Patent ID: 7128599
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A low profile microphone connector mountable onto a printed circuit board, comprising: a dielectric housing having a generally cylindrical wall, a generally cylindrical microphone insertion cavity defined by the cylindrical wall, a top open end and a bottom end, a supporting base being formed at a lower portion of said cylindrical wall and extending outwardly, the supporting base having a supporting surface opposite to said bottom end for abutting against a bottom face of the printed circuit board, a plurality of ribs being formed at an upper portion of said cylindrical wall and outside said cylindrical wall for positioning the connector on the printed circuit board; and electrical terminals located in the supporting base, each electrical terminal having a solder tail portion extending outside the dielectric housing from the supporting surface of the supporting base and a flexible contact portion projecting into the microphone insertion cavity for electrically engaging with a microphone which is adapted to be inserted into the microphone insertion cavity through the top open end.