Patent ID: 8257116

Claim:
An audio jack connector comprising: an insulative housing having a main body defining a pair of opposite front and rear faces and a pair of opposite first and second side walls, a set of columned mating portions extending forwardly on the front face, and a set of receiving chambers extending in the main body and passing through the mating portions for insertion of plugs; a plurality of contacts retained in the first side wall and arranged in several different rows along a transverse direction so as to protrude into the receiving chambers respectively, each row of the contacts being arranged along a front-to-back direction in accordance with an insertion direction of the plug and perpendicular to the transverse direction; and a plurality of detection switches retained in the second side wall and arranged in several different rows along the transverse direction; wherein the detection switch comprises a stationary contact defining an immovable portion, and a movable contact defining a moving portion located at an inner side of the immovable portion for connecting or disconnecting with the immovable portion; wherein the moving portion has an insulator attached to an inner surface thereof for being resisted by the plug, and an embossment protruding from an outer surface thereof for contacting with the immovable portion.