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US 11,322,125 B2Granted
Vibraphone pickup
OwnerGary Joseph Howe, Peter Howeinventors
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Abstract
A vibraphone pickup has a bobbin having two coils, one for outputting an analog signal and one for outputting a digital signal. A plurality of filters and buffers are used to isolate the signals. A rare earth (or neodymium) magnet is used in the center of the bobbin. In one method of use, a vibraphone pickup is used to pick up each note of the vibraphone. The output of each vibraphone pickup is combined and fed into an amplifier.
Claims15
A vibraphone pickup, comprising:
- a housing coupled to the underside of a vibraphone, the housing comprising a plurality of bobbins therein, each bobbin positioned beneath a different bar of the vibraphone and in communication with a circuit board, each bobbin comprising:
- a first channel and a second channel separated by a separator, and a magnet aperture running through a center of the bobbin from a top to a base of the bobbin;
- a first coil comprising a first copper wire wrapped around the first channel;
- a second coil comprising a second copper wire wrapped around the second channel;
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- a magnet receivable into the magnet aperture;
- a plurality of audio buffers and filters on the circuit board, each bobbin or a pair of bobbins coupled to a separate audio buffer and filter via the circuit board;
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- wherein the first coil is configured to output an analog audio signal and the second coil is configured to generate a digital audio signal;
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- wherein the vibraphone is configured to output:
- i. an analog audio signal;
- ii. a digital audio signal;
- or
- iii. an analog audio signal and digital audio signal simultaneously.
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A vibraphone pickup, comprising:
- a housing coupled to an instrument;
- a plurality of bobbins within the housing, each bobbin comprising:
- at least one channel wrapped with wire forming a coil;
- and
- a magnet;
- wherein the coil is configured to output an analog signal or to generate a digital signal;
- the plurality of bobbins each coupled to a circuit board;
- a plurality of filters, wherein each filter is coupled to a separate bobbin of the plurality of bobbins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.