| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 084291000 | Bodies | 41 |
| 20080202309 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREFOR - A stringed musical instrument such as an electric guitar includes a body made of metal and composite components. The use of such materials permits the design of an instrument having desired sound characteristics. The musical instruments fabricated according to the present invention are very consistent from one instrument to the next, and sound variations due to use of materials having variable material properties is eliminated. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080202310 | Structure for Musical Instrument Body - A structure for a musical instrument body that limits vibration of various components or parts of the body while controlling and providing for overall resonance of the instrument. The structure is suitable for use with a musical instrument, specifically an electric guitar. The structure includes a support member or block positioned in a chamber created between a top plate and bottom plate of the guitar body and a structural element, spaced from the top and bottom plates, that engages the block to provide additional support and stiffness enabling further control of the overall vibration and thus resonance of the instrument. Varying the design of the structure along with the various body components provides an apparatus for uniquely tuning the acoustic characteristics of the guitar body. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080229895 | Stringed musical instrument - A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, having a body with a neck secured to the body and over which are laterally stretched substantially parallel strings, which strings are stretched over a bridge mounted on the body upper face between a tuning key disposed on a head at a distal end of the neck and initial points of termination on the body upper face with the bridge disposed on the upper face intermediate the keys and the initial points of termination. The complete termination arrangement for the strings is comprised of channels in the body for each of the strings which extend from the initial points of termination to final points of terminal securement on the body displaced laterally from the initial points of termination with the strings stretched over a dense non-displaceable surface. Accordingly, the strings are thereby further lengthened beyond the bridge in order to subject the strings to greater tension for a specified musical pitch to provide increased resonance and performance. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080229896 | ELECTRIC GUITAR - Electric guitar with a neck and a body which has a first side wall, facing the guitar player, and a second side wall, facing away from the guitar player, said side walls delimiting a front and a back of the body at the edges, wherein the second side wall has an associated arcuate bow extending along it at least in sections which can have its distance from the second side wall adjusted and whose arc shape can be rotated into a concave and a convex position relative to the side wall. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080236360 | Cover for stringed instruments | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080257130 | Stringed instrument construction - An improved hollow-bodied stringed instrument body having a substantially free edge in the lower bout which reduces the coupling of the resonances of the front plate, back plate, and enclosed volume of air. A selected number of holes of a selected shape create a substantially free edge in the lower bout of the front plate. This substantially free edge reduces the large-amplitude displacement of these plates that occurs due to low frequency resonance coupling. Placement of the free edge allows high frequency resonance of the front plate, which is not due to coupling, to contribute to the tone of the instrument. Reducing the large-amplitude displacement of the plates reduces bass-heavy tone and feedback. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090007752 | Guitar Body Reinforcement - A support for a body of a stringed instrument includes a brace structure having a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. The brace structure has a substantially flat first surface. A portion of the plurality of legs conforms to a soundhole opening which is integrated into the body of the stringed instrument. A brace for a body of a guitar includes a unitary structure adapted to mount to a soundboard of the guitar. The unitary structure has a plurality of arms radially disposed about a central body. A method of assembling a guitar includes mounting a brace structure to a soundboard of the guitar. Again, the brace structure has a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090013848 | MOLDED STRINGED INSTRUMENT BODY WITH WOODEN CORE - A stringed musical instrument body is formed using injection molded high density polystyrene foam with a foaming agent. It is injection molded by itself or around a wooden core to make the body or to form two panels adhered together to sandwich a wooden core therebetween. The core provides good wood tone and the polystyrene with a foaming agent produces good sustain and a resonance of about twenty-eight seconds. A metal reinforced injection molded neck resists warping. