Patent ID: 7901251

Claim:
An audio connector for receiving a plug, comprising: an insulating housing having a base, the base having a socket passing through a front end thereof for receiving the plug, a rear end of the base opposite to the front end having a holding trough of substantially rectangular ring shape and communicating with the socket, the holding trough surrounding a center block of substantially rectangular shape, each side of the center block having a notch which passes through the rear end and communicates with the socket; a plurality of conductive contacts mounted to the insulating housing for electrically connecting with the inserted plug; and a holding contact, the holding contact having a substantially rectangular fixing frame fixed in the holding trough, the holding contact including a base plate, two opposite side plates, a free plate facing the base plate extended from one of the side plates and spaced apart from the other side plate, a soldering slice extended from a free end of the other side plate, substantially middle portions of the base plate, the free plate and the side plates extending towards the same side to form two pairs of opposite contacting arms for projecting into the socket through the corresponding notches and clamping a flee end of the inserted plug resiliently and symmetrically; wherein the holding trough includes a first slot, a third slot parallel to the first slot, a second slot connecting corresponding ends of the first slot and the third slot, and a fourth slot parallel to the second slot, one end of the fourth slot is connected with an opposite end of the third slot, the other end of the fourth slot is extended to pass through the base, the first slot is spaced apart from the fourth slot; and wherein sides of the second slot and the fourth slot facing the center block are formed with buckling indentions for buckling with buckling pieces formed at the two side plates.