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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187039 | Sharable socket structure A sharable socket structure includes a plastic base and rows of first and second terminals arranged in the base. The base has a common slot for accommodating two connectors with different interfaces. The slot is formed with an inserting port and a tongue is disposed... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172620 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: an insulative housing (2) having a plurality of passageways (24) arranged into a first row and a second row; a plurality of terminals (3) received into the corresponding passageways of th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162696 | Dongle which is intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunications device A dongle is formed by a module having an integrated circuit chip which is connected to contact pads which are flush with the surface of the module. The dongle is intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunications device, having electric connecting pins. The ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157598 | Input/output connector with capacitive coupling mating interface A plug connector (100) has an insulative housing (103) with an. elongated mating blade (104) that supports a plurality of conductors (130) in the form of conductive surfaces disposed on a mating face of the mating blade. Dielectric barrie... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157597 | Contact pin structure A structural improvement for a contact pin, in which a contact pin is provided with a main body, from one end of which extends a connecting portion, and a contact portion extends from the other end. The contact portion is provided with tapered sections which form a ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157599 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating housing with a tongue plate protruding forwards from a front portion thereof and a plurality of conductive terminals comprising an upper row of conductive terminals and a lower row of conductive terminals which are moun... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152569 | Extension to version 2.0 universal serial bus connector with additional contacts An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152568 | Cable assembly with new interface A cable assembly (100) comprises a case (2) having a receiving room (25); a printed circuit board (3) received into the receiving room; a cable (5) extended into the receiving room and electrically connected with a rear portion of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147276 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion, a plurality of terminals disposed in two opposite surfaces of the tongue portion and each having a soldering tail which stretches ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147277 | Electrical connector with high speed and low speed transmission terminal groups An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a low-speed transmission terminal group including electrical terminals, a high-speed transmission terminal group including at least one outputting signal terminal and at least one receiving signal terminal, and a ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142231 | Connector assembly featured with quick-release mechanism An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a first and second contact received in the housing. The housing defines a mating face, a rear face opposite to the mating face, and a supporting face disposed between the mating and rear faces. A mating cavi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137140 | Electronic apparatus and connector According to one embodiment, a connector into which a first plug and a second plug are insertable. The connector includes a housing and a terminal portion provided in the housing. The housing includes an insertion opening part which exposes the terminal portion outs... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137139 | Circuit board connector with drilling tamper detection arrangement A connector (26) transmits electrical signals between two electronic circuit boards (10, 12). The connector (26) comprises an electrically non-conductive support having two spaced surfaces (36, 38). Each surface (36, 38) has a resp... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133079 | Connector having improved housing to position contacts thereof reliably An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion, and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the base portion defining a cavity recessed from an upper surface thereof and communicating with a mating port, a bottom wa... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133078 | Electrical connector featured USB/eSATA interfaces An electrical connector includes a housing and a set of first terminals for eSATA and a set of second terminals for USB. The housing defines a mating cavity with a front opening and a mating tongue in the mating cavity, the mating tongue defines a first surface and ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133080 | Electronic apparatus and connector According to one embodiment, a module comprises a connector into which a first plug and a second plug are insertable. The connector includes a housing and a terminal portion provided in the housing. The housing includes an insertion opening part which exposes the te... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123558 | Miniaturized electrical connector having high signal transmission rate An electrical connector includes a first insulating body having a base board and a first tongue board extending rearward from a bottom of the base board, first terminals each having a first contact portion disposed on the base board, a second insulating body having ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109795 | USB/ESATA combo receptable featured with ground layer retarding interfaces therebetween An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mating cavity, two parallel and stacked mating portions respectively forwards extending into the mating cavity, sets of contact retained in the housing and a grounding member retained in the housing. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109796 | Electrical connector with elastic lead sections An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a pair of contacts. The insulative housing defines a mating face, a rear face opposite to the mating face, and a receiving cavity between and running through the mating face and the rear face. The contacts a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100725 | Electrical connector with improved contacts An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining a chamber (1150); a set of contacts (2, 3) retained in the insulative housing, the contacts including a set of first type of contacts (32, 33, 34, 35) having contacting p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092259 | Connector structure, plug connector, receptacle connector and electronic device a connector structure includes: a receptacle connector including (a) a receptacle terminal in which a receptacle contact portion is provided and (b) a housing into which a fiber material is impregnated, and in which a storage space is provided to store the receptacl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079878 | Combination electric plug assembly A combination electric plug assembly includes an electric plug, which has an electrically insulative housing defining a front receiving chamber and a set of power terminals and a set of signal terminals mounted in the front receiving chamber, and an adapter which ha... