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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2010
Terrance F. Little, York, PA (US);
Howard Wallace Andrews, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Michael Mckee, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Terrance F. Little, York, PA (US);
Howard Wallace Andrews, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Michael McKee, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An audio jack connector () includes an insulative housing (), a plurality of contacts () and a cover (). the insulative housing has a bottom surface (), a cavity () having a front end exposed to exterior for insertion of an electrical plug, and a plurality of receiving slots () recessed upwardly from the bottom surface and communicating with the cavity. The contacts are inserted into the receiving slots from the bottom surface of the insulative housing. the contacts have contacting portions () protruding into the cavity for contacting with the electrical plug and soldering tail portions () extending outwardly beyond the bottom surface. The cover () envelopes the contacts into the receiving slots () with the tail portions () extending outwardly therefrom to make the audio jack connector communicate with the exterior via only the front end of the cavity.