Patent ID: 6478629
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An audio jack mounted on a printed circuit board for mating with a mating plug, comprising:an insulative casing defining an interior space adapted to receive a pin of a mating plug, the casing having a bottom wall defining a recess in an inner side thereof in communication with the interior space, a rear face defining first and second sets of slots in communication with the interior space, and a side wall having a side face defining a window in communication with the recess via a vertical groove; first and second sets of conductive terminals respectively received in the first and the second sets of slots and extending into the interior space; and a grounding terminal secured to the side wall, the grounding terminal having a horizontal plate portion extending in a first direction, a raised portion upwardly extending from said Plate portion in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction and received in said vertical groove, an upwardly extending contact portion extending from an upper end of said raised portion along a third direction perpendicular to both said first and second directions and extending through the window and upwardly extending into the interior space through the recess, a vertical portion downwardly extending from an outer portion of said plate portion in the fourth direction opposite to said second direction; and a solder pad horizontally extending from a lower portion of said vertical portion in a fifth direction opposite to said first direction and out of the side wall of the casing for being soldered to a printed circuit boards: wherein the side wall of the insulative casing defines a slit in communication with the window via the vertical groove, and the horizontal plate portion received in the slit; wherein the plate portion of the grounding terminal has a pair of resilient tabs for engaging with an inner side of the casing.