Patent ID: 8808035
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An audio jack connector for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulating housing defining board locks, a receiving channel, a mating surface with an insertion hole for insertion of an audio plug into the receiving channel, a rear surface opposite to the mating surface, a mounting surface facing to the printed circuit board, a top surface opposite to the mounting surface, and a plurality of passageways; a plurality of contacts assembled in the passageways of the insulating housing; and an insulative plate attached to the rear surface of the insulating housing, the insulative plate having a plurality of holes through which the contact soldering portions extend out of the insulating housing; and a solidified glue portion disposed between the insulative plate and the insulating housing; wherein the rear surface of the insulating housing is sealed by the insulative plate and the solidified glue portion; wherein the insulative plate defines at least one cutout and glue is filled between the insulative plate and the insulating housing via the at least one cutout; wherein the contacts comprises a first contact & a second contact both at a first side of the receiving channel, and the first contact and the second contact are staggered in a vertical direction; and wherein each of the first contact and the second contact comprises a retaining portion retained in the insulating housing, a contacting portion extending into the receiving channel, and a soldering portion extending out of the insulating housing from the rear face, and the second contact has a first conjunction portion going across the retaining portion of the first contact from below the retaining portion of the first contact.