Patent · US Expired

Earphone jack

US5919052A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
5References
4Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 8, 1998
Grant dateJul 6, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R2201/16
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An earphone jack which includes a plurality of terminals mounted in a casing, and a cover plate covered on the casing to hold down the terminals, each terminal having a contact portion for contact with a contact on the earphone jack inserted into the earphone jack and a horizontal mounting portion extended out of a respective side notch on the casing and disposed in flush with the cover plate for fastening to a circuit board by a surface mounting technique.

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