Patent ID: 6435917
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical jack for receiving an electrical plug having a body portion and a tip portion to establish an electrical connection therebetween, said jack comprising:a one piece housing having an electrical plug receiving chamber, an access/egress aperture, said aperture communicating with the chamber for insertion therethrough of an electrical plug; a plurality of compressible cylindrical plug contacts positioned perpendicularly to a base of said jack with each contact having a circuit contact section and an electrical plug contact section; and a generally rectangular plug tip reservoir accommodated within the interior portion of said housing, said reservoir having an entrance larger than the diameter of an electrical plug introduced thereto and dimensioned to accommodate at least one entire electrical contact section of a first inserted electrical plug whenever the positioning of a second inserted electrical plug between said plurality of compressible cylindrical contacts is required.