Patent ID: 8998648
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An audio jack connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a receiving space; a plurality of signal contacts retained in the insulative housing and having a plurality of first contacting portions extending into the receiving space from a left- and-right direction perpendicular to a mating direction along which an audio plug connector is inserted into the receiving space; and a pair of griping contacts retained in the insulative housing, each griping contact having a base portion, an elastic portion extending from the base portion to be located above the receiving space, and a flat portion bending from the base portion to be located below the receiving space, at least one of the flat portions having a protrusion protruding toward the receiving space, the two elastic portions and the protrusion extending from opposite sides into the receiving space along a vertical direction perpendicular to both the left-and-right direction and the mating direction, wherein the base portions, the elastic portions, and the flat portions of the gripping contacts are disposed peripherally around the receiving space, wherein the base portion has a stamped, cantilevered, flexible tongue portion and a rigid tab oppositely extending with respect to the tongue portion, and wherein the rigid tab is retained in the insulative housing, wherein the gripping portion has a board lock extending perpendicular to the rigid tab and the flexible tongue portion, wherein the elastic portions of the griping contacts are angled as viewed from a top side of the receiving space.