109 3-conductor plugs for use with jack 92 on telephone switchboards (with the same basic shape as the modern Bantam plugs) 103 twin 2-conductor plugs for use with type 91, and type 99 jacks-used for the operator's head telephone and chest transmitter (microphone) 85 3-conductor plugs for use with type 77 jacks-used for the operator's head telephone 47 2-conductor plugs for use with type 3, 91, 99, 102, 103, 108, and 124 jacks-used for switchboards military.īy 1907, Western Electric had designed a number of models for different purposes, including: Western Electric was the manufacturing arm of the Bell System, and thus originated or refined most of the engineering designs, including the telephone jacks and plugs which were later adopted by other industries, including the U.S. It is today still used on mainstream musical equipment, especially on electric guitars. Clausen received a patent on an improved design. The current form of the switchboard-plug was patented prior to 1902, when Henry P. Patents 262,701, 305,021, and 489,570 relating to an improved design that more closely resembles the modern plug. Scribner was issued US Patent 293,198 for a "jack-knife" connector that is the origin of calling the receptacle a "jack". The 1877 switchboard was last known to be located in the lobby of 185 Franklin Street, Boston.
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or 1878, when an early switchboard was used for the first commercial manual telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut created by George W. The original 1⁄ 4 inch (6.35 mm) version descends from as early as 1877, when the first-ever telephone switchboard was installed at 109 Court Street in Boston in a building owned by Charles Williams, Jr. Modern phone connectors are available in three standard sizes. The 3.5 mm connector is, however, sometimes-but counter to the connector manufacturers' nomenclature -referred to as mini phono. Phone plugs and jacks are not to be confused with the similar terms phono plug and phono jack (or in the UK, phono socket) which refer to RCA connectors common in consumer hi-fi and audiovisual equipment. The terms phone plug and phone jack sometimes refer to different genders of phone connectors, but also sometimes refer to the RJ11 and older telephone plugs and corresponding jacks that connect wired telephones to wall outlets. In the US, a stationary (more fixed) electrical connector is called a jack. In the UK, the terms jack plug and jack socket are commonly used for the respective male and female phone connectors. The 3.5 mm versions are commonly called mini-phone, mini-stereo, mini jack, etc.
stereo plug, headphone jack, microphone jack, aux input, etc. Specific models, and connectors used in specific applications, may be termed e.g. The "mini" connector has a length of 14 millimetres (0.55 in). The "mini" connector has a diameter of 3.5 mm (0.14 in) and the "sub-mini" connector has a diameter of 2.5 mm (0.098 in). The outside diameter of the "sleeve" conductor is 6.35 millimetres ( 1⁄ 4 inch). Similarly, two-, four- and five- contact versions are called TS, TRRS and TRRRS connectors respectively.
Ring contacts are typically the same diameter as the sleeve, the long shank. Three-contact versions are known as TRS connectors, where T stands for "tip", R stands for "ring" and S stands for "sleeve". In its original audio configuration, it typically has two, three, four or, occasionally, five contacts.
The phone connector is cylindrical in shape, with a grooved tip to retain it. The phone connector was invented for use in telephone switchboards in the 19th century and is still widely used. The standard is that a plug (described as the male connector) will connect with a jack (described as female). Inserting the plug connects its tip to one part of that circuit instead.Ī phone connector, also known as phone jack, audio jack, headphone jack or jack plug, is a family of electrical connectors typically used for analog audio signals. When the plug is removed, those contacts close to connect a circuit such a connection is said to be "normal". Note the flat open contact spring parallel to and inside the tip contact spring. A pair of phone connectors: A plug (right) is inserted in a socket (jack, left).