Patents by Inventor Roger A. Cloud

Roger A. Cloud 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).

  • Interchangeable pickup, electric stringed instrument and system for an electric stringed musical instrument
    Patent number: 6111184
    Abstract: A generally rectangular shaped universal pickup cradle (50, 154 or 156 ) for an electric musical stringed instrument (20 or 150) allows a plurality of different pickups (50, 154, 156) to be interchangeably inserted into the stringed musical instrument. In addition, there are one or more receptacle cavities (36, 38, 40, 152) in the stringed musical instrument (20, 150) so that any of the universal pickup cradles (50, 154, 156) may be placed within any of the receptacle cavities. The universal pickup cradles (50, 154, 156), in combination with a separate electronics module (177, 200), provide a flexible and upgradeable system for an electric stringed instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: E-mu Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Cloud, Pavl C. Zachary