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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1985
Kenneth Reichel, Hudson, OH (US);
Frederick W Nichols, III, Akron, OH (US);
Norm Levenstein, Munroe Falls, OH (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An adapter for a phonographic tone arm for interchangeable mounting of a plug-in cartridge of a linear tracking arm to a head shell of an offset tone arm. The plug-in cartridge has a predetermined mass and center of gravity and has a plurality of small diameter contact pins projecting from the cartridge. The cartridge housing is secured to the head shell by the adapter which has a housing with a recess for accepting the cartridge. The adapter also includes a plurality of hollow terminal pins for receiving the contact pins of the plug-in cartridge. The predetermined mass and center of gravity for the plug-in cartridge enables attaining a predetermined tone arm balance without balance adjustment being necessary. The adapter housing also includes at least one groove for attenuating undesirable acoustic vibrations present in the tone arm.
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