiving cavity along a vertical direction. A printed circuit board is received within the receiving cavity. A plurality of contacts connected to the printed circuit board have moveable contacting portions extending through the corresponding passageways and upwardly beyond a top face of the top wall. A magnet includes a top section received within the slot and a bottom section bonded to the bottom wall through melting a part of the bottom wall.

Method of retaining magnets to insulative housing of connector

A cable connector assembly comprising: an electrical connector including a plug portion, a printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to the plug portion and fixed at a rear end of the plug portion, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamp mounted on the PCB, a metal shell enclosing the PCB and having a receiving hole, and an optical element disposed on the plug portion in front of the LED lamp; and a cable electrically connected with the electrical connector; wherein the LED lamp has a curved sidewall facing the optical element and a rear sidewall facing the cable, an upper end of the LED lamp extending through the receiving hole of the metal shell.

Cable connector assembly having an LED lamp extending through a hole in a metallic shell

A cable connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a cable electrically connected with the electrical connector. The electrical connector defines a plug portion, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the plug portion, a pair of LED lamps mounted on the printed circuit board, an optical element transmitting the light emitted by the LED lamps and an insulative housing covering the printed circuit board. The optical element defines a pair of transition portions transmitting the light emitted by the LED lamps and a photic zone, the photic zone of the optical element is exposed to the insulative shell and has a closed circumference so that the light emitted by the LED lamps passes through the photic zone to form a continuous aperture.

Cable connector assembly with optical element transmitting LED light

A cable connector assembly including: a cable including a number of wires, an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and soldered to corresponding wires of the cable, a spacer assembled to the insulative housing and retaining respective rear portions of the contacts, a metal case enclosing the insulative housing and having a slit, a copper foil enclosing the metal case and covering the slit, and an insulative member over-molded on the copper foil and a front end of the cable, wherein the spacer defines a sustaining portion extending into the slit for supporting a portion of the copper foil located above the slit.

Cable connector assembly with improved spacer

A cable connector for soldering to a cable defining some core wires includes an insulative body, a plurality of terminals, and a spacer. Each terminal includes a soldering portion extending rearwardly out of the insulative body soldering to the core wires. The spacer includes some stalls and a respective receiving slot formed between every two adjacent stalls for receiving the soldering portions. The receiving slot includes a first receiving slot proximal to the insulative body and a second receiving slot distal from the insulative body. The second receiving slot includes a lower receiving space and an upper receiving space with a smaller width. The soldering portion of the terminal includes a first portion received in the lower receiving space and a second portion received in the first receiving slot. The width of the first portion is larger than the width of the second portion to reduce the impedance.

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