Patent ID: 8696391
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H01R,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device comprising: a circuit board; an expanding jack socket comprising: a body having an elongate concave contact surface and one or more contacts located in the contact surface of the body, the contacts being in electrical communication with the circuit board; a flexible casing surrounding the jack socket, the flexible casing having an inner surface which cooperates with the contact surface of the body to define a cavity for receiving a jack plug, wherein the cavity expands from a retracted state to an expanded state in response to insertion of the jack plug, and contracts from the expanded state to the retracted state in response to removal of the jack plug; wherein the flexible casing defines a casing aperture for receiving the jack plug, the casing aperture having a first cross-sectional area when the cavity is in the retracted state and a second cross-sectional area when the cavity is in the expanded state.