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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
James M. Gifford, Tempe, AZ (US);
Kevin Reddy, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
An effects control module for a musical instrument has a housing and a battery enclosure assembly rotatably coupled to the housing. The battery enclosure assembly includes a door with a magnetic plate attractive to a surface of the housing to enable final closure of the battery enclosure assembly with respect to the housing absent external force. No external human force is needed to enable and complete final closure of the battery enclosure assembly with respect to the housing after the critical magnetic position of the door. The battery enclosure assembly is disposed on a first side surface of the housing with a battery area and latch configured to contain a battery. A material is disposed on the door to soften the closure. A second side surface of the housing includes a paramagnetic material to provide substantially no magnetic influence from the second side surface of the housing.