Patents Assigned to Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11946590
    Abstract: A leg opening angle changing member includes an insertion portion arranged between a leg attaching portion of a base of a stand and the proximal end of a leg of the stand, and an attachment portion attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg. The leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg by means of the attachment portion. The leg opening angle changing member is configured to change the leg opening angle to an opening angle smaller than an opening angle of the leg in a fully opened state by arranging the insertion portion between the leg attaching portion and the proximal end of the leg in a state in which the leg opening angle changing member is attached to the leg attaching portion or the proximal end of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Sato
  • Publication number: 20220375440
    Abstract: A marching carrier is worn by a percussion player and supports an instrument at a front of a body of the player. The marching carrier includes a belly plate that covers an abdomen region of the player and includes a belly pad in a section that contacts the abdomen region, and a carrier main body that is put on shoulders of the player and is fixed to the belly plate. The carrier main body includes shoulder pads in sections that contact the shoulders. The carrier main body includes a rod that includes two front extending portions. The front extending portions extend from the shoulders toward the abdomen region. The carrier main body is configured to adjust a position in a front-rear direction of the belly pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11295710
    Abstract: A bass pad includes a frame body, a pad body, and a leg-opening mechanism. The frame body includes a pad base and a main post. The pad base is fixed to a clamp of a pedal device. The main post is arranged integrally with the pad base. The leg-opening mechanism includes two legs, two stays, and a sliding member. The height and angle of the pad base are adjusted by moving the sliding member in an axial direction of the main post to open or close the legs and the stays with respect to the main post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirasawa, Atsushi Honjo
  • Patent number: 11276380
    Abstract: The hi-hat attachment includes an upper unit, a lower unit, and an operation lever. The lower unit includes a regulation unit that regulates the maximum fall position of the lower unit. The regulation unit is configured to adjust the maximum fall position of the lower unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Masahiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 11222617
    Abstract: A snare pad includes a pad body, a batter surface member, and a dummy snare wire member. The batter surface member is coupled to the pad body. The dummy snare wire member is arranged in the pad body. The dummy snare wire member includes a plate-shaped first rigid member and a second rigid member that is arranged in a manner allowing for contact with the first rigid member. The batter surface member is coupled to the pad body without the pad body being located between the batter surface member and the dummy snare wire member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirasawa, Atsushi Honjo
  • Patent number: 11145280
    Abstract: An electric guitar includes a body, a neck, and a tremolo device. A tremolo cavity for accommodating a tremolo spring is formed on the back of the body. A metal cover is attached to the tremolo cavity so as to cover the tremolo spring from the outside. A magnetic force generating portion that generates a magnetic force for fixing the metal cover to the body is provided in the vicinity of the tremolo cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20210166664
    Abstract: The hi-hat attachment includes an upper unit, a lower unit, and an operation lever. The lower unit includes a regulation unit that regulates the maximum fall position of the lower unit. The regulation unit is configured to adjust the maximum fall position of the lower unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki SATO, Masahiro SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10789916
    Abstract: A snare drum includes a tension adjusting device fixed to a strainer. The tension adjusting device includes a moving member that moves in a direction intersecting inner sound wires of the snare wire. A user can adjust tension of the snare wire by operating the tension adjusting device to cause the moving member to displace the inner sound wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10565968
    Abstract: A snare wire is attached to a snare drum using a snare frame. A string made of flexible material is employed as a coupling member for coupling the snare frame to the snare drum. In the state in which the snare wire is attached to the snare drum by means of the snare frame, frame end sections of the snare wire are each arranged outward with respect to the outer peripheral edge of the back-surface head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10475423
    Abstract: A pedal angle adjusting device is coupled to a coupling arm such as to be pivotable about an axis. Also, the pedal angle adjusting device is coupled to a free end of a pedal such as to be pivotable about an axis and arranged to be fixable to the free end of the pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Hirasawa
  • Patent number: 10366680
    Abstract: An anti-loosening device includes a main body and an O-ring, which serves as an elastic member attached to the main body. The main body includes a fitting hole, into which the bolt head of a tension bolt is to be fitted, and eight holding sections, which laterally hold the bolt head fitted in the fitting hole. The holding sections are configured to open about the center line of the fitting hole and to laterally hold the bolt head fitted in the fitting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Hirasawa
  • Patent number: 10283096
    Abstract: A bracket includes a base that is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of a shell, a fixing member that is fixed to a rod portion of a holder or a drum stand, a shaft that couples the base and the fixing member to each other, and a fixing tool for fixing the fixing member to the rod portion. The base and the fixing member are coupled to each other by the shaft to be pivotal relative to each other about a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the axis of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Miyajima
  • Patent number: D862576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Kanehara, Hiroki Oda
  • Patent number: D923082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Motoaki Kashiuchi
  • Patent number: D926871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Kanehara, Mao Nakamura, Yuichi Hirayama
  • Patent number: D967248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Kanehara, Shinji Ishigami
  • Patent number: D985045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Yoshimura, Hiroki Kato
  • Patent number: D994763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Kanehara
  • Patent number: D994764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Kanehara
  • Patent number: D998031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HOSHINO GAKKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Yoshimura, Hiroki Kato