Patents Assigned to Actodyne General, Inc.
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Patent number: 9024171Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 7718886Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 6965066Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey J. Lace, Donald A. Lace, Jr.
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Patent number: 6111185Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 1999Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 5852249Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 3, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignees: Actodyne General, Inc., Integral Developments Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Grant Kenneth Steinberg, John Philip Dunlop Chaplin, Scott N. Quinn
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Patent number: 5831196Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 3, 1997Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Villen E. Khanagov
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Patent number: 5767431Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 1995Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Villen E. Khanagov
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Patent number: 5684263Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: November 4, 1997Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 5641932Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 1995Date of Patent: June 24, 1997Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 5598144Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 1994Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 5464948Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 1994Date of Patent: November 7, 1995Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 5438157Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 1993Date of Patent: August 1, 1995Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventors: deceased Lace, Sr., Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 5430246Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 1993Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Lace, Sr., Dorothy Lace
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Patent number: 5418327Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 1993Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Lace, Sr., Dorothy Lace
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Patent number: 5401900Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 1993Date of Patent: March 28, 1995Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: 5336845Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 1993Date of Patent: August 9, 1994Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Donald A. Lace, Sr.
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Patent number: D354507Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1993Date of Patent: January 17, 1995Assignee: Actodyne General, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Lace
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Patent number: D422015Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1997Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignees: Actodyne General, Inc., Integral Developments Pty, Ltd.Inventors: Grant Kenneth Steinberg, John Philip Dunlop Chaplin
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Patent number: D431589Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignees: Actodyne General, Inc., Integral Developments Pty, Ltd.Inventors: Grant Kenneth Steinberg, John Philip Dunlop Chaplin