Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a connector port subassembly. The connector port subassembly may include one or more connector blocks configured to interference fit within a connector bore, one or more windows through the core subassembly to the one or more connector blocks, and one or more seal rings configured to interference fit within the connector bore and eliminate adulterant entry into the connector bore through the one or more windows.

Abstract: Seals used within lead bores of implantable medical devices for creating a seal to implantable medical leads inserted into the lead bores include a cylinder that engages the lead body. The length of contact of the cylinder to the lead body is at least 0.010? long while average contact pressure is no greater than (10 pounds per inch)/(contact length). Adequate electrical isolation is achieved, even when a debris particle is present between the inner cylinder and the lead body while insertion force remains acceptable.

Abstract: A physiological signal monitoring device includes a sensing member and a transmitter connected to the sensing member and including a circuit board that has electrical contacts, and a connecting port, which includes a socket communicated to the circuit board and a plurality of steel balls. The sensing member is removably inserted into the socket. The steel balls are electrically connected to the electrical contacts and the sensing member for enabling electric connection therebetween. Each of the steel balls is frictionally rotated by the sensing member during insertion of the sensing member into the socket and removal of the sensing member from the socket.

Abstract: An apparatus that is integrated into a mobile phone case that can assist in breaking a glass window of a locked vehicle to aid an occupant exit the vehicle in an emergency situation and send an alert to the appropriate authorities to inform them of the emergency situation.

Abstract: Medical devices include fixation structures that include retained portions that provide medical lead fixation within the medical devices. Lead extensions include fixation structures that include retained portions that provide medical lead fixation within the lead extensions. A grip that a clinician may grasp and manipulate is engaged with a nose structure of a header block of the medical device or a connector block of a lead extension and manipulation of the grip causes compression of a deformable structure to ultimately create fixation of the lead or lead extension within the header block or the lead within the extension connector block. The deformable structure may be the retained portion of the fixation structure or alternatively may be separate from the fixation structure.

Abstract: The sleeve is crimped to the outer periphery of the braid, the braid is folded back by the folding-back portion at the front end side of the sleeve, the folded-back braid covers the outer periphery of the sleeve, the braided crimping piece of the shield terminal is crimped to the outer periphery of the sleeve via the folded-back braid, the folded-back braid is held between the sleeve and the braid crimping piece, the sheath crimping piece is crimped to the outer periphery of the sheath, and when a tensile force is applied in the direction in which the cable is relatively separated from the shield terminal, the sleeve is moved in the tensile direction, so that the rear end edge of the sleeve and the front end edge of the sheath crimping piece are brought into abutment with each other.

Abstract: A headset main body includes a PTT switch, bone conduction speakers, a first connector to be coupled with a microphone, and a second connector to be coupled with a transceiver. A sleeve of the first connector is coupled to a sleeve of the second connector. A ring of the first connector is coupled to a ground. A chip of the first connector is coupled to a ring of the second connector, and the chip of the first connector is further coupled, via the PTT switch, to the ground.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include devices and methods pertaining to medical lead connectors. According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, disclosed is a lead connector that may include a base member; a flexible circuit including a plurality of electrical contacts; a casing that includes a bottom casing and a cover member. The bottom casing may include receptacles open to a surface of the flexible circuit and aligned with electrical contacts on the flexible circuit. The cover member may include a slot opening to receive a lead stylet. Furthermore, the lead connector may include ball contacts positioned in the receptacles. When the lead stylet is inserted into the lead connector, the lead stylet may push the ball contacts downward to make electrical contact with the electrical contacts on the flexible circuit. A portion of the lead stylet may extend beyond an edge of the casing.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an arrangement is provided, the arrangement including a mobile communication device including a terminal device for wireless communication with one or more other devices via a communication channel, and a fire retardant sleeve having a shape and size that enable accommodating the mobile communication device therein, wherein at least part of the mobile communication device is enclosed within the fire retardant sleeve.

Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, side-loading electrical connectors for use with intravascular devices are provided. The side-loading electrical connector has at least one electrical contact configured to interface with an electrical connector of the intravascular device. A first connection piece of the side-loading electrical connector is movable relative to a second connection piece such that in an open position an elongated opening is formed between the first and second connection pieces to facilitate side-loading of the intravascular device into the connector and in the closed position the at least one electrical contact is electrically coupled to the at least one electrical connector of the intravascular device received between the first and second connection pieces and a communication cable extends from the connector in a direction coaxial with or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the intravascular device.