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090019984 | PICK GUARD FOR A GUITAR - A pick guard for a guitar comprises a main body having a front surface and a back surface, and a peripheral edge adjoining the front surface and a back surface. At least a substantial portion of the main body comprises a doming mixture. There is also a guitar contact portion having a front surface and a back surface, and a peripheral edge adjoining the front surface and a back surface. An adhesive is on the back surface of the guitar contact portion. The front surface of the guitar contact portion may include a graphic image. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090107318 | Tailoring critical properties of wood-mass, lateral and transverse stiffness, and damping-for use in musical instruments - Optimized tone wood for acoustical performance and methods for optimizing tone wood are described. The longitudinal to cross-grain stiffness ratio, the acoustical mass, and damping of tone wood are adjusted to improve volume and quality of tonal output. These properties are adjusted by selectively removing a portion of summer growth of the wood to reduce cross-grain stiffness while retaining the winter growth of the wood for longitudinal stiffness. Damping materials can modify the effects of the summer growth removal. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090183618 | Stringed Musical Instruments and Methods of Making Thereof - An improved stringed musical instrument includes a unitary shell having a head, a neck and a body. The unitary shell has an asymmetrical waist having a substantially flat side and a substantially concave side. The instrument also includes a soundboard configured to be attached to the unitary shell. The soundboard includes a body portion having a sound hole located substantially adjacent the substantially flat side of the waist of the unitary shell. The union of the unitary shell and the soundboard results in the formation of a substantially hollow cavity in the unitary shell, with the hollow cavity acoustically coupled to the sound hole. In some embodiments, the hollow cavity extends through the head, the neck and the body, with an optional supplemental sound hole positioned at the head. The instrument can be strengthened by one or more reinforcing structures strategically located on the interior surfaces of the body, neck and/or soundboard. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090199695 | Internally-Mounted Soundhole Interfacing Device - Disclosed is a device for improving the tonal characteristics of a stringed instrument. This has been accomplished using a device that interfaces acoustically with the soundhole. The device inhabits space where sound energy waves tend to interfere and redirects the sound energy out of the soundhole. This prevents distortion and delivers more fullness in sound. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100024622 | MAGNETIC COVER - The present invention relates to a magnetic cover that is coupled to a body of a product by means of a magnetic force, wherein the magnetic cover does not have any screw hole thereon since no screws are required to couple the magnetic cover to the body of the product, thereby providing good outer appearance to the product and conducting easy and convenient coupling and removing operations. In addition, even when the coupling and removing are carried out repeatedly or carelessly, no damage or deformation occurs, and further, no tool like a driver is needed for the coupling or removing. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100031800 | DOCKING SYSTEM FOR PICKUPS ON ELECTRIC GUITARS - A module for removable insertion into a body of an instrument having longitudinal strings, the body defining a transverse cavity extending from a lateral edge. The module includes a base configured to engage the cavity as the module travels along an axis of movement into the cavity. A first ball plunger contact is configured to conductively engage a corresponding first contact plate affixed to the body when the module reaches at a first point in movement along the axis and to remain engaged as the module moves into cavity along the axis of movement. A second ball plunger is configured to conductively engage a corresponding second contact plate affixed to the body when the module reaches a second point displaced inwardly from the first point in movement along the axis and to remain engaged as the module continues to move into cavity along the axis of movement. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100043620 | GUITAR BODY SHAPE CONVERTER - A body adapter for a stringed musical instrument, comprising: a bottom portion and a varying thickness perimeter sidewall portion, where a space bounded by the bottom portion and an inside portion of the perimeter sidewall portion, forms a receiving compartment. The receiving compartment has a shape adapted to releasably receive the body of a stringed musical instrument and thereby change the shape of the instrument as it is held by a user for playing, from that of the outside shape of the musical instrument, to the outside shape of the body adapter. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110011237 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The present subject matter relates to novel soundboard apparatus for stringed musical instruments. Specifically, the present subject matter teaches an apparatus capable of enhanced phonetic quality, improving the phonetic consistency of a stringed musical instrument, and enhancing resonance in a stringed musical instrument, all while reducing construction cost and reducing the cumbersome size associated with similarly stringed musical instruments. