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EXHIBIT 1013

1 BING XU’S ASSERTED CLAIMS AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS

CASE NO. 16-02491-EJD

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Tammy J. Dunn (CSB No. 230283) OSHA LIANG LLP 909 Fannin Street, Ste. 3500 Houston, TX 77010 Tel.: 713.228.8600 Fax: 713.228.8778 [email protected]

Attorney for Plaintiff Bing Xu Precision Co. Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN JOSE DIVISION

BING XU PRECISION CO. LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ACER INCORPORATED, and ACER

AMERICA CORPORATION

Defendants.

Case No. 5:16-CV-02491-EJD

PLAINTIFF BING XU PRECISION CO. LTD’S DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS AND PRELIMINARY INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS

LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.EX. 1013 - Page 1



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Pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-1, Plaintiff Bing Xu Precision Co. Ltd. (“Bing Xu”) hereby

serves on all parties its “Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions.”

I. DISCLOSURES PURSUANT TO PATENT LOCAL RULE 3-1

A. Patent L.R. 3-1(a): Infringed Claims

Bing Xu contends that Defendants Acer Incorporated and Acer America Corporation

(“Acer”) each individually and/or jointly infringe claims 1-4 of United States Patent Nos.

8,758,044 (“the ’044 patent”) and 8,512,071 (“the ’071 patent”), and claims 1-2 of U.S. Patent

No. 8,740,631 (“the ’631 patent”) (collectively “the patents in suit”).

B. Patent L.R. 3-1(b): Accused Instrumentalities

Bing Xu hereby discloses separately for each asserted claim, each accused apparatus,

product, device, process, method, act, or other instrumentality (“Accused Instrumentality”) of

Acer of which Bing Xu is currently aware. Bing Xu preliminarily identifies that the Accused

Instrumentalities include the Luxshare SATA cable connector assembly used in Acer’s Aspire

product line, including but not limited to part numbers 450.02B04.0001 VA30 HDD FFC and

450.02BN04.0001 VA 30 HDD FFC, and any similar SATA connectors with the same features.

Bing Xu reserves the right to supplement this disclosure with any other infringing SATA

connectors that it learns of through discovery.

The Luxshare SATA cable connector infringes claims 1-4 of the ’044 patent and ’071

patent, and claims 1-2 of the ’631 patent.

Bing Xu anticipates that events in the litigation, including discovery to be provided by

Acer and/or by third parties and the Court’s claim construction, may impact the patent claims it

will allege Acer infringes. Bing Xu reserves the right to add to or otherwise modify its

identification of claims it contends are infringed by each Accused Instrumentality and add

Accused Instrumentalities that infringe such claims. Bing Xu additionally reserves the right to

add to or otherwise modify its identification of the manner in which claims are infringed.

C. Patent L.R. 3-1(c): Charts

Attached as Exhibits A-C (and incorporated by reference as though fully stated here) are




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charts identifying specifically where each limitation of each asserted claim is found with respect

to each Accused Instrumentality. These claim charts can be supplemented and/or amended based

on discovery, additional evidence, further investigation, and/or the Court’s claim construction.

Bing Xu anticipates that events in the litigation, including discovery to be provided by Acer

and/or by third parties and the Court’s claim construction, may impact the patent claims it will

allege Acer infringes. Bing Xu reserves the right to add to or otherwise modify its identification

of claims it contends are infringed. Bing Xu additionally reserves the right to add to or

otherwise modify its identification of the manner in which claims are infringed.

Bing Xu’s identification of Accused Instrumentalities above and/or in the accompanying

charts is preliminary. Bing Xu’s identification of where elements of asserted claims may be

found in the Accused Instrumentalities also is preliminary. These identifications are based upon

Bing Xu’s present knowledge and analysis. Bing Xu continues its investigation and reserves its

right to supplement, amend, and/or revise its contentions as events in the litigation occur and

Bing Xu conducts further investigation and/or analysis.

D. Patent L.R. 3-1(d): Indirect Infringement

Bing Xu hereby identifies, for each claim which is alleged to have been indirectly

infringed, an identification of any direct infringement and a description of the acts of the alleged

indirect infringer that contribute to or are inducing that direct infringement. Insofar as alleged

direct infringement is based on joint acts of multiple parties, the role of each such party in the

direct infringement, as currently known to Bing Xu, is described.

