Vibrator and musical instrument
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsMasatsugu Okazaki, Ichiro Osuga, Banri Abe, Shinji Sumino, Takashi Kitagawa, Takuya Abe
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Abstract
A vibrator includes: a movable portion connected to a vibratable member; a driver configured to drive the movable portion to cause vibration of the movable portion to vibrate the vibratable member; and a driver supporter secured to a support member and configured to support the driver such that the driver is pivotable about an axis extending in a direction intersecting a movable direction of the movable portion.
Claims18
A vibrator for use in a musical instrument to produce a sound, the vibrator comprising:
- a movable portion configured to be vibratable and connected to a vibratable member such that vibration of the movable portion causes the vibratable member to vibrate;
- a driver configured to drive the movable portion to cause the vibration of the movable portion to thereby vibrate the vibratable member, thereby producing the sound due to the vibration of the vibratable member;
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- a driver supporter secured to a support member and having an axis member (i) that has an axis extending in a direction intersecting a movable direction of the movable portion and (ii) that is configured to support the driver such that the driver is pivotable about the axis extending in the direction intersecting the movable direction of the movable portion.
A vibrator for use in a musical instrument to produce a sound, the vibrator comprising:
- a movable portion configured to be vibratable and connected to a vibratable member such that vibration of the movable portion causes the vibratable member to vibrate;
- a driver configured to drive the movable portion to cause the vibration of the movable portion to thereby vibrate the vibratable member, thereby producing the sound due to the vibration of the vibratable member;
- a shaft supporter secured to a support member;
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- a shaft having an axis extending in a direction and being connected to the shaft supporter and the driver such that the direction in which the axis of the shaft extends intersects a movable direction of the movable portion, the shaft being pivotable with respect to at least one of the shaft supporter and the driver.
A musical instrument, comprising:
- a vibrator comprising (i) a movable portion connected to a vibratable member, (ii) a driver configured to drive the movable portion to cause vibration of the movable portion to vibrate the vibratable member, and (iii) a driver supporter secured to a support member and configured to support the driver such that the driver is pivotable about an axis extending in a direction intersecting a movable direction of the movable portion;
- a sound board as the vibratable member to which the movable portion is connected;
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- the support member to which the driver supporter is secured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.