Patents by Inventor Yatsuse Saijo

Yatsuse Saijo 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).

  • Patent number: 5088375
    Abstract: A tremolo device for an electric guitar comprises a movable block, to which the strings are anchored, which is swingable about a swing axis perpendicular to the strings. The block has counter balance tensile springs for providing a tension on all of the strings, whereby an equilibrium is established between the tension imposed by the counter balance tensile springs and the tension imposed on all of the strings, whereby the block is kept at a neutral position. A tremolo handle is rotatably attached to the block, and is rotatable between an operative position at which the handle can be manually operated by a player, to produce a movement of the block about the swing axis and change the tension imposed on all of the strings, and an inoperative position at which the handle cannot be accidentally touched by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Fernandes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yatsuse Saijo
  • Patent number: 5088374
    Abstract: A tremolo device for a guitar includes a flat plate pivotably mounted relative to a guitar body, another plate secured on an under surface of the flat plate, a first fulcrum part of the flat plate for a pivotting thereof to lower a tone of the guitar, a second fulcrum part of another plate for a pivotting thereof to raise the tone of the guitar, and screws fitted to the guitar body and in contact with both fulcrum parts. When a tremolo arm is inactivated, the plates come into contact with the screws at both the first fulcrum part and the second fulcrum part, and when activating the tremolo arm, either one plate or another plate comes into contact with the screws and is rotated about either of the fulcrum parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Fernandes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yatsuse Saijo
  • Patent number: 4932302
    Abstract: A tremolo device for a guitar comprising a flat plate pivotably mounted about a fulcrum on the guitar, a bar secured to the flat plate, at least one tension spring for imparting rotational force to the flat plate and the bar in one rotating direction, against another rotating force derived from a tension of guitar strings, and a tremolo arm manually engageable with the flat plate to oscillate the flat plate and the bar to thereby produce a tremolo effect. The fulcrum is provided by at least two contacts between a pin-shaped member having a substantially half-spherical tip portion on a front end thereof and a concave member having a depression into which the pin-shaped member is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha P-Project
    Inventor: Yatsuse Saijo