As demonstrated by the attached claim charts, Exhibits A-C, Acer’s SATA connector

assemblies meet the limitations of the claims disclosed in the chart. Thus, any sales and/or offers

for sale or importation of Acer’s computers with the Accused Instrumentalities in the United

States are direct infringement activities, as would be the use and manufacture of such computers

in the United States.

Acer had pre-suit knowledge of the patents in suit through a letter dated August 12, 2015,

sent to Mr. George Huang. Acer acknowledged receipt of the August 12, 2015 letter in an email




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from Kate Ci Shang of Acer that was sent on August 25, 2015 and cc’ed Mr. Morgan Lin. Mr.

Lin is believed to serve as head of Acer’s legal department in Taiwan.

On September 11, 2015, after receiving no response from Mr. Lin, Bing Xu sent a follow

up letter to Mr. Lin asking for a response by September 25, 2015, and included a copy of the

August 15, 2015, letter. Neither Mr. Lin nor any other Acer employee responded.

At least as of the time when Acer received the warning letters, Acer knew it was

incorporating a SATA Connector that had been accused of infringing Bing Xu’s patents into at

least some of its laptops. Acer had full knowledge of Bing Xu’s patents at that point and did not

deny infringement of any of them.

Acer actively induced infringement of the patents in suit by actively and knowingly

aiding and abetting its Original Design Manufacturers and/or component manufacturers through

activities such as creating and/or distributing data sheets, requirements documents, assembly

instructions and/or similar materials with instructions on creating, manufacturing, designing,

assembling and/or implementing the Accused Instrumentalities, with the specific intent to induce

others to directly make, use, offer for sale, sell, and/or import into the United States computers

with the Accused Instrumentalities without license or authority from Plaintiff. On information

and belief, Acer knows that the induced acts constitute infringement of the patents in suit.

E. Patent L.R. 3-1(e): Literal or Doctrine of Equivalents

As demonstrated by the attached claim chart, each limitation of each claim of the patents

in suit asserted against Acer is literally present in Acer’s Luxshare SATA connector assembly. If

Acer contends that any limitation of any of the asserted claims is not literally present in Acer’s

Luxshare SATA connector assembly and components, Bing Xu asserts that any such limitation

of the asserted claims is also present under the doctrine of equivalents because any difference

between Acer’s Luxshare SATA connector assembly and components, and what is literally

claimed in the asserted claims is insubstantial. Because Acer has not produced documents or

information to date concerning the accused instrumentalities in connection with initial disclosure

obligations or otherwise, Acer will be able to provide more specific contentions under the




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doctrine of equivalents if, after, and when Acer identifies which elements it contends are not

literally present in Acer’s Luxshare SATA connector assembly and components.

F. Patent L.R. 3-1(f): Priority Date

The claims of the ’071 Patent are entitled to a priority date of March 28, 2011.

The claims of the ’631 Patent are entitled to a priority date of October 28, 2011.

The claims of the ’044 Patent are entitled to a priority date of March 16, 2012.

G. Patent L.R. 3-1(g): Practicing Products

Bing Xu’s licensees’ products that are covered by the patents in suit are identified in

Exhibit D. Bing Xu is not in possession, custody, or control of documents or information

sufficient to identify which of the asserted claims cover each of Bing Xu’s licensees’ products.

These identifications are based upon Bing Xu’s present knowledge and analysis. Bing

Xu continues its investigation and reserves its right to supplement, amend, and/or revise its

contentions as events in the litigation occur, including the Court’s claim construction, and Bing

Xu conducts further investigation and/or analysis.

H. Patent L.R. 3-1(h): Damages Timeframe

Bing Xu is entitled to collect damages for any infringement of the patents in suit from the

issuance date of each patent through trial and final judgment with appropriate interest. Bing Xu

is also entitled to an ongoing royalty for future use of the patented technology until the patents in

suit expire.

Bing Xu, on information and belief, is aware that Acer incorporated the Accused

Instrumentalities into its computer products sold in the United States in the second half of 2013.

These identifications are based upon Bing Xu’s present knowledge and analysis. Bing

Xu continues its investigation and reserves its right to supplement, amend, and/or revise its

contentions as events in the litigation occur and Bing Xu conducts further investigation and/or

analysis.

I. Patent L.R. 3-1(i): Willful Infringement

Acer had pre-suit knowledge of the patents in suit through a letter dated August 12, 2015,




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sent to Mr. George Huang. Acer acknowledged receipt of the August 12, 2015, letter in an email

from Kate Ci Shang of Acer that was sent on August 25, 2015 and cc’ed Mr. Morgan Lin. Mr.