Abstract: A connecting device including a substantially elongated inserting member extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising a transverse direction transverse thereto, said inserting member comprising an outer surface with at least two electrically conductive parts with insulating material arranged there between; and wherein the inserting member is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the at least two electrically conductive parts with wire ends of a connection cable within the space enclosed by the outer surface. The invention is further related to an assembly of a connection cable and a connecting device, as well as a method for connecting a connecting device to a connection cable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a waterproof structure for a terminal of a wire with a terminal fitting provided with a waterproof block made of resin, the waterproof block covering an end portion of an insulation coated wire which is coupled to a terminal fitting. The waterproof block includes a waterproof portion covering a coupling portion coupling the end portion of the wire and the terminal fitting, the waterproof portion adhering to an outer circumferential surface of an end of an outer skin of the wire, and a cylindrical portion projecting cylindrically from the waterproof portion along the outer skin of the wire. The cylindrical portion has a smaller cross sectional area than the waterproof portion and has rigidity more similar to the outer skin than the waterproof portion in desired bending and torsional directions of the wire and is adhered to an end-adjacent outer circumferential surface of the outer skin.

Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of assembling an intravascular device is provided that includes positioning a first tubular member around a plurality of conductors and a core member; advancing a first of the plurality of conductors through an opening of the first tubular member; positioning a first conductive member around the first tubular member; and electrically coupling the first of the plurality of conductors to the first conductive member. In some embodiments, an intravascular device is provided that includes an insulating member positioned around a plurality of conductors and a core member and a conductive member positioned around the insulating member, wherein at least one of the plurality of conductors extends through an opening in the insulating member and is electrically coupled to the first conductive member.

Abstract: A lead connector for an implantable medical device includes a cylindrical connector body having a proximal end and a distal end. A distal frame forms the distal end and a remainder of the connecter body is a mold material. A plurality of shafts extending through the distal frame from a rear face to a front face, the rear face abutting the mold material forming the remainder of the connector body. A plurality of ring contacts are in the connector body. A plurality of wires are coupled to a ring contact and extend through the mold material and through a corresponding one of the shafts. The mold material forming the remainder of the connector body extends partially into each shaft and about the corresponding conductive wire to form a plug.

Abstract: Various embodiments of this disclosure concern assembly of a lead having one or two modular lead ends. A modular lead end can be made by aligning a plurality of wires exposed on an end of a main lead body with a plurality of conductors exposed on an end of a lead end. The lead end may comprise a spine, the plurality of conductors circumferentially arrayed about the spine, and an outer surface comprising a plurality of exposed electrical elements and polymer material, the plurality of electrical elements arrayed on the spine and electrically connected with the plurality of conductors. The assembly can further include making electrical connections between the plurality of electrical wires and the plurality of conductors and insulating the plurality of wires and the plurality of conductors.

Abstract: Disclosed is an audio jack assembly that reduces or eliminates signal loss with an audio jack by reducing or eliminating the resistance with a conventional audio plug. The jack assembly employs a support housing having a passageway sized to receive the audio plug with an insulated first connector having first and second terminal strips, each formed integral to a first disk base and positioned to engage the grooved tip of an audio plug when engaged. A second isolated connector includes first and second terminal strips positioned to engage each side of a sleeve when the audio plug is engaged. The second connector is electrically isolated from the first connector wherein the second connector is fastened to the support housing securing the first connector therebetween.

Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of assembling an intravascular device is provided that includes positioning a first tubular member around a plurality of conductors and a core member; advancing a first of the plurality of conductors through an opening of the first tubular member; positioning a first conductive member around the first tubular member; and electrically coupling the first of the plurality of conductors to the first conductive member. In some embodiments, an intravascular device is provided that includes an insulating member positioned around a plurality of conductors and a core member and a conductive member positioned around the insulating member, wherein at least one of the plurality of conductors extends through an opening in the insulating member and is electrically coupled to the first conductive member.

