Patents by Inventor Hideto MATSUDA

Hideto MATSUDA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230402022
    Abstract: A body structure of an electric guitar includes a body including a first chamber and a second chamber formed spaced apart from each other, and a slit that connects the first chamber and the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hideto MATSUDA, Kenta ISHIZAKA
  • Publication number: 20220246115
    Abstract: An body structure of an electric guitar includes a body including a first chamber and a second chamber formed spaced apart from each other, and a slit that connects the first chamber and the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hideto MATSUDA, Kenta ISHIZAKA
  • Patent number: 11380290
    Abstract: A body structural unit for an electric guitar can include a body that includes a wood portion, wherein when viewed from the direction of thickness of the body, the direction of the wood grain of the wood portion is at an angle in respect to the direction of length of the neck of the electric guitar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Ishizaka, Hideto Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20210264884
    Abstract: A body structural unit for an electric guitar can include a body that includes a wood portion, wherein when viewed from the direction of thickness of the body, the direction of the wood grain of the wood portion is at an angle in respect to the direction of length of the neck of the electric guitar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kenta Ishizaka, Hideto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10045119
    Abstract: An acoustic structure defining a cavity in which a sound wave propagates, wherein a first portion of the cavity substantially corresponding to a position of a node or an antinode of a standing wave generated in the cavity has an area different from an area of a second portion of the cavity except the first portion, the area being on a plane orthogonal to a direction of propagation of the sound wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Matsuda, Akira Miki, Hirofumi Onitsuka
  • Publication number: 20170140740
    Abstract: A stringed musical instrument including a body in which a cutaway is formed, wherein the body includes a back board on which at least one brace is provided so as to extend in a width direction of the back board, and wherein a first brace, which is the closest to the cutaway among the at least one brace, has a dimension in the width direction of the back board smaller than a width of the back board at a position of the back board at which the first brace is fixed, the first brace being fixed to the back board so as to be disposed nearer to one side of the back board than another side thereof on which the cutaway is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Hideto MATSUDA, Ryo SHINODA
  • Patent number: 9646579
    Abstract: A stringed musical instrument including a body in which a cutaway is formed, wherein the body includes a back board on which at least one brace is provided so as to extend in a width direction of the back board, and wherein a first brace, which is the closest to the cutaway among the at least one brace, has a dimension in the width direction of the back board smaller than a width of the back board at a position of the back board at which the first brace is fixed, the first brace being fixed to the back board so as to be disposed nearer to one side of the back board than another side thereof on which the cutaway is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakayama, Hideto Matsuda, Ryo Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20160373855
    Abstract: An acoustic structure defining a cavity in which a sound wave propagates, wherein a first portion of the cavity substantially corresponding to a position of a node or an antinode of a standing wave generated in the cavity has an area different from an area of a second portion of the cavity except the first portion, the area being on a plane orthogonal to a direction of propagation of the sound wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hideto MATSUDA, Akira MIKI, Hirofumi ONITSUKA