G10H 2220/465
Bridge-positioned, i.e. assembled to or attached with the bridge of a stringed
Official title: Bridge-positioned, i.e. assembled to or attached with the bridge of a stringed musical instrument
G10H2220/465 (Bridge-positioned, i.e. assembled to or attached with the bridge of a stringed) appears on 154 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 154
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 172
- Latest grant
- 9 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G10H 2220/471At bottom, i.e. transducer positioned at the bottom of the bridge, betweenIndexing code77
- G10H 2220/495Single bridge transducer, common to all stringsIndexing code50
- G10H 2220/485One transducer per stringIndexing code43
- G10H 2220/475On the side, i.e. picking up vibrations from a side of theIndexing code27
- G10H 2220/501Two or more bridge transducers, at least one transducer common to severalIndexing code25
- G10H 2220/481On top, i.e. transducer positioned between the strings and the bridge structureIndexing code12
- G10H 2220/491Two or more transducers per stringIndexing code6
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic stringed musical instrument91US 6,191,350 B1The Guitron Corporation · 2001
- Stringed instrument bridge58US 4,135,426 AOvation Instruments, Inc. · 1979
- String instrument pickup system52US 4,491,051 A1985
- Pickup apparatus for an electric string type instrument46US 4,378,721 AKabushiki Kaisha Kawai Seisakusho · 1983
- Piezoelectric transducer device for a stringed musical instrument39US 4,911,057 A1990