Patents by Inventor Michael Steven Brockman

Michael Steven Brockman 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).

  • Unified Octave Register Key and Vent for Musical Instruments
    Publication number: 20130276616
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for its use are provided that relate to an octave/register key for musical wind instruments that combines (i) a vent formed by alignment of an opening of a core and a sidewall aperture of a sleeve, wherein the core is slidably and coaxially mounted within the sleeve, or a vent formed by alignment of sidewall apertures on an inner chamber slidably mounted within an outer chamber, and (ii) the mechanism to open and close such a vent. The device, upon actuation, vents the wind instrument air column to remove the fundamental pitch frequency, and can be mounted anywhere on the body of a musical wind instrument or onto any existing tone hole key of the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Steven Brockman
  • Unified octave/register key and vent for musical wind instruments
    Patent number: 8314318
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for its use are provided that relate to an octave/register key for musical wind instruments that combines (i) a vent formed by alignment of an opening of a core and a sidewall aperture of a sleeve, wherein the core is slidably and coaxially mounted within the sleeve, or a vent formed by alignment of sidewall apertures on an inner chamber slidably mounted within an outer chamber, and (ii) the mechanism to open and close such a vent. The device, upon actuation, vents the wind instrument air column to remove the fundamental pitch frequency, and can be mounted anywhere on the body of a musical wind instrument or onto any existing tone hole key of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventor: Michael Steven Brockman
  • UNIFIED OCTAVE/REGISTER KEY AND VENT FOR MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20110239843
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for its use are provided that relate to an octave/register key for musical wind instruments that combines (i) a vent formed by alignment of an opening of a core and a sidewall aperture of a sleeve, wherein the core is slidably and coaxially mounted within the sleeve, or a vent formed by alignment of sidewall apertures on an inner chamber slidably mounted within an outer chamber, and (ii) the mechanism to open and close such a vent. The device, upon actuation, vents the wind instrument air column to remove the fundamental pitch frequency, and can be mounted anywhere on the body of a musical wind instrument or onto any existing tone hole key of the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Steven Brockman