Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
084294000 | Resonance devices | 18 |
20080202311 | Hardtail converter block for a tremolo equipped guitar - A converter block for a Stratocaster® style tremolo system that effectively changes it to a hardtail configuration. Players who do not use the tremolo can benefit from the ease and stability in tuning, reduced weight, improved tonal characteristics and the reduction in string breakage that this novel design offers. | 08-28-2008 |
20080250910 | Machine for making music - A stringed musical instrument, such as but not limited to a guitar, whose sides are angled to produce a speaker cone effect; and without standard relief holes in the instrument's top; with the absence of a standard hole on the instrument's top that allows more sound to be produced by the remaining material in the top; whose relief holes are located on the “inner back” that is attached to the angled sides; that embodies a second, or “outer back,” identically contoured or shaped like the inner back but whose outer dimensions are equal to the outer dimensions of the instrument's top, with a sound chamber created by the proximity of the inner back with the outer back, whose outer back embodies a shaped flange designed to direct the instrument's sound forward, and embodies a series of springs attached to both the bridge plate and inner back of the instrument, designed to create a reverb effect. | 10-16-2008 |
20090188370 | ANTI-WOLF-NOTE RESONATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A STRING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method of assembling an anti-wolf resonator assembly for use with a string instrument is provided. The method includes positioning a first portion of the resonator assembly against a first side of a surface of the instrument, and magnetically coupling a second portion of the resonator assembly to a second side of the instrument surface that is opposite the first side of the surface. The surface is positioned between the first and second portions of the resonator assembly. The resonator assembly is configured to dampen at least one of a musical note and a vibration produced by the string instrument. | 07-30-2009 |
20100083806 | Acoustic Guitar With Resonators Augmenters Disposed Therein - An acoustic guitar includes: a body having a soundboard, a back, and sides defining an interior volume thereof; a neck extending away from the body; a plurality of strings, each stretched from a first end at the body to a second end at a terminal end of the neck; and a plurality of resonant augmenters disposed within the interior volume of the body, each resonant augmenter being coupled at one edge in lever fashion to a mounting plate, the mounting plate being coupled to the soundboard, wherein one or more of the resonant augmenters are sized and shaped to resonate at one or more respective fundamental frequencies. | 04-08-2010 |
20100101396 | Semi-hollow body for stringed instruments - The semi-hollow body for stringed instruments includes a plurality of resonance-enhancing baffle pairs, each resonance-enhancing baffle pair having a bifurcated prong shape, similar to a tuning fork. The resonance-enhancing baffle pairs extend from an interior peripheral area of the instrument body and create various combinations of baffled and un-baffled regions in a resonance chamber of the semi-hollow body. A solid, central core region separates an upper resonance chamber from a lower resonance chamber. Alternatively, individual resonance enhancing baffles shaped like reeds are disposed inside the instrument body. The semi-hollow body for stringed instruments can be adapted for guitars, violins, mandolins, ukuleles, or the like, and provides a rich, resonant tone to the instrument while avoiding acoustic feedback problems associated with hollow body instruments. Front and back plates cover front and back portions of the body to give it a solid body look and feel. | 04-29-2010 |
20100139473 | STRINGED INSTRUMENT - It is an object to provide a stringed instrument that is configured to make it possible to improve its sound characteristic by vibrating a specific region of a table. A guitar ( | 06-10-2010 |
20110162506 | Stringed Instrument, Manufacturing Method and Apparatus Thereof - The present invention provides a stringed instrument capable of corresponding to a preference of a player of the stringed instrument, a purpose of performance, and so on as much as possible. A resonance box portion fabricated by an additive fabrication method and a neck portion protruding from the resonance box portion are included, and material constants at a desired area of the resonance box portion is made different from material constants at an adjacent area adjacent to the desired area step by step or continuously. Vibrational characteristics of the instrument are changed by the partial difference of the material constants, and thereby, the stringed instrument capable of corresponding to the preference of the player, the purpose of the performance, and so on is provided. | 07-07-2011 |
20110277614 | SOUND REVERBERATOR DEVICE FOR DETACHABLE CONNECTION TO THE STRINGS OF A STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A sound reverberator device for detachable connection to the strings of a string musical instrument which has strings tensioned over a bridge piece connected to the top wall of the sound box or the instrument. The reverberator comprises three spaced apart metal coil springs secured side-by-side at a common end to a spring support. A metallic string attachment member is secured to a free end of each of the springs. The attachment member has string engaging fingers for engaging a respective one of a pair of adjacent strings of the musical instrument. The attachment member further has a bridge abutment portion for contact with the bridge piece. When the reverberator is connected to the musical instrument, the springs are tensioned with the attachment member connected to the strings whereby vibrations imparted to the strings will be transmitted to the bridge piece and the associated spring. The spring will then vibrate and transmit its vibrations to the sound box through the bridge piece whereby to modify the tonality sound generated by the sound box. A sound damping device also provides progressive sound damping produced by the springs. | 11-17-2011 |
