# US 10,770,041 B2 · Kick pad

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- Number: US 10,770,041 B2
- Document ID: US10770041B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/242,301
- Filed: 2019-01-08
- Published: 2019-07-11
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-01-09
- Assignees: Pearl Musical Instrument Co.
- Applicants: Pearl Musical Instrument Co.
- Inventors: Takashi Koizumi; Yuichi Sato; Akito Takegawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770041B2

## CPC

- G10D 13/02: Drums; Tambourines with drumheads
- G10D 13/11: Pedals; Pedal mechanisms
- G10D 13/26: {Mechanical details of electronic drums}
- G10H 1/32: Constructional details
- G10H 3/146: {using a membrane, e.g. a drum; Pick-up means for vibrating surfaces, e.g. housing of an instrument}
- G10H 2220/525: Piezoelectric transducers for vibration sensing or vibration excitation in the audio range; Piezoelectric strain sensing, e.g. as key velocity sensor; Piezoelectric actuators, e.g. key actuation in response to a control voltage
- G10H 2230/291: Spint drum bass, i.e. mimicking bass drums; Pedals or interfaces therefor
- 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 kick pad includes a piezoelectric element (1) that converts a vibration generated by beating with a beater into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal, an impact-absorbing member (5) arranged between the piezoelectric element (1) and a surface (21a) to be beaten by the beater, and a sheet-like striking surface cover (21) that includes a front surface including the surface (21a) to be beaten, and that wraps the impact-absorbing member (5), together with the piezoelectric element (1), on a back surface side of the striking surface cover (21).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A kick pad comprising:
a piezoelectric element that converts a vibration generated by beating with a beater into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal;
an impact-absorbing member arranged between the piezoelectric element and a surface to be beaten by the beater; and
a sheet-like striking surface cover that includes a front surface including the surface to be beaten, and that wraps the impact-absorbing member, together with the piezoelectric element.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The kick pad according to claim 1, further comprising:
a rear member arranged on a side of the piezoelectric element, opposite to a side on which the impact-absorbing member is arranged, wherein
the striking surface cover includes an outer peripheral edge that is fixed to the rear member while being stretched out to compress the impact-absorbing member.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The kick pad according to claim 2, wherein
the striking surface cover is formed of vinyl chloride or urethane.

### Claim 4

A kick pad comprising:
an impact-absorbing member; and
a sheet-like striking surface cover that includes a front surface including a surface to be beaten, and that wraps the impact-absorbing member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The kick pad according to claim 4, further comprising:
a rear member arranged on a side of the impact-absorbing member, opposite to a side on which the surface to be beaten is arranged, wherein
the striking surface cover includes an outer peripheral edge that is fixed to the rear member while being stretched out to compress the impact-absorbing member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The kick pad according to claim 5, wherein
the striking surface cover is formed of vinyl chloride or urethane.

### Claim 7

A drum pad comprising:
an impact-absorbing member; and
a sheet-like striking surface cover that includes a front surface including a surface to be beaten, and that wraps the impact-absorbing member.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The drum pad according to claim 7, further comprising:
a rear member arranged on a side of the impact-absorbing member, opposite to a side on which the surface to be beaten is arranged, wherein
the striking surface cover includes an outer peripheral edge that is fixed to the rear member while being stretched out to compress the impact-absorbing member.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The drum pad according to claim 8, wherein
the striking surface cover is formed of vinyl chloride or urethane.