Patent ID: 7238059

Claim:
An audio jack connector comprising: an insulating housing having a mating wall, a rear wall opposite to the mating wall, two lateral walls and a top wall, a receiving cavity communicating with the mating wall and the rear wall, a plurality of recesses being provided in the insulating housing, each of the recesses extending through the receiving cavity; a first set of conductive contacts, each of the conductive contacts having a fixing portion, a contacting portion extending from one end of the fixing portion and an elastic compressing portion extending from the other end of the fixing portion; and a second set of conductive contacts, each of the conductive contacts having a fixing portion, a contacting portion extending from one end of the fixing portion and an elastic compressing portion extending from the other end of the fixing portion; wherein the first and second set of conductive contacts are inserted into the plurality of recesses, the contacting portions of the first set of conductive contacts are protruded in the receiving cavity, the elastic compressing portions thereof protrude upwardly from the top wall and further extend outwardly from a lateral wall, and the tails of the elastic compressing portion of the first set of conductive contacts are located at a middle position of the lateral wall, the contacting portions of the second set of the conductive contacts are protruded in the receiving cavity, the elastic compressing portions thereof protrude upwardly from the top wall and further extend outwardly from the opposite lateral wall, and the tails of the elastic compressing portions of the second set of conductive contacts are located at a middle position of the opposite lateral wall.