Abstract: The microphone mask is a device that is adapted to be positioned adjacent a mouth of a user in order to communicate with a portable radio. Moreover, the microphone mask includes a speaker adjacent to the microphone such that the microphone mask is adapted to be positioned adjacent a user's ear in order to hear sound associated with use in communicating via a portable radio. The microphone mask includes a wire that plugs into a portable radio, or a cellular telephone, or other electronic device. The microphone mask is further defined with an inner surface that includes the microphone and the speaker therein. The outer surface includes a push button that controls use of the microphone. The microphone mask is further defined with a perimeter edge that is adapted to interface with skin surrounding the mouth of the user.

Abstract: An IS-4 terminal connector assembly includes three terminal electrodes positioned over an inner tubular member such that they are radially offset from one another. Each of the terminal ring electrodes are configured such that they can withstand both tensile and cyclical bending loads with minimal compromise in their outer geometry. Additionally, each of the terminal electrodes is configured such that they have both an inner and outer geometry that facilitates adequate insulation between a select terminal electrode and an adjacent conductor. Additionally, each of the terminal ring electrodes is configured such that they facilitate an external approach to staking a cable conductor.

Abstract: A multipolar single-head plug having a bar electrode exposed at a tip thereof, tubular electrodes concentrically arranged on an outer circumference of the bar electrode and exposed at the outer circumference on a side closer to a root than the exposed part of the bar electrode at the tip and an insulator composed of a first insulating part, and second insulating parts. A middle section of at least one of the insulating parts is provided with an insulating material such as an electrodeposition coating part or an insulating tube separate from the insulating resin for insert molding. The separate insulating material is provided so as to cover a given area of the outer circumference of the bar electrode or a given area of an outer circumference of the tubular electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a socket for a connecting jack, which is capable of preventing a popping noise from being generated. The connecting jack includes a connecting part including a tip having an end of a cone shape to perform a function of transmitting a signal through a cable and a sleeve having a cylindrical shape to perform a ground function. The connecting jack is inserted into the socket of a guitar or an amplifier. The socket includes: a cover member buried in a fixing part of the guitar or the amplifier; a signal terminal fixed to the cover member and protruding toward the fixing part; a ground member hinge-coupled in the cover member; and an elastic piece.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to connector plugs and jacks and in particular to an audio connector plug and jack that can be used in place of the a standard low profile plug and electronic devices using low profile plug receptacles. The connector plug has a reduced plug length and thickness, an intuitive insertion orientation and a smooth, consistent feel when inserted and extracted from its corresponding receptacle connector. A portion or all of the plug connector may include a flexible material that allows the connector to bend with respect to an insertion axis along which the plug connector is designed to be inserted into a corresponding receptacle connector. A corresponding connector jack may be configured to receive the reduced length and thickness connector plug.

Abstract: An audio jack connector includes an insulating housing which has a base body defining a holding cavity in a bottom thereof and an inserting body defining an inserting chamber, a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the base body, a fixing member fastened in the holding cavity of the insulating housing to cover and hold the electrical terminals in the base body, and a sealing tape covering under the fixing member and adhered outside the insulating housing and the fixing member to seal up splicing gaps between sidewalls of the holding cavity and peripheral edges of the fixing member. So the audio jack connector can effectively prevent the water vapor and dust passing through the inserting chamber onto a printed circuit board of an electronic product where the audio jack connector is used.

Abstract: An implantable lead connector assembly includes contact rings, and a bulk of insulation, which includes sealing surfaces and a shank defining a distal end of the bulk. One or more conductor pins extend within the bulk and have distal ends protruding distally therefrom to be exposed alongside the shank; and an inner surface of each contact ring may have a proximal end of a corresponding conductor pin coupled thereto. The sealing surfaces, in conjunction with outer contact surfaces of the contact rings, which are interspersed therebetween, define a uniform outer diameter for the connector assembly. The bulk of insulation may be formed in two parts, wherein a primary bulk is formed around a core and includes circuit-support and shank segments. A secondary bulk, which includes the aforementioned sealing surfaces, is injection molded around the primary bulk, after positioning the contact rings and corresponding conductor pins on the circuit-support segment thereof.

