Patent ID: 7081023

Claim:
A jack connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a mating portion, a mounting portion, side portions, and a cavity space, the mating portion defining an opening extending therethrough and communicating with the cavity space; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each contact having an upper end received in the cavity space and a tail end; an optical device installed in the insulative housing and having an engaging portion for contacting an optical fiber plug connector, and a number of tail portions, a first distance between the engaging portion and the mating portion is longer than a second distance between the upper end of the contact and the mating portion, wherein the cavity space includes a first part proximal to the mating portion and a second part distal from the mating portion, the upper end of the contact is received in the first part, and the engaging portion of the optical device is received in the second part; wherein a partition is positioned in the cavity space to divide the cavity space into the first and second parts; and wherein the partition defines an optical hole for mating with the optical fiber plug connector, the optical hole mid the opening of the mating portion having same axis.