Electrical connector system for an acoustical guitar
OwnerPaul E. Youngbloodinventor
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Abstract
An electrical connector system is shown for an acoustical guitar which has been modified to receive an electrical pickup. The connector system includes a female jack portion having an exposed mouth region which protrudes from the button hole opening provided on the body of the guitar. The female jack portion also has a body with an open interior which terminates in a primary contact plate which carries electrical connections for connection with the electrical leads from the pickup. A male jack portion has a shaft which is adapted to be matingly received within the open interior of the female jack portion and carries mating secondary electrical contacts which mate with the electrical contacts of the female jack when the male jack portion of the connector system is inserted within the female jack portion.
Claims10
An electrical connector system for an acoustical guitar which has been adapted to receive an electrical pickup having an electrical lead which passes from the electrical pickup to the interior of the guitar, the connector system comprising:
- a female jack portion having an exposed mouth region which protrudes from a button hole opening provided on the body of the guitar, the female jack portion also having an elongate body with an open interior which terminates in a primary contact plate having a plurality of electrical contacts for electrical connection with the electrical lead from the pickup;
- a male jack portion having a shaft which is adapted to be matingly received within the open interior of the female jack portion, the shaft of the male jack portion terminating in a mating secondary contact plate having a plurality of electrical contacts which mate with the electrical contacts of the primary contact plate provided on the female jack member when the male jack portion of the connector system is inserted within the female jack portion;
- wherein the electrical contacts provided on a selected one of the primary connector plate and mating secondary connector plate are formed as a plurality of pins adapted to be received within mating receptacle openings provided in the other of the selected primary connector plate and mating secondary connector plate;
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- wherein a selected one of the primary contact plate and mating secondary contact plate is provided with at least three mating electrical contacts.
An electrically modified acoustical guitar of the type having a guitar body with an open interior and an external saddle region, the guitar having an electrical pickup mounted at the guitar saddle region and having an electrical lead which passes from the electrical pickup to the interior of the guitar, the improvement comprising:
- an electrical connector system for the electrically modified guitar, the electrical connector system including a female jack portion having an exposed mouth region which protrudes from a button hole opening provided on the body of the guitar, the female jack portion also having an elongate body with an open interior which terminates in a primary contact plate having a plurality of electrical contacts for electrical connection with the electrical lead from the pickup;
- a male jack portion having a shaft which is adapted to be matingly received within the open interior of the female jack portion, the shaft of the male jack portion terminating in a mating secondary contact plate having a plurality of electrical contacts which mate with the electrical contacts of the primary contact plate provided on the female jack member when the male jack portion of the connector system is inserted within the female jack portion;
- wherein the electrical contacts provided on a selected one of the primary connector plate and mating secondary connector plate are formed as a plurality of pins adapted to be received within mating receptacle openings provided in the other of the primary connector plate and mating secondary connector plate;
- wherein the primary contact plate and mating secondary contact plate each are provided with at least three mating electrical contacts;
- a guide pin located on a selected one of the exterior of the male jack portion and the interior of the female jack portion;
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- a guide pin track located on the other of the male jack portion and the female jack portion for receiving the guide pin and for properly aligning the electrical contacts on the male jack portion with the electrical contacts provided on the female jack portion when the male jack portion is inserted within the open interior of the female jack portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.