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110113946 | DOCKING SYSTEM FOR PICKUPS ON ELECTRIC GUITARS - A module for removable insertion into a stringed instrument body, the body having a transverse cavity extending from a lateral edge. A first fixation device is attached to the body in the cavity and having electrically conductive contact members. The module includes a base configured to engage the cavity as the module travels along an axis of movement into the cavity. The pickup module assembly having a base slidably inserted into the cavity along an axis from the lateral edge between removed and inserted positions. A plurality of pickups are carried by the base in operative proximity to the strings. A second fixation device is attached to the base and positioned to slideably engage the first fixation device when the base is in the inserted position. First and second electrical connectors are electrically coupled to the plurality of pickups and connected to the second fixation device. The first and second electrical connectors are positioned to sequentially engage the first and second contact members when the base is moved toward the inserted position. The first or second electrical connector being a détente that engage the first fixation device and releaseably engage the first fixation device to limit lateral movement of the base away from the inserted position. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110179937 | BRACE FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - A stringed musical instrument is provided that includes a brace disposed within the hollow chamber of the musical instrument such that the first end of the brace is in contact with the inner side of the soundboard of the musical instrument at a point longitudinally at or above the bridge saddle toward the top end of the instrument. At the second end, the brace is in contact with an inner side of the body at a point longitudinally below the bridge saddle toward the bottom end of the musical instrument. The strings pass over the bridge saddle, through at least one hole in the bridge, and at least one of the strings attaches to the brace directly or indirectly at a point on the brace. The brace receives tension from the at least one string attached to the brace and transfers the tension from the strings to at least the contact point of the first end of the brace. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185877 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The present subject matter relates to novel soundboard apparatus for stringed musical instruments. Specifically, the present subject matter teaches an apparatus capable of enhanced phonetic quality, improving the phonetic consistency of a stringed musical instrument, and enhancing resonance in a stringed musical instrument, while further providing a means for assembly and disassembly for the purpose of transport, repair, and replacement. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110219932 | Guitar with double carve sound board - A stringed musical instrument body with a front plate having an integral cavity defined by a tail end inner edge, a neck end inner edge, a bass side inner edge, and a treble side inner edge is provided. The cavity cooperates with a back plate to form a resonance chamber. A method for making the stringed musical instrument body is also presented. In many instances, the stringed musical instrument is a guitar. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110247474 | ROTATABLE COMBINATION GUITAR/BASS GUITAR - A combination stringed musical instrument, such as a four string electric bass and a six string electric guitar, is described. The combination stringed musical instrument includes a single neck portion with opposed fret boards formed or disposed on either side or major face of the neck portion. Accessibility to either stringed musical instrument may be accomplished by neck portion rotation, relative to the body portion, facilitated by an ergonomically placed and designed handle assembly. User initiated neck portion rotation may be facilitated by an internal shaft and bearing set, interconnecting the neck portion and the body portion. Manipulation of the handle may cause a positive neck portion position placement and neck portion fixation via retention hardware. The combined instrument presents a conventional-appearing electric guitar/bass guitar. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120011983 | Air flow restrictor for stringed instruments having a sound box - An air flow restrictor which is adjustable and removable and is installed on the sound hole of a stringed instrument having a sound box to interrupt and/or restrict the air flow emanating from the sound box through the sound hole so as to affect tonal quality. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120097007 | SOUNDBOARD BRACING STRUCTURE SYSTEM FOR MUSICAL STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - A bracing structure formed onto the underside soundboard surface of an acoustic musical stringed instrument comprising two bracing bars ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120272808 | INTERCHANGEABLE GUITAR PICKGUARD - One example embodiment includes a guitar pickguard. The guitar pickguard includes a cover, where the cover is configured to cover at least a portion of a soundboard on a guitar. The guitar pickguard also includes attachment means, where the attachment means releasably attaches the cover to the soundboard. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120285310 | Acoustic String Guitar - A musical instrument of the chordophone family is provided that has reduced stresses and strains, and is easily assembled. A braceless system both reduces the stresses and allows for the elimination of bracing. As a consequence, a binding and kerfing unit is used, further increasing the ease of construction. Additionally, the instrument is provided with an offset headstock to allow the strings to be normal to the bridge, still further reducing the stresses and strains in the instrument. A method of constructing the instrument is also provided. