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US 11,024,270 B2Granted
Guitar-like digital musical instrument
OwnerStephen Moseson, Michael Zarimisinventors
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Abstract
The present embodiments relate to a digital music instrument that allows musicians to play and control synthesizers. An instrument neck assembly is provided with adjustable buttons. The neck assembly is attached to an instrument body with an attachment mechanism.
Claims19
A musical instrument, comprising:
- a neck assembly including a neck box defining a region and a neck body at least partially positioned in the region and coupled to the neck box, the neck assembly being devoid of visible fasteners;
- a fastener coupling the neck box to the neck body;
- and
- an instrument body covering the fastener.
1 more element
A musical instrument, comprising:
- a neck assembly including a plurality of user input buttons and a circuit board assembly supported by the neck assembly, the circuit board assembly including a first circuit board positioned to detect a status of the plurality of user input buttons,
- an instrument body configured to be removably attached to the neck assembly;
- an electronic display supported by the instrument body, and
- a cartridge connector pair positioned between the first circuit board and the instrument body to transmit information from the first circuit board indicating the status of the plurality of user input buttons to the electronic display when the instrument body is attached to the neck assembly.
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A musical instrument, comprising:
- a neck assembly including
- a neck body, and
- a plurality of user input buttons supported by the neck body, and
- a circuit board assembly including a first circuit board positioned to detect the status of the plurality of user input buttons;
- and
- an instrument body, the circuit board assembly being configured to communicate information regarding the status of the plurality of user input buttons to the instrument body,
- a tactile stiffness of the at least one of the plurality of user input buttons being adjustable.
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The musical instrument of 13, wherein the neck assembly further comprises at least one screw urging the circuit board assembly into position and rotation of the at least one screw adjusts a tactile stiffness of at least one of the plurality of user input buttons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.