Abstract: A particular apparatus includes a receptacle having a first pin configured to contact a tip region of the device plug at a first location when the device plug is inserted into the receptacle. The first location may be located between a midpoint of the tip region and a tip of the device plug. The receptacle further includes a second pin configured to contact a second region of the device plug at a second location. The receptacle further includes a third pin configured to contact a third region of the device plug at a third location. The receptacle further includes a fourth pin configured to contact a fourth region of the device.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a connector body. The connector body includes an insulative housing and a contact module received in the insulative housing. The contact module includes a spacer and a plurality of contacts received in the spacer. Each of the contacts have a foot portion for being mounted onto an external printed circuit board. The insulative housing has a plurality of mating ports defined in a vertical front face. The electrical connector also includes a connector standoff assembled under the connector body to support the connector body. The connector standoff includes a base portion and four locking arms extending from the base portion along a down-to-up direction, and two of the locking arms engage with the spacer. The foot portion extends downwardly through the connector standoff.

Abstract: A plug (1) for electrical equipment, the plug comprising a pin (2) and the pin comprising an electrical terminal contact, the plug further comprising a housing (3), the plug arranged to be received in a socket (10), wherein the pin and the housing configured to enable the pin to be pivoted out of the socket by way of a force applied to a cable entry region of the plug by a cable attached to the plug.

Abstract: A serial electrical connector includes a connector plug and a connector jack. The connector plug includes an audio plug with a hollow cylindrical space formed in the center thereof; a coaxial cable being inserted into and filling the space; and an engagement element being disposed at a tip of the audio plug and configured to electrically connect the audio plug to the connector jack.

Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a receiving space (20), a number of signal contacts (31, 32) retained in the insulative housing, and a pair of griping contacts (33) retained in the insulative housing too. The signal contacts have a number of first contacting portions (311, 321) extending into the receiving space from a left-and-right direction perpendicular to a mating direction along which an audio plug connector is inserted into the receiving space. The gripping contacts have at least three second contacting portions (332, 333/3331) extending into the receiving space from a vertical direction perpendicular to both the left-and-right direction and the mating direction.

Abstract: Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An accessory may have an audio plug that connects to a mating audio jack in an electronic device, thereby establishing a wired communications link between the accessory and the electronic device. The electronic device may include power supply circuitry for applying bias voltages to the accessory. The bias voltages may bias a microphone and may adjust settings in the accessory such as settings related to operating modes. User input information may be conveyed between the accessory and the electronic device using ultrasonic tone transmission. The electronic device may also gather input from the accessory using a voltage detector coupled to lines in the communications path.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a four-pole plug for connection to a PCB. The four-pole plug includes a plug body unit (10) which has a long cylindrical shape and is connected to a jack of an acoustic apparatus, a connection terminal unit (20) which is coupled to an end of the plug body unit, and a terminal housing (30) which receives the connection terminal unit therein and has an opening at a predetermined position so that a portion of the connection terminal unit protrudes from the terminal housing through the opening.

Abstract: An electronic device including a switch unit and a socket is provided. The switch unit has an output end, a first input end, a second input end and a control end. The control end is coupled to the first input end. The socket has an intake cavity on which a first terminal and a second terminal are disposed. The first terminal is electrically connected to the first input end, and the second terminal is electrically connected to the second input end. When the intake cavity holds a plug and the control end receives a high level voltage, the control end switches the first input end to the output end. When the control end receives a ground voltage, the control end switches the second input end to the output end.

Abstract: A sound effect output device has an audio jack for an inserting plug of an earphone. The audio jack has a ground connecting pin, a first audio channel connecting pin, a second audio channel connecting pin, a start connecting pin, a detective connecting pin and a microphone connecting pin. Each of the connecting pins is disposed to a base body of the audio jack and surroundingly disposed to an inserting hole of the base body. After the inserting plug is inserted, the inserting plug collides an elastic sheet on a plate body of the first audio channel connecting pin, and the elastic sheet collides an insulating portion of the start connecting pin, the insulating portion drives the acting portion to act for contacting and conducting with a first conducting portion or a second conducting portion of the detective connecting pin.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a connector assembly includes a connector and a plug. The connector is disposed on the circuit board and includes an insulating socket with a slot. The slot includes an inner first end and an outer second end, and an inner diameter of the second end of the slot is greater than an inner diameter of the first end of the slot. The plug is connected to an end of a power cable for plugging into the connector. The plug includes an insulating portion and a plug portion exposed outside the insulating portion. The plug portion includes a first end which is close to the insulating portion and a second end which is far way from the insulating portion, and an outer diameter of the first end of the plug portion is greater than an outer diameter of the second end of the plug portion.

