Some cool ideas here, but I still find it odd because I've full combat dueled many times and no issues.. My saber battery, speaker and board are secured very well and also really tight inside so movement is very limited even if the hilt took a direct hit I don't think it would impact the usb at all. I would make sure it has little play and movement and you should be good.
It literally doesnt move in there... and this is the second time it's been damaged... I haven't toyed with it in months, got tired of my saber being blue, pulled everythign out and, viola, bent to hell
so yeah... since I'm the only one experiencing this issue, I have no idea what's up. I "fixed it" by bending it around again so I can force a mini usb plug in there.. but if it happens again I'm probably gonna gut everythign and run an SD card based soundcard, since this has cost way more than intended it to be, lol.