Patent ID: 6312274
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising an insulating main body, a rear cover and a plurality of terminals, the insulating main body having an insertion slot through the front and rear ends of the main body; whereinone end of the insertion slot having a connection opening at the front end of the main body for receiving a mating plug; a plurality of embedding holes provided on predetermined portion of the insertion slot and through the top side and bottom side of the main body; another end of the insertion slot having an embedding opening at the rear end of the main body; the embedding opening having a plurality of trenches extended into inner side of the insertion slot; the main body having a dent on rear sidewall thereof;a rear cover having shape fitting with the embedding opening; the rear cover having a long insertion tab extending toward the insertion slot and having a hook on outer side thereof;the plurality of terminals comprising a set of communication terminals and a set of switch terminals; the communication terminal having a large-angle bending elastic contact arm; the elastic contact arm having a concave inner surface with a protrusion on the concave inner surface; one of the switch terminals having the shape of inversed ""7"" and composed a short insertion end and a long insertion end;the communication terminals being embedded into and retained by the embedding holes; the switch terminals being inserted into and retained by the trenches; the rear cover being embedded into the embedding opening and the hook on the long insertion tab locked into the dent to further retain the switch terminals.