Patents by Inventor John Michael Engard

John Michael Engard 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).

  • Patent number: 6162984
    Abstract: A linearly-positional, multi-configurational stringed musical instrument pickup as shown provides a mechanism by which one or more single-string musical instrument pickups,also known as signal sensors, each with its own output, may be repositioned to any desired point beneath the length of the string of a musical instrument between the bridge and the fingerboard (or neck), if present. The single-string pickups or signal sensors being wired in series with one another in any desired combination or left to be amplified as individual, independent signals. The signal sensors themselves are completely removable from the device to allow sensors of other types to be interchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Inventor: John Michael Engard