# US 10,504,493 B1 · Portable electric guitar

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- Number: US 10,504,493 B1
- Document ID: US10504493B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/374,554
- Filed: 2019-04-03
- Published: 2019-12-12
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-12
- Applicants: Bum Cheol Kweon
- Inventors: Bum Cheol Kweon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504493B1

## CPC

- G10D 1/085: {Mechanical design of electric guitars}
- G10D 3/095: Details of removable or collapsible necks, e.g. suitable for transport or storage
- G10H 1/32: Constructional details
- G10H 3/143: {characterised by the use of a piezoelectric or magneto-strictive transducer}
- G10H 3/185: {in which the tones are picked up through the bridge structure}
- G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H)
- G10H: ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE

## Abstract

A portable guitar may include a neck provided with a string on its top surface, a head machine provided on one side of the neck and provided with a piezo device for amplifying a sound, a first and a second covers hinged on both sides of the neck by hinges and configured to open or close the neck by rotating about the hinges, a speaker installed in the inner space of the first cover, a detecting sensor installed on the first cover and configured to detect the closing or opening of the first cover and output a signal, and a controller for controlling for supplying a power to the piezo device and selectively switching a mode of the speaker into an amplifier mode or a speaker mode based upon the detected signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable electric guitar, comprising:
a neck provided with a guitar strings on an upper side of the neck;
a head machine is provided on one side of the neck;
a piezo device is provided on the head machine for amplifying a sound;
a first cover configured to have a “∩” cross-sectional shape and connected to one end of the neck by a first hinge and to have a first space capable of accommodating the neck therein when the first cover is in a opened state at a lower end and by rotationally opening or closing the neck to the outside about the first hinge;
a second cover configured to have a “∩” cross-sectional shape and connected to one other end of the neck by a second hinge and to have a second space capable of accommodating the neck therein when the second cover is in a opened state at a lower end and rotationally open or close the neck to the outside by rotating about the second hinge;
a speaker accommodated in the first space of the first cover;
a detecting sensor configured to sense closing or opening of the first cover and output a signal to a controller according to the closing or the opening of the first cover; and
the controller configured to receive the signal from the detecting sensor, to switch a mode of the speaker between a speaker mode and an amplifier mode, and to turn the piezo device on or off for playing the guitar.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable electric guitar according to claim 1, wherein the detecting sensor is composed of a first part and a second part, outputs the signal when the first part and second part is contacted or not according to closing or opening operation of the first cover, wherein the first part of the detecting sensor is attached to the first cover and the second part of the detecting sensor is attached to the head machine, wherein the first part and the second part of the detecting sensor are contacting each other if the first cover is opened.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The portable electric guitar according to claim 1, wherein the controller outputs a control signal to switch a mode of the speaker to amplifier mode on the piezo device for playing the electric guitar when the neck is exposed to outside by opening of the first cover and the second cover, and the controller outputs the control signal to switch a mode of the speaker to a general speaker mode from the amplifier mode if the neck is closed by the first and the second covers.