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120297953 | Musical Instrument - A musical instrument has an instrument body with a neck extending from the instrument body and including a finger board thereon and eight strings arranged to provide the sounds of a Violin, Viola and Cello. The strings cooperate with two separate bridges for supporting the strings and communicating the sounds to two compartments within the body. The strings connect with tuning pegs carried on a peg support mounted at the base of the body. The body is shaped and arranged to be carried in the manner of a guitar and to cooperate with a curved bow with a center handle. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130032019 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS WITH INTERNAL BAFFLING - A musical instrument with a hollow body is provided that has a top and a bottom, and at least one vertical baffle forming a meandering path within the hollow body of the musical instrument between the top and bottom of the hollow body. The hollow body of the musical instrument may further include a planer baffle located within the hollow body such that a separation chamber created therewith separates the soundboard of the musical instrument from the meandering path and the planer baffle maintains the volume of the meandering path such that the at least one vertical baffle does not interfere with vibration of the soundboard. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130042739 | Bracing System for Stringed Instrument - A bracing structure for a soundboard for a musical instrument is disclosed, the bracing structure being a unitary sheet structure having a plurality of elongate semi-tubular elements. Each of the elongate semi-tubular elements has a length, a thickness, a width, a height and an interior resonance space. The sheet structure may be formed of two or more layers. The elongate semi-tubular elements function as traditional braces, however, the shape of the elongate semi-tubular elements may be modified to provide a desired tonal quality. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130255465 | NECKS FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS - A neck for a string instrument is provided with a shape that varies along the length of the neck to facilitate an appropriate hand posture at various longitudinal positions on the neck. The neck has a heel end for receiving a body of a string instrument, a head end relative to the heel end, and a fingerboard surface. Adjacent the fingerboard surface, the bass side of the neck is chamfered, relative to the treble side of the neck, from an intermediate position between the heel end and the head end of the neck toward the heel end of the neck, for accommodating a user's thumb when fretting in an upper register portion of the neck. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130255466 | Bracing System for Stringed Instrument - A bracing structure for a soundboard for a musical instrument is disclosed, the bracing structure being a unitary sheet structure having a plurality of elongate semi-tubular elements. Each of the elongate semi-tubular elements has a length, a thickness, a width, a height and an interior resonance space. The sheet structure may be formed of two or more layers. The elongate semi-tubular elements function as traditional braces, however, the shape of the elongate semi-tubular elements may be modified to provide a desired tonal quality. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140033892 | Bracing System for Stringed Instrument - A bracing structure for a soundboard for a musical instrument is disclosed, the bracing structure being a unitary sheet structure having a plurality of elongate semi-tubular elements. Each of the elongate semi-tubular elements has a length, a thickness, a width, a height and an interior resonance space. The sheet structure may be formed of two or more layers. The elongate semi-tubular elements function as traditional braces, however, the shape of the elongate semi-tubular elements may be modified to provide a desired tonal quality. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140116226 | ELECTRIC STRINGED INSTRUMENT - An electric stringed instrument includes: an instrument main body which includes a front surface including a structure configured to hold a string; and a pair of frames which are connected to the instrument body. At least one of the pair of frames is a movable frame rotating toward the other one of the pair of frames with a longitudinal direction of the instrument main body serving as a rotating axis while going around a rear surface side of the instrumental body. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140144306 | Carbon Fiber Guitar - A stringed musical instrument has a molded sound box and neck where the sound box is formed of between 20% to 60% carbon fibers, or other suitable fibers, and a polymeric resin or binder. The composition of materials utilized in the sound box is selected to increase stiffness and to control the tone of the instrument. The sound box includes an adjustable attachment mechanism having a pivot which is used to secure the neck to the sound box. The sound box includes a molded bracing structure having a plurality of braces and a molded bridge having a plurality of pockets which are used to enhance the structure for the sound box and provide a desired tone quality for the stringed instrument. The neck may include a molded neck insert and a molded fingerboard which are used to enhance the stiffness and stability of the neck. