Patent ID: 7033226

Claim:
An audio receptacle connector comprising: an insulative housing of being substantially parallelepiped comprising a body portion, a mating portion extended along an axis of the body portion, an insertion hole disposed on the mating portion, a plurality of terminal grooves on a bottom surface of the body portion, and a plurality of slots on a rear of the terminal grooves; and a terminal assembly comprising a plurality of pairs of terminals, a grounding terminal, and a receiving terminal; wherein solder legs of the terminal assembly are flexibly compressible, wherein each terminal has a compression portion bent and extended outward from a bottom of the terminal, and wherein a contact portion is formed at an end of the compression portion for contacting a PCB, wherein the terminal assembly comprises a first flexible terminal, a first cooperation terminal, a second flexible terminal, a second cooperation terminal, a grounding terminal, and a receiving terminal, and wherein the grounding terminal is placed in the first terminal groove in a front end of the insulative housing, the receiving terminal is placed in the second terminal groove in the front end of the insulative housing, the first flexible terminal and first cooperation terminal are placed in the first slot and second slot respectively, and the second flexible terminal and second cooperation terminal are placed in the third slot and fourth slot respectively.