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079879 | Receptacle connector for dual signal transmission protocol A receptacle connector has a housing, an eSATA terminal set, a first USB terminal set and a second USB terminal set. The housing has a socket space and a tongue formed in the socket space. The eSATA terminal set has eSATA terminals mounted on the tongue. The first U... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079874 | Electrical connector with terminal positioning structure An electrical connector includes a positioning member; an insulated main body enclosing the positioning member from above and a plurality of terminals. Each terminal has a contact section embedded within a tongue plate of the insulated main body and an inclined sect... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075345 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a main body, a tongue board located at the front end of the main body, a plurality of first pins and second pins which are located on the main body and extended into the tongue board. One side of the tongue board forms an operation s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070526 | Electrical connector with improved terminals assembled to insulative housing from top to bottom An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of first terminals secured in the housing. The insulative housing includes a base with a front face, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the front face of the base and a plurality of passag... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070527 | Electrical connector provided with a piercer portion and a clamping structure An electrical connector includes a limiting member having upper and lower sides and a piercer hole formed therethrough; two spaced-apart clamping structures formed on the upper side of the limiting member in parallel manner and sandwiching the piercer hole therebetw... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070525 | Electrical connector assembly with an improved shell An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing (1) with a plurality of terminal passages (12), a plurality of contacts (2) received in the corresponding terminal passages, and a shell (5) enclosing the insulative housing.... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066532 | Electrical connector assembly with improved contact arrangement and metallic shell An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1) with a plurality of terminal passages (12), a plurality of contacts (2) received in the corresponding terminal passages and a PCB (3) electrically connected ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062073 | Receptacle connector A receptacle connector includes a housing having a slot configured to receive a mating connector therein. Contacts are held by the housing. The contacts include mating segments that are arranged side-by-side within a row that extends along a row axis. The mating seg... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052477 | Receptacle connector for a cable A receptacle connector for a cable has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and each first terminal has a first soldering cup formed on the first terminal an... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052479 | Elelctrical connector plug and receptacle mating with the plug An electrical connector plug includes a plug housing and a plurality of first contacts received in the plug housing. The plug housing defines a plug base and a pair of L-shaped tongues perpendicularly extending from the plug base. Each L-shaped tongue includes a mai... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052476 | Electrical connector with additional mating port An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a top face, a pair of side walls, a rear face and a first receiving cavity extending upwardly and through the top face; a contact module including a first tongue portion extending into the first receiving... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052478 | Electrical connector with a soldering portion of a half-ball shaped An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts assembled in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a mating face and a mounting face opposite to the mating face. A plurality of receiving passageways are extending t... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047876 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating body which has base boards aligned at intervals along a transverse direction, propping portions each connected between adjacent two base boards to divide an interval between the adjacent two base boards into two parts d... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047875 | Connector device A jack connector includes pairs of jack signal contacts and jack ground contacts arranged alternately, and a plug connector includes pairs of plug signal contacts and plug ground contacts arranged alternately. Respective contacts of each pair of jack signal contacts... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047877 | Quickly assembled universal serial bus (USB) connector A USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector includes an insulating body which has a base portion, an inserting portion, and a pair of clipping walls and defines a receiving space therebetween. A plurality of signal terminals is assembled to the insulating body. Each of t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038480 | Electrical connector An electrical connector comprises: an insulating housing having an accommodating chamber at a rear portion thereof and a tongue plate protruding forwards from a front portion thereof; a plurality of conductive terminals comprising an upper row of conductive terminal... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038481 | Receptacle connector between controller and lighting fixture An electrical receptacle includes an exterior component and an interior component received inside the exterior component. Main electrical connectors have exterior end portions aligned with main connector openings of the interior component and have interior end porti... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033868 | Electrical connector with a tongue An electrical connector (100) including an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) and a pair first insulators (22). The insulative housing (1) has a body portion (11) and a tongue (12) extending from the ... | 10/11/2011 |
