Patent ID: 8951073
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An audio jack connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a receiving channel, a plurality of terminal passageways, an insertion opening, and a mating direction therealong; and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, the contacts including a grounding contact, the grounding contact having a retaining portion retained in a corresponding terminal passageway, a contacting portion extending from the retaining portion into the receiving channel, a soldering portion coplanar with a mounting face of the insulative housing, and a connecting portion vertically connected between the retaining portion and the soldering portion, the connecting portion forming an auxiliary portion, both the auxiliary portion and the retaining portion engaging with the insulative housing; wherein the auxiliary portion comprises an extension portion stamped and bent away from the connecting portion to extend along the mating direction; wherein the extension portion oppositely extends from the soldering portion of the grounding contact; wherein the soldering portions of all contacts are arranged at a straight line outside of the insulative housing and each soldering portion has a sizable width and a sizable length.