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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Steven L Blucher, New York, NY (US);
Michael T Altilio, Staten Island, NY (US);
DiMarzio, Inc., Staten Island, NY (US);
Abstract
An electromagnetic pickup for a stringed musical instrument has an upper bobbin having an upper bobbin body and an upper bobbin coil of wire wrapped around the upper bobbin body; a lower bobbin positioned below and coaxial to the upper bobbin, the lower bobbin having a lower bobbin body and a lower bobbin coil of wire wrapped around the lower bobbin body, the bodies mountable on the instrument proximate and below the strings, the coils having axes perpendicular to the strings; an integral plate of ferromagnetic material including a base disposed between the upper bobbin and lower bobbin perpendicular to the coil axis and two side walls extending upwardly and perpendicularly from the base; and a magnetic system extending through at least the upper bobbin body and in contact with the base of the integral plate for generating a magnetic field around the bobbins, wherein the side walls include a cut-away area positioned below one or more of the ferromagnetic strings.