Patents by Inventor Kota Hamanaga

Kota Hamanaga 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).

  • Sound deadening tool and sound deadening musical performance tool
    Publication number: 20120006180
    Abstract: A sound deadening tool and a sound deadening musical performance tool have a high sound deadening effect on stringed instruments while various senses of discomfort during a musical performance, such as a musical pitch, expressive power, and a touch feeling are suppressed to a minimum level, and the sound deadening tool can easily and securely be used and attached. A vibration suppressor 10 of the sound deadening tool includes a pair of metallic weights 11 and 12 that is fixed while side faces of a saddle are sandwiched therebetween, and the pair of metallic weights 11 and 12 have a substantially identical mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Kota Hamanaga
  • Silencer
    Patent number: D662541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Best Brass Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Hamanaga, Kota Hamanaga