Audio jack connector with an improved contact arrangement

Abstract

An audio jack connector includes an insulative housing () having a main body () defining a pair of opposite front and rear faces () and a pair of opposite first and second side walls (), a set of columned mating portions () extending forwardly on the front face, and a set of receiving chambers () extending in the main body and passing through the mating portions for insertion of plugs (); and a plurality of contacts () retained in the first side wall and arranged in several different rows along a transverse direction so as to protrude into the receiving chambers respectively, each row of the contacts being arranged along a front-to-back direction in accordance with an insertion direction of the plug and perpendicular to the transverse direction.