Patent ID: 6074218
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An audio jack connector comprising:an insulative housing having a mating face and a soldering face, at least one hollow cylinder extending from the mating face and defining a recess therein between the mating face and the soldering face, a passageway defined in an inner wall of each cylinder for receiving a contact which projects into the recess, two upper side walls extending from the mating face and each defining a recess therein;retaining means comprising a first hook and a second hook respectively extending through the recesses of the housing;a first grounding member comprising a metal base from which at least one metal tube extends for mating with and enclosing the corresponding cylinder of the housing, wherein the metal base is sized to be retainable between the first hook and the second hook of the retaining means and the mating face of the housing.