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20150059551 | Construction Of Soundboard For Acoustic String Instrument - A soundboard construction for a stringed instrument having back and side panels includes an inner panel having a relief or recess structure impressed in the panel so that the impressions serve as support bracing when the inner panel is joined with an outer panel. This will result in a strong soundboard with consistent tone. The side panel can be integrated with soundboard or with the back panel as a whole. The inner panel includes integrated recesses by molding with a composite material at one time directly, and then combining the inner panel with the decorative outer panel to form the soundboard of the instrument. Manufacturing costs are reduced by reducing use of expensive wood | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150101473 | Laminate Faced Honeycomb Bracing Structure for Stringed Instrument - A soundboard for a musical instrument is disclosed the soundboard having at least one layer of material. In some embodiments the material comprising carbon fiber, fibrous laminate material, resin or a plastic matrix and combinations thereof. At least one bracing structure is engaged to the at least one layer of material. The at least one bracing structure comprising at least one layer of honeycomb or shaped core and at least one sheet of material bonded to the honeycomb or shaped core. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150107434 | BOARD FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BOARD FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT, AND STRINGED INSTRUMENT - A board for a stringed instrument which forms a front plate or a back plate of a stringed instrument, includes: a veneer that includes a concave portion for partially reducing the thickness of the veneer, in which the veneer is curved to be convex toward one surface side. In this board for a stringed instrument, fiber of the veneer may extend along the curved shape of the veneer. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150107435 | BOARD FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BOARD FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT, AND STRINGED INSTRUMENT - A board for a stringed instrument which forms a front plate or a back plate of a stringed instrument, includes: a laminated plate that is obtained by laminating a plurality of veneers having a uniform thickness by an adhesive, at least one of the veneers having a different planar shape than the other veneers, in which the laminated plate is curved to be convex toward one surface side and has a thin portion and a thick portion. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150302836 | GUITAR BACK PLATE - A back plate attachable to the back of a guitar is provided. The plate includes screw holes and tremolo plate holes. The screw holes of the plate align with the screw holes on a guitar, and the tremolo plate holes of the plate align with the tremolo claw holes of a tremolo claw. The plate may be bolted or screwed to the back of the guitar via the screw holes and tremolo claw holes. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160063968 | Carbon Fiber Guitar - A stringed musical instrument has a molded sound box and neck where the sound box is formed of between 20% to 60% carbon fibers, or other suitable fibers, and a polymeric resin or binder. The composition of materials utilized in the sound box is selected to increase stiffness and to control the tone of the instrument. The sound box includes an adjustable attachment mechanism having a pivot which is used to secure the neck to the sound box. The sound box includes a molded bracing structure having a plurality of braces and a molded bridge having a plurality of pockets which are used to enhance the structure for the sound box and provide a desired tone quality for the stringed instrument. The neck may include a molded neck insert and a molded fingerboard which are used to enhance the stiffness and stability of the neck. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160379607 | ELECTRIC GUITAR - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to guitars or other string instruments that incorporate materials that are lighter than wood. Rather than achieving weight reduction by solely removing wood, which can weaken the structural integrity of the guitar and negatively alter sound quality, this disclosure provides replacement of removed wood with materials commonly used in aerospace. | 12-29-2016 |
| 084292000 | Metal | 1 |
| 20160019870 | Interchangeable Guitar Faceplate and Guitar Body System - The present invention provides an interchangeable, custom-designed guitar faceplate and guitar body for an electric guitar which allows one to quickly and easily change the appearance, the sounds, the tones and the resonance of the electric guitar. The interchangeable, custom-designed faceplate houses all components and electronics needed for an electric guitar solely on the faceplate itself, so that the tone, sound and resonance characteristics of the guitar can be changed simply by substituting alternate interchangeable faceplates. Further, after assembly of the interchangeable faceplate with the guitar body, the unique configuration of the components and electronic wiring on the faceplate, in combination with the guitar body configuration, produce superior and enhanced sounds, tones and resonance when played by a guitar player. | 01-21-2016 |
