Patent ID: 7094088

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a receiving hole for receiving a mating plug; a movable contact comprising a base portion retained in the insulative housing, a flexible portion and a connecting portion both extending from the base portion; and a fixed contact comprising a base portion retained in the insulative housing, two separated contacting portions and a soldering portion both extending from the base portion; wherein the contacting portions of the fixed contact disconnect the flexible portion of the movable contact only when the mating plug is completely inserted into the receiving hole of the insulative housing; wherein the electrical connector further comprises a communicate contact non-electrically abutting against the movable contact, and wherein the mating plug engages the communicate contact to make the movable contact break away from the fixed contact; wherein the communicate contact non-electrically connects the movable contact by an insulative member sandwiched there between; wherein the insulative member is attached to the distal end of the movable contact, and wherein the communicate contact has an abutting portion abutting against the insulative member.