Patents Assigned to Actodyne General, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9024171
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes a primary winding extending outward to form a mounting member and adapted to be disposed on the stringed musical instrument. The sensor assembly includes at least one magnet disposed adjacent the primary winding to generate a magnetic field. The primary winding creates a primary current from a disruption in the magnetic field by the movable strings and the primary current creates a primary electromagnetic flux. The sensor assembly further includes at least one secondary being coupled to the primary winding. The at least one secondary winding transforms the primary electromagnetic flux into a secondary current adapted to pass out the stringed musical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 7718886
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes a primary winding adapted to be disposed at one end of either one of a fingerboard and a neck of the stringed musical instrument. The sensor assembly includes at least one magnet disposed adjacent the primary winding and the movable strings to generate a magnetic field. The primary winding creates a primary current from a disruption in the magnetic field by the movable strings and the primary current creates a primary electromagnetic flux. The sensor assembly further includes at least one secondary being coupled to the primary winding. The at least one secondary winding transforms the primary electromagnetic flux into a secondary current adapted to pass out the stringed musical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 6965066
    Abstract: An elongated string support for a stringed musical instrument includes a neck having a heel portion, a head portion, and a finger-board portion extending axially between the heel portion and the head portion. The finger-board portion has a spiral profile from the heel portion to the head portion. The elongated string support also includes a finger-board attached to the neck and having a heel end and a nut end. The finger-board has a spiral profile from the heel end to the nut end. The neck and the finger-board are zero degrees from a heel thereof and to a predetermined angle greater than zero degrees at a nut thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Lace, Donald A. Lace, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6111185
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes a bobbin extending longitudinally, at least one magnet disposed within the bobbin for producing a magnetic polarity, and a coil extending longitudinally on each side of the bobbin for damping hum in the sensor assembly due to stray magnetic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 5852249
    Abstract: An elongated string support for a stringed musical instrument includes a finger-board surface having a bass side and a treble side and extending between a proximal end and a distal end relative to the stringed musical instrument to support strings in close proximity thereto. The finger-board surface follows a longitudinally twisted path with an angle of twist increasing progressively from the proximal end to the distal end and the finger-board surface has a non-uniform radius extending between at least either one of the bass side and the treble side and one of the proximal end and the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignees: Actodyne General, Inc., Integral Developments Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Kenneth Steinberg, John Philip Dunlop Chaplin, Scott N. Quinn
  • Patent number: 5831196
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes at least one magnet disposed generally perpendicular to the at least one magnet and generating a magnetic field adjacent the strings, a primary winding creating a primary current from a disruption in the magnetic field by the strings, the primary current creating a primary electromagnetic flux, and at least one secondary winding spaced below the movable strings and adjacent to the primary winding and transforming the primary electromagnetic flux into a secondary current which is passed out of the stringed musical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Villen E. Khanagov
  • Patent number: 5767431
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes at least one magnet generating a magnetic field adjacent the strings, a primary winding creating a primary current from a disruption in the magnetic field by the strings, the primary current creating a primary electromagnetic flux, at least one secondary winding spaced from the primary winding and transforming the primary electromagnetic flux into a secondary current which is passed out of the stringed musical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Villen E. Khanagov
  • Patent number: 5684263
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes a case having a longitudinal channel, a magnetic lining disposed in the longitudinal channel, at least one coil disposed in the longitudinal channel, and at least one secondary magnet disposed in the longitudinal channel between the magnetic lining and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 5641932
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings including a case having a longitudinal channel, at least one magnet disposed in the longitudinal channel, at least one coil assembly disposed adjacent the magnet in the longitudinal channel, and an acoustic vibration receptor movable about the coil assembly wherein the acoustic vibration receptor receives acoustic vibrations created by the movable strings to create secondary vibrations receivable by the coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 5598144
    Abstract: An anti-theft vehicle system for a vehicle wheel having a rotational axis includes at least one inhibitor disposed within the vehicle wheel to selectively engage the vehicle wheel to prevent the vehicle wheel from rotating about its rotational axis. The anti-theft vehicle system also includes a rotatable structure disposed within the vehicle wheel and cooperating with the inhibitor for moving the inhibitor between an engaged position and a disengaged position with the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 5464948
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of moveable strings includes a case having a longitudinal channel, at least one magnet disposed in the channel along an interior surface of the case, at least one coil disposed in the longitudinal channel, and a structure for locking the coil within the longitudinal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 5438157
    Abstract: An acoustic pick-up assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of moveable strings includes a structure forming a longitudinal channel. The pick-up assembly also includes magnet structures disposed in the channel and a coil structure disposed in the channel for receiving an induced voltage due to movement of the moveable strings across the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventors: deceased Lace, Sr., Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 5430246
    Abstract: A dual coil pick-up assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of moveable strings includes a case having a longitudinal channel with first and second sections. The pick-up assembly also includes first and second magnet structures disposed in the first and second sections having opposite polarities and a coil structure disposed in the first and second sections of the channel for eliminating hum in the pick-up assembly due to stray magnetic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Lace, Sr., Dorothy Lace
  • Patent number: 5418327
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a pick-up of a stringed musical instrument includes at least one mounting stud connected to a case of a pick-up and a disc disposed about the mounting stud for dampening vibrations. The mounting assembly also includes a mounting bracket structure disposed adjacent the disc and operatively connected to the mounting stud for attaching the pick-up to a stringed musical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Lace, Sr., Dorothy Lace
  • Patent number: 5401900
    Abstract: An acoustic pick-up assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of moveable strings includes a structure forming a longitudinal channel. The pick-up assembly also includes magnet structures disposed in the channel and a coil structure disposed in the channel for receiving an induced voltage due to movement of the moveable strings across the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: 5336845
    Abstract: A dual coil pick-up assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of moveable strings includes a case having a longitudinal channel with first and second sections. The pick-up assembly also includes first and second magnet structures disposed in the first and second sections having opposite polarities and a coil structure disposed in the first and second sections of the channel for eliminating hum in the pick-up assembly due to stray magnetic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald A. Lace, Sr.
  • Patent number: D354507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
  • Patent number: D422015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignees: Actodyne General, Inc., Integral Developments Pty, Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Kenneth Steinberg, John Philip Dunlop Chaplin
  • Patent number: D431589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignees: Actodyne General, Inc., Integral Developments Pty, Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Kenneth Steinberg, John Philip Dunlop Chaplin