Lin is believed to serve as head of Acer’s legal department in Taiwan.

On September 11, 2015, after receiving no response from Mr. Lin, Bing Xu sent a follow

up letter to Mr. Lin asking for a response by September 25, 2015, and included a copy of the

August 15, 2015, letter. Neither Mr. Lin nor any other Acer employee responded.

At least as of the time when Acer received the warning letters, Acer knew that it was

incorporating a SATA Connector that had been accused of infringing Bing Xu’s patents into at

least some of its laptops. Acer had full knowledge of Bing Xu’s patents at that point and did not

deny infringement of any of them.

Acer could have instructed the OEM to use a different connector, to purchase the

connector from a supplier who had a license granted by Bing Xu, or to actively seek a license

from Bing Xu. Acer did none of these things. Instead, Acer ignored Bing Xu’s warnings and,

without denying infringement, continued to direct the OEM to incorporate the infringing

connector into Acer’s computers.

II. DISLCOSURES PURSUANT TO PATENT LOCAL RULE 3-2

Bing Xu identifies the following documents that are currently within its possession. Bing

Xu will supplement its production as additional documents become available.

A. Patent L.R. 3-2(a)

Bing Xu is not aware of any disclosure, offers for sale, or public use of the patented

inventions prior to the date of applications for the patents in suit.

B. Patent L.R. 3-2(b)

All documents related to conception, reduction to practice, design, and development of

each claimed invention within Bing Xu’s possession, custody, and control are being produced at

BingXu00000384 – BingXu00004849.

C. Patent L.R. 3-2(c)

Copies of the file histories for the patents-in-suit are being produced at BingXu00000014




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– BingXu00000381.

D. Patent L.R. 3-2(d)

All documents evidencing ownership of the patents-in-suit within Bing Xu’s possession,

custody, and control are being produced at BingXu00000001 – BingXu00000003.

E. Patent L.R. 3-2(e)

All documents sufficient to show the operation and structure of instrumentalities

identified pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-1(g) within Bing Xu’s possession, custody, and control are

being produced at BingXu00005386 – BingXu0005633.

F. Patent L.R. 3-2(f)

All agreements, including licenses, transferring an interest in any patent-in-suit are being

produced at BingXu00005318 – BingXu00005340.

G. Patent L.R. 3-2(g)

Licenses within Bing Xu’s possession, custody, and control that Bing Xu contends are

comparable to a hypothetical negotiation are being produced at BingXu00005318 –

BingXu00005340. Bing Xu reserves the right to supplement this disclosure with additional

comparable licenses it may identify through discovery, including any additional licenses Bing

Xu may procure and/or other comparable licenses between non-parties identified by a damages

expert.

H. Patent L.R. 3-2(h)

Bing Xu is not aware of any agreements other than the licenses that are being produced

pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-2(f) and (g) that may be used to support Bing Xu’s damages case at this

time. Bing Xu reserves the right to amend and/or supplement this section when further

information becomes available and/or for other good cause.

I. Patent L.R. 3-2(i)

Bing Xu does not have documents in its possession, custody, or control sufficient to show

marking of instrumentalities identified pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-1(g) at this time because all

such instrumentalities are made by third party licensees that are not under Bing Xu’s control.




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Bing Xu reserves the right to amend and/or supplement this section when further information

becomes available and/or for other good cause.

J. Patent L.R. 3-2(j)

Bing Xu is not aware of any documents comprising or reflecting a F/RAND commitment

or agreement with respect to the asserted patents.

III. CONCLUSION

These contentions are preliminary, are based on known publicly available information,

and are subject to change based on the Court’s claim construction and/or information learned

through discovery. Bing Xu reserves the right to amend and/or supplement these infringement

contentions if and when further information regarding Defendants’ products and components

becomes available and/or for other good cause.

Dated: May 11, 2017 OSHA LIANG LLP

/s/Tammy J. Dunn

Tammy J. Dunn 909 Fannin Street., Ste. 3500 Houston, TX 77010 [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff Bing Xu Precision Co. Ltd.




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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on May 11, 2017, the foregoing document was served on all counsel of

record via electronic transmittal delivery (e-mail), as the parties have previously agreed.

