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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:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Robert Turner, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Turner, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/18 (2006.01); G10H 1/32 (2006.01); G10H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a pickup assembly for stringed musical instruments with improved acoustic sound quality, and related methods. In one embodiment, the pickup features, three mechanisms for converting the mechanical vibrations of the instrument into an electric signal: first, a mechanism for converting the vibrations of the instruments strings into an electric signal; second, a acoustic chamber mechanism for converting the vibrations of the sound box (e.g. sound waves) into an electric signal; and third, a mechanism for converting the vibrations of the instruments head into an electric signal.