The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiyoshi Minakuchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 3/00 ;
Abstract
An electric guitar has a body, a neck projecting from the body, strings stretched over the body and the neck and a pick-up attached to the body under the strings for producing an electric signal representative of vibrations of the strings, wherein the body has a body frame of metal/alloy or synthetic resin, a center block formed of metal/alloy/synthetic resin or wood and fixedly accommodated in the inner space of the body frame and deck plates adhered to both surfaces of the body frame so that a manufacturer produces the body through a simple process.