Abstract: A multipolar single-head plug comprises a bar electrode exposed at a tip thereof, tubular electrodes concentrically arranged on an outer circumference of the bar electrode and exposed at the outer circumference on a side closer to a root than the exposed part of the bar electrode at the tip and an insulator composed of a first insulating part, and second insulating parts. A middle section of at least one of the insulating parts is provided with an insulating material such as an electrodeposition coating part or an insulating tube separate from the insulating resin for insert molding. The separate insulating material is provided so as to cover a given area of the outer circumference of the bar electrode or a given area of an outer circumference of the tubular electrode.

Abstract: A plug-type connector for transmitting electric currents, having a plug-side end forming a plug connection with a mating plug, a cable-side end electrically and mechanically connected to a cable with a screen and at least two lines within the screen, a housing, and at least two internal conductor parts which are held at least partially within the housing by an insulating part and are electrically insulated from one another, wherein the internal conductor parts project beyond the housing in the axial direction at the plug-side end, wherein the internal conductor parts form contact areas at the plug-side end in the region in which they project beyond the housing, the contact areas being spaced apart from one another in the axial direction and making electrical contact with corresponding conductor parts in the mating plug.

Abstract: A single-use connector (1) for a fetal electrode is provided. The housing (10) of the connector is molded together as two shells (10a, 10b) of substantially rigid material where each shell is integrally connected to the other along a common straight portion of edge (12). This provides the housing with a clam-shell form. The housing is also provided with a socket (11) for receiving a plug (2) of a fetal electrode. The plug is provided with two or more electrical contacts (23, 24) to feed electrical signals from the fetal electrode.

Abstract: A connection jack to which a connection plug having a center terminal and an earth terminal arranged on an outer peripheral side of the center terminal is connected and provided in an electronic apparatus in which a capacitor is disposed inside, includes: a housing made of an insulating material, in which an insertion opening to which the connection plug is inserted is formed; a center electrode to which the center terminal is connected and connected to the capacitor; a first earth electrode arranged on an outer peripheral side of the center electrode, to which the earth terminal is connected, and connected to the capacitor; and a second earth electrode arranged on an outer peripheral side of the center electrode, to which the earth terminal is connected, connected in series to a resistance limiting inrush current and connected to the capacitor through the resistance.

Abstract: A sound effect output device has an audio jack for an inserting plug of an earphone. The audio jack has a ground connecting pin, a first audio channel connecting pin, a second audio channel connecting pin, a start connecting pin, a detective connecting pin and a microphone connecting pin. Each of the connecting pins is disposed to a base body of the audio jack and surroundingly disposed to an inserting hole of the base body. After the inserting plug is inserted, the inserting plug collides an elastic sheet on a plate body of the first audio channel connecting pin, and the elastic sheet collides an insulating portion of the start connecting pin, the insulating portion drives the acting portion to act for contacting and conducting with a first conducting portion or a second conducting portion of the detective connecting pin.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to intravascular imaging catheters and methods of making catheters for imaging systems. The invention provides a connector for an imaging catheter that includes a unitary body with very thin electrical contacts that are formed on the surface of the body. Due to the scale of the contacts, the connector operates essentially as a single unitary piece of material.

Abstract: An improved electronic audio receptacle connector employs contacts that have multiple points of contact with a mating audio plug. The contacts each have multiple segments, each segment having a plurality of transverse fingers that interface with a conductive portion of the audio plug. The multiple points of contact improve the reliability of the receptacle connector. The housing of the receptacle connector may be made of two portions mated along an interface. The two portions may have features along the interface to impede moisture ingression and to interlock them together.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable pulse generator, comprises: providing a lead body including a plurality of conductors; providing a feedthrough component comprising a plurality of feedthrough pins; hermetically enclosing pulse generating circuitry and switching circuitry within a housing, the feedthrough component being welded to the housing; laser machining each of the plurality of feedthrough pins to comprise a slot along a surface of the respective feedthrough pin; placing a respective conductor from the lead body in the respective slot of each of the plurality of feedthrough pins; and performing welding operations to connect the plurality of conductors of the lead body with the plurality of feedthrough pins of the feedthrough component.