/s/ Tammy J. Dunn

Tammy J. Dunn


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Claim Limitations of

the ’071 Patent Acer’s SATA FFC CABLE

1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

Acer’s electrical connector assembly is shown above.

an insulating housing having a plurality of grooves, a plurality of data terminal holes, and a plurality of power terminal holes;

The insulating housing is depicted at 10 above. The plurality of grooves is shown at 12 and 13 above. The plurality of data terminal holes is shown at 133 below and the plurality of power terminal holes is shown at 123 below.



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Claim Limitations of the ’071 Patent

Acer’s SATA FFC CABLE

a PCB (printed circuit board) having a plurality of first soldering holes, a plurality of second soldering holes, a plurality of first contacts electrically connected to the first soldering holes, and a plurality of second contacts electrically connected to the second soldering holes;

The PCB shown above has a plurality of soldering holes and a plurality of contacts electrically connected to the soldering holes. The designation of a soldering hole or contact as first and second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.


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a plurality of power terminals fastened in the grooves of the insulating housing respectively, the power terminals each having a mating portion inserted into each of the power terminal holes, and the power terminals each having a soldering portion soldered in each of the first soldering holes;

The power terminals, of which there is a plurality, are shown above at 20 and fasten into the grooves shown at 12 of the insulating housing 10. Each power terminal has a mating portion (shown above at 23) that is inserted into each of the power terminal holes shown at 123. Each power terminal also has a soldering portion shown at 25 which is soldered in each of the first soldering holes as shown at P42. The designation of a soldering hole as first or second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.


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a plurality of data terminals fastened in the grooves of the insulating housing respectively, the data terminals each having a mating portion inserted into each of the data terminal holes, and the data terminals each having a soldering portion soldered in each of the second soldering holes; and

The plurality of data terminals shown above at 30 are fastened in the grooves shown above at 13 of the insulating housing shown above at 10. The mating portion of the data terminals is shown above at 33. The mating portion of the data terminals is inserted into each hole of the data terminal holes shown at 133. The data terminals have a soldering portion shown at 35 above which are soldered in each of the second soldering holes shown at 43. The designation of a soldering hole as first or second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.


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The flexible flat cable has an insulating layer that encloses a plurality of conductors. The designation of conductors as first or second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.


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wherein the PCB is secured to the insulating housing, exposed ends of the first conductors are electrically connected to the first contacts, and exposed ends of the second conductors are electrically connected to the second contacts.

The PCB is depicted above at 40 and is shown secured to the insulating housing shown at 10. The exposed ends of several conductors are electrically connected to several contacts. The designation of conductors as first or second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.

2. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein a pitch between two adjacent first contacts is less than a pitch between any two adjacent first soldering holes of the PCB, and a pitch between any two adjacent second contacts is less than a pitch between any two adjacent second soldering holes of the PCB.

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3. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the insulating housing further comprises an internal wall, and wherein a first bending portion of the FFC is fastened by the internal wall and the PCB.

The internal wall of the rear cover of the insulating housing secures the bending portion of the FFC to the PCB where it is latched to the front section of the insulating housing.

4. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the insulating housing further having at least one pin and at least one latch, the PCB further having at least one pin hole for fixing the pin of the insulating housing, and wherein the latch of the insulating housing is pressed to clamp the PCB.

The insulating housing has a pin and latch shown below. The PCB has a pin hole for the pin of the insulating housing that secures the PCB. The latch of the front of the insulating housing secures the rear cover of the insulating housing which clamps the PCB.


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a plurality of power terminals fastened in the grooves of the insulating housing respectively, the power terminals each having a mating portion inserted into each of the power terminal holes, and the power terminals each having a soldering portion soldered in each of the first soldering holes;

The power terminals, of which there is a plurality, are shown above at 20 and fasten into the grooves shown at 12 of the insulating housing 10. Each power terminal has a mating portion (shown above at 23) that is inserted into each of the power terminal holes shown at 123. Each power terminal also has a soldering portion shown at 25 which is soldered in each of the first soldering holes as shown at P42. The designation of a soldering hole as first or second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.


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a plurality of data terminals fastened in the grooves of the insulating housing respectively, the data terminals each having a mating portion inserted into each of the data terminal holes, and the data terminals each having a soldering portion soldered in each of the second soldering holes; and

The plurality of data terminals shown above at 30 are fastened in the grooves shown above at 13 of the insulating housing shown above at 10. The mating portion of the data terminals is shown above at 33. The mating portion of the data terminals is inserted into each hole of the data terminal holes shown at 133. The data terminals have a soldering portion shown at 35 above which are soldered in each of the second soldering holes shown at 43. The designation of a soldering hole as first or second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.


