Patent ID: 7726990

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a receiving hole extending in an axial direction inwardly from a front mating face of the housing; a pair of contact sets respectively located by two opposite lateral sides of said receiving hole; said pair of contact sets defining opposite contacting sections extending into the receiving hole in opposite lateral directions; and an auxiliary contact located by one of top and bottom sides of the receiving hole with a contacting region extending into the receiving hole in a vertical direction; wherein at least one of said pair of contact sets includes two pieces electrically functioning as a switch with a contact portion extending into the receiving hole in a radial direction, while the auxiliary contact performs a click effect for manual operation feeling; wherein a distance between the front mating face and the contacting region of the auxiliary contact is not less than that between the front mating face and the contact portion of the at least one of said pair of contact sets.