Patents by Inventor Tsunehiko Fuse

Tsunehiko Fuse 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).

  • Woodwind instrument equipped with pad sealing mechanism automatically adjustable to tone hole
    Patent number: 6972361
    Abstract: A woodwind instrument has a key mechanism for selectively closing and opening tone hole chimneys formed on a tube, and the key mechanism includes keys supported by a linkage at the associated tone hole chimneys; each of the keys includes a retainer inserted between a pad cup and a pad, and the retainer has a backing plate portion held in area contact with at the inner surface thereof to the pad and in point contact with at the outer surface thereof to the pad cup so that an assembling worker adjusts the pad to an appropriate attitude in the pad cup by pressing the pad to the associated tone hole chimney, and, thereafter, secures the retainer to the pad cup; this results in that the player can seal the tone hole chimney with the pad through a simple adjusting work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Shibamiya, Tsunehiko Fuse, Ichi Sugawara, Keisuke Tanaka
  • Woodwind instrument equipped with pad sealing mechanism automatically adjustable to tone hole
    Publication number: 20040129128
    Abstract: A woodwind instrument has a key mechanism for selectively closing and opening tone hole chimneys formed on a tube, and the key mechanism includes keys supported by a linkage at the associated tone hole chimneys; each of the keys includes a retainer inserted between a pad cup and a pad, and the retainer has a backing plate portion held in area contact with at the inner surface thereof to the pad and in point contact with at the outer surface thereof to the pad cup so that an assembling worker adjusts the pad to an appropriate attitude in the pad cup by pressing the pad to the associated tone hole chimney, and, thereafter, secures the retainer to the pad cup; this results in that the player can seal the tone hole chimney with the pad through a simple adjusting work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Jun Shibamiya, Tsunehiko Fuse, Ichi Sugawara, Keisuke Tanaka