Patents by Inventor Mitsugu Yaguchi

Mitsugu Yaguchi 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).

  • Resonant musical instruments
    Patent number: 4858510
    Abstract: A musical instrument such as a jingle, a tambourine or a tomtom is provided with two or more hollow resonators arranged in the vicinity of at least one tone generator such as a pair of jingle discs or a head and preferably selectively closable by means of a slider coupled movably to the body of the instrument. Presence of a plurality of resonators, preferably different in resonance characteristics, assures colorful and rich resonance of tones generated by the tone generator and use of the slider enables easy and free finger control on the mode of resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Shimoda, Mitsugu Yaguchi, Junji Fujii