Patent ID: 8215989
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An audio jack for an audio plug for use in an electrical device, comprising: a non-conductive enclosure having a front side and defining a cavity having an aperture within the front side for receiving the audio plug, the aperture having a first diameter, the cavity extending along a longitudinal axis; a conductive shielding formed from sheet metal folded over at least five sides of the enclosure including the front side, the shielding defining a shielding aperture centered on the enclosure aperture and having a second diameter larger than the first diameter; a ground contact connected to the conductive shielding and having a ground spring contact external to the non-conductive enclosure and biased to contact a grounding plane on a printed circuit board; one or more cavity contacts situated within the cavity to come into electrical communication with one or more conductive surfaces of an inserted audio plug; one or more spring PCB contacts biased to contact and electrically communicate with leads of the printed circuit board, each PCB contact being in electrical communication with one or more of the cavity contacts; and a non-conductive stopping member extending from a surface of the enclosure opposite to the spring contacts through an opening in the shielding, the non-conductive stopping member extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cavity and adapted to abut a complementary surface, thereby transferring any forces upon the audio jack along the longitudinal axis to the complementary surface.