Patent ID: 6869315

Claim:
A jack (J) comprising a plurality of contacts along a plug insertion hole (H) formed in a body ( 20 ), the contacts including tip contacts (CT) contacting a tip electrode ( 10 ) at a front end of a plug (P) that is inserted into the plug insertion hole (H), and intermediate contacts (C 1 ) and (C 2 ) contacts ring electrodes ( 11 ) and ( 12 ) at intermediate locations of the plug (P), wherein a contact unit (CU) is constituted by a linking portion ( 23 ) that is arranged at an inner end of the plug insertion hole (H) in an orientation perpendicular to an axis (X) of the plug insertion hole (H), intermediate portions ( 24 ) that extend from both ends of the linking portion ( 23 ) towards an aperture side of the plug insert hole (H), and folded portions ( 25 ) that are folded over from the aperture side of the intermediate portions ( 24 ) to the inner end side of the plug insertion hole (H), projecting into the plug insertion hole (H), the contact unit (CU) being formed in one piece by bending a conductor, and wherein the tip contacts (CT) are formed on a free end side of the folded portions ( 25 ) in the contact unit (CU).