Patent ID: 8662937
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An audio jack, comprising a hollow insulated housing that has an opening for accommodating a plug inserted into the hollow insulated housing through the opening, wherein the insulated housing comprises: a fixed portion and a rotating portion rotating relative to the fixed portion and on which at least two elastic terminals are arranged; the at least two elastic terminals of the rotating portion being in contact with different pins of a printed circuit board of the audio jack respectively when the rotating portion is in a first position and rotates relative to the fixed portion to a second position; a first elastic terminal and a second elastic terminal are arranged on the rotating portion and have respectively a first extending portion and a second extending portion and a body portion arranged between the first extending portion and the second extending portion; when the rotating portion is at the first position, the first extending portion of the first elastic terminal is in contact with a first pin of the printed circuit board of the audio jack, and the first extending portion of the second elastic terminal is in contact with a second pin of the printed circuit board of the audio jack; and when the rotating portion rotates relative to the fixed portion to the second position, the second extending portion of the second elastic terminal is in contact with the first pin of the printed circuit board of the audio lack, and the second extending portion of the first elastic terminal is in contact with the second pin of the printed circuit board of the audio jack.