Patent ID: 7950966

Claim:
An audio jack connector for mating with an audio plug connector, comprising: an insulating housing, the insulating housing defining an inserting hole extended from front to rear for receiving the audio plug connector and a recess communicating with the inserting hole at a rear end thereof, the recess including a substantially rectangular main recess intersecting a rear end of the inserting hole and having two facing side surfaces beyond the inserting hole, a first fixing groove and a second fixing groove extending downward from portions of the main recess adjacent to the two side surfaces, respectively; and a terminal received in the recess, the terminal having a base plate, two opposite sides of the base plate extending downwards to form two fixing wings, two facing contacting arms being extended frontward from two front edges of the two fixing wings, free ends of the contacting arms being arched towards each other to form two smooth V-shaped contacting portions protruded into the inserting hole, each of the contacting portions having two spaced smooth ribs protruded from an inner surface thereof, the rib spreading towards two ends of the contacting portion from a peak of the contacting portion to also show a smooth V-shape, the base plate disposed in the main recess and against a top surface of the main recess, the two fixing wings being fixed in two sides of the recess and against the side surfaces of the main recess, with lower portions thereof engaged into the first fixing groove and the second fixing groove, respectively; wherein the ribs of the contacting portions are against opposite portions of the audio plug connector when the audio plug connector is inserted into the inserting hole, respectively.