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wherein exposed ends of the second conductors are electrically connected to the second contacts.

The exposed ends of several conductors are electrically connected to several contacts. The designation of conductors as first or second is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.



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2. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein a pitch between two adjacent first contacts is less than a pitch between any two adjacent first soldering holes of the PCB, and a pitch between any two adjacent second contacts is less than a pitch between any two adjacent second soldering holes of the PCB.

The soldering holes have a consistent width between each soldering hole on the PCB. The contacts also have a consistent width between each contact. The width between two adjacent contacts is less than the width between two adjacent soldering holes of the PCB.

3. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the insulating housing further comprises an internal wall, and wherein a first bending portion of the FFC is fastened by the internal wall and the PCB.

The internal wall of the rear cover of the insulating housing secures the bending portion of the FFC to the PCB where it is latched to the front section of the insulating housing.



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4. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the insulating housing further has at least one latch, and the latch of the insulating housing is pressed to clamp the PCB.

The insulating housing has a pin and latch shown below. The PCB has a pin hole for the pin of the insulating housing that secures the PCB. The latch of the front of the insulating housing secures the rear cover of the insulating housing which clamps the PCB.


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EXHIBIT C CLAIM CHART SHOWING INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 8,740,631

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Acer’s electrical connector assembly is shown above. an insulating housing (10) comprising a plurality of terminal holes (127);

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The PCB has a plurality of soldering holes and a plurality of contacts. The designation of a soldering hole or contact as first, second, third, and fourth is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim. The following photographs show the orientation of the surfaces of the PCB with respect to the insulating housing (10) with the PCB vertically secured to the rear end of the insulating housing, a front surface of the PCB facing the interior of the insulating housing, and a rear surface of the PCB distal the rear end of the insulating housing.



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a plurality of terminals (70) fastened in the terminal holes (127) respectively, each terminal (70) comprising a mating portion (73) at one end fastened in one of the terminal holes (127), and a soldering portion (75) at the other end soldered in one of the first, second, third, and fourth soldering holes (81, 82, 83, 84);

The plurality of power terminals is shown above at 20. The power terminals fasten into the terminals shown at 12 of the insulating housing 10. Each power terminal has a mating portion (shown above at 23) that is inserted into each of the power terminal holes shown at 12 and 123. Each power terminal also has a soldering portion as shown at 25 which is soldered in soldering holes as shown at 42. The designation of a soldering hole as first, second, third, and fourth is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.


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a flex flat cable (FFC) (90) comprising a plurality of conductors (95) and an insulating layer (901) for enclosing substantial portions of the conductors (95);

The flexible flat cable has an insulating layer that encloses a plurality of conductors.

wherein the first, second, third, and fourth contacts (85, 86, 87, and 88) are disposed on the rear surface (802) of the PCB (80), and exposed portion (951) of each conductor (95) at one end (91) of the FFC (90) is electrically connected to one of the first, second, third, and fourth contacts (85, 86, 87, and 88) of the PCB (80); and

The contacts are disposed on the rear surface of the PCB and an exposed portion of each conductor at one end of the FFC is electrically connected to one of the contacts of the PCB. The designation of a contact as first, second, third, and fourth is arbitrary and not significant for purposes of showing infringement of this claim.

an adhesive (96) coated on the conductors (95) at one end (91) of the FFC (90) to secure the FFC (90) to the PCB (80), wherein the adhesive (96) is AB adhesive, UV adhesive, hot melt type adhesive, quick dry adhesive, or any of other adhesives for fastening and protecting the FFC (90).

The adhesive coated on the conductors at the end of the FFC to secure the FFC to the PCB is shown circled above.



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2. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein soldering holes (a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, and a7) of the first soldering holes (81) on the rear surface (802) of the PCB (80) are electrically connected to contacts (b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, and b7) of the first contacts (85) respectively, furthering comprising a ground member (803) disposed on the front surface (801) of the PCB (80), and at least three soldering holes (a1, a4, and a7) of the first soldering holes (81) are electrically connected to the ground member (803) respectively.

Seven soldering holes on the rear surface of the PCB are electrically connected to seven contacts. A ground member on the front surface of the PCB is connected to at least three soldering holes.


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