20120055314 | Resonant Apparatus for Conducting Sound Waves - The “Resonant Apparatus for Conducting Sound Waves” is for an electric string instrument, such as, but not limited to, a member of the guitar, bass, mandolin or violin family. The invention comprises a resonant apparatus and at least two connectors, to conduct sound waves from the vibrating string(s) of the musical instrument through the first connector to the resonant apparatus through the second connector to an electric pickup or plurality of pickups. The invention provides for proper phase alignment between the vibrating string or strings and the electric pickup or plurality of pickups. | 03-08-2012 |
20120234153 | RESONATING GUITAR WITH RESONATOR CONDUCTOR - A guitar comprising a sound box that comprises an upper sound board having a sound hole, a lower sound board, a resonator plate comprising a relatively thin sturdy material exhibiting a vibrational springy characteristic, with the resonator plate supporting a bridge, and a resonator conductor positioned between the upper and lower sound boards for transmitting vibrations directly from the resonator plate to the lower sound board and to create additional air vibrations within the sound box. | 09-20-2012 |
20120260787 | Stringed Musical Instruments and Related Methods - Improvements in acoustical and stringed musical instruments (e.g., guitars) are disclosed. | 10-18-2012 |
20130014630 | Stringed Musical InstrumentAANM Um; JiyoungAACI La MiradaAAST CAAACO USAAGP Um; Jiyoung La Mirada CA US - A stringed musical instrument that includes strings, each of which is adapted to create vibration of pre-determined range of frequency, a main body that amplifies the vibration created by the strings and a string support device that supports the strings and is connected to the main body. The strings are supported by a string tension adjust device around one end of the instrument. The strings are supported by a support piece that supports all of the strings together and is fixed to the main body around the other end of the instrument. A vibration medium is placed between the support piece and the main body. The frequency range for the vibration medium is substantially similar to the pre-determined range of frequency for the strings. | 01-17-2013 |
20130042741 | VIBRATION TRANSMISSION ADAPTER FOR A STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A vibration transmission adapter for the transmission of vibrations from strings of a string musical instrument to a sound reverberator device equipped with at least one spring to enhance the sound generated by the instrument, is described. The strings are supported in contact with a bridge saddle of the instrument. The vibration transmission adapter is comprised by a rigid metallic member shaped to define a saddle contacting section and an integrally formed spring connecting section. The saddle contacting section is shaped to extend between and spaced from at least two adjacent strings of a pair of strings of the string musical instrument. The spring connecting section extends in a rearward direction from a top end of the saddle contacting section and has a spring connecting free end. | 02-21-2013 |
20130145919 | TONE CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE WITH A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A tone control device is provided. The tone control device includes a weight assembly including at least a first magnet and a second magnet magnetically attracted to the first magnet, wherein the first magnet is positionable on a first surface of the bridge and the second magnet is positionable on a second surface of the bridge such that the weight assembly is securely coupled to the bridge. | 06-13-2013 |
20130283995 | Waveguide Apparatus for Conducting Sound Energy - An apparatus to conduct sound waves through a musical instrument having at least one string mounted on a bridge to vibrate above a first surface of the musical instrument and at least one electrical pickup mounted to the first surface to receive sound waves from the at least one string, the apparatus including: a conductive member fixedly mounted to the musical instrument and spaced apart from the first surface to conduct sound energy from the at least one string to the at least one electrical pickup; and at least one bridge connector to conduct sound energy from the at least one string from the bridge to the conductive member. | 10-31-2013 |
20140144307 | GUITAR - Guitar or other string instrument that includes a bridge located between the strings and the resonating surface, which has the advantage of being fixed to the front of the guitar by means of securing means placed at the ends of said bridge, which improves the durability of the bridge, without it detaching from the guitar despite use, and holds the strings at a suitable height above the fingerboard of the instrument. | 05-29-2014 |
20150020673 | Compound-Resonance Driver (CRD) Bass Enhancement System - A compound resonance driver or CRD may be used to enhance the tonal qualities of a bass drum system or other sound system. A CRD may comprise a flex ring having two hinge pieces. The flex ring may further comprise a plurality of magnets and the flex ring may be easily folded and placed in a drum and then unfolded. A fixed circular component with a complementary magnet orientation may secure the flex ring. The fixed circular component may be attached to outwardly facing components that resonate or otherwise improve upon the sound of a drum or any sound producing, or sound shaping device or instrument, encompassing properties of an acoustic enclosure. The mass and shape of the CRD may increase the excursion of a drumhead. This longer excursion produces a more natural low frequency waveform. | 01-22-2015 |
084296000 | With diaphragm | 1 |
20080223192 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The present invention relates to a stringed musical instrument comprising a hollow body with a top having a first opening or openings, a bottom and sides, one or more strings held in tension over said body, a bridge supporting the strings and positioned on the top adjacent the first opening or openings, a diaphragm resonator provided inside the hollow body and connected to the top below and surrounding the first opening or openings, and at least one second opening. According to the invention the bridge is suspended to the body and connected to the diaphragm resonator such that the vibration of the strings passes through the bridge to the diaphragm resonator. | 09-18-2008 |