Patents by Inventor Ernst Rei?ner

Ernst Rei?ner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fingering mechanism for woodwind instruments
    Patent number: 7851685
    Abstract: A fingering mechanism for a woodwind instrument that comprises a first key that actuates both a first tone hole, corresponding to the first key, and another remote tone hole. By closing the first key corresponding to the first tone hole, the first tone hole is closed only if a second tone hole that is closer to a mouthpiece, with respect to an air column in a tube of the instrument, than the first tone hole is closed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Ernst Reiβner