Patents Assigned to 2TEK Corporation
  • Patent number: 5503054
    Abstract: A musical instrument bridge (50) is supporting a set of strings (22) above a front face (14) of a musical instrument (12). The bridge has a plate (60), a mounting block (80), and a plurality of fingers (100). The plate is attachable to a rear face of the instrument. The plurality of fingers are cantilevered from the plate and extend outwardly therefrom. Each finger has a resonant frequency or rigidity that is related to a predetermined pitch of the string supported by the finger. Each finger is designed to vibrate in a plane that is parallel to the front face of the instrument but to reduce vibration in a plane perpendicular to the front face of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: 2TEK Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn K. Ellsworth, John D. Shaneyfelt
  • Patent number: 5410936
    Abstract: Disclosed is a musical instrument bridge for supporting a set of strings above a front face of a musical instrument. The bridge comprises a plate, a mounting block, and a plurality of fingers. The plate is attachable to a rear face of the instrument. The plurality of fingers are attached to the plate and extend towards a front face of the instrument. Each finger has a resonant frequency that is related to a predetermined pitch of the string supported by the finger. Each finger is designed to vibrate in a plane that is parallel to the front face of the instrument but to reduce vibration in a plane perpendicular to the front face of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: The 2TEK Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn K. Ellsworth, John D. Shaneyfelt