Abstract: An audio jack for receiving an audio plug includes a connection hole with a position detection portion and a first audio channel contact portion therein. When the audio plug is inserted into the connection hole to the linking position, a first audio channel connection portion of the audio plug contacts the position detection portion and the first audio channel contact portion. The position detection portion and the first audio channel contact portion respectively have a first distance and a second distance to an opening of the connection hole, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: The present application describes various embodiments regarding an apparatus and method for providing an audio jack for a portable computing device. More specifically a method and apparatus are disclosed for mounting the audio jack to machined audio jack mounts extending from an interior sidewall of the portable computing device housing. The machined mounts allow the audio jack to be suspended above an inner surface of the portable computing device so that the audio jack does not interfere with audio output or aesthetics of a speaker grill drilled into the portable computing device housing.

Abstract: The invention provides a connector including a body, a cover, a contact, and a molded portion. The body includes a connecting hole, and a housing hole or slit communicating with the connecting hole and being open to an outside of the body. The cover blocks the housing hole or slit of the body. The contact includes a fixed portion fixedly attached in the housing hole or slit of the body, a contact portion disposed in the connecting hole, and a connecting portion protruding from between the body and the cover to an outside of the body and the cover. The molded portion, formed of insulating resin, covers and blocks at least a boundary between the body and the cover, a boundary between the body and the connecting portion of the contact, and a boundary between the cover and the connecting portion of the contact.

Abstract: An IS-4 terminal connector assembly includes three terminal electrodes positioned over an inner tubular member such that they are radially offset from one another. Each of the terminal ring electrodes are configured such that they can withstand both tensile and cyclical bending loads with minimal compromise in their outer geometry. Additionally, each of the terminal electrodes is configured such that they have both an inner and outer geometry that facilitates adequate insulation between a select terminal electrode and an adjacent conductor. Additionally, each of the terminal ring electrodes is configured such that they facilitate an external approach to staking a cable conductor.

Abstract: Split jack assemblies are constructed with a tubeless pin block. Elimination (or split) of the tube, or more particularly, a tube that is an integrally formed part of the pin block form the pin block allows for the use of a tubeless pin block design that results in a jack assembly having smaller overall dimensions than a conventional jack assembly constructed to accommodate a plug of the same dimensions. The tubeless pin block can be used in conjunction with a tube sleeve or with a curved surface of a housing for an electronic device, or both to provide a plug receptacle of the split jack assembly.

Abstract: Electronic devices are provided that communicate over cables and other communications paths that include optical and electrical paths. A cable may include wires for forming an electrical path and one or more optical fibers for forming an optical path. Connectors at one or both ends of the cable may include electrical contacts and an optical coupling structure associated with the optical path. Optical paths may be included in connectors such as tip-ring-sleeve connectors and connectors of other types. Interface circuitry may be included in a connector to convert between optical and electrical signaling schemes. Wavelength-division-multiplexing may be used to support bidirectional communications. Breakout boxes and other equipment may be connected using the cables. Digital signals such as digital noise cancellation signals may be conveyed over the optical paths. Power and other electrical signals may be conveyed over the electrical paths.

Abstract: A portable electronic device capable of signal or power transmission and standing on a surface in a vertical or near-vertical orientation at the same time is provided in the present invention. The portable electronic device includes a flat body having a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a through hole passing through the flat body, and the through hole extending from the front surface to the rear surface. Herein the through hole is adapted to couple with an external docking element for signal or power transmission. Thus, the portable electronic device is capable of signal or power transmission and standing on the supporting surface at the same time via the external docking element coupling with the through hole.

Abstract: An audio jack connector adapted for soldering on a circuit board and engaging with an audio plug connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals. The insulating housing has a main body, and an insertion portion connecting with one side of the main body. The insertion portion defines an insertion hole for receiving the audio plug connector therein. The main body defines a plurality of terminal grooves with bottoms thereof passing through a bottom surface of the main body. The insulating housing defines a plurality of mouths communicating between the insertion hole and the terminal grooves. The terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves. Each terminal has a contact portion projecting into the insertion hole through the mouth to electrically contact with the audio plug connector, and a soldering portion received in the bottom of the terminal groove to be soldered on the circuit board.