Patent ID: 7896706
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An audio jack connector for receiving an audio plug connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a passageway extending from a front surface thereof towards a rear surface thereof for receiving the audio plug connector, a first groove communicating with the passageway, and a second groove communicating with the first groove, the first groove including a bottom slot defined at the front surface, and a receiving recess formed at the front surface and communicating with the passageway, two opposite ends of the receiving recess connecting with the second groove and one end of the bottom slot, a fixing slot defined at the front surface, with a bottom end substantially perpendicularly connected to the other end of the bottom slot; a first switch terminal received in the first groove, the first switch terminal having a base plate, an elastic arm extending from one end of the base plate and bent towards the passageway, a first contacting portion formed at a free end of the elastic arm, a first convexity protruded into the passageway from a substantially root portion of the elastic arm, the first switch terminal further comprising a fixing plate being substantially perpendicularly to the base plate, with a bottom connected with the other end of the base plate, received in the fixing slot; and a second switch terminal received in the second groove, the second switch terminal having a second contacting portion spaced from the first contacting portion; wherein the first contacting portion is driven to move outwards to contact the second contacting portion when the audio plug connector is inserted in the passageway and resists against the first convexity outwards, the base plate is received in the bottom slot, and the elastic arm and the first contacting portion are received in the receiving recess.