Pickup saddles for stringed instruments utilizing interference fit
AssigneeLloyd Baggs Innovations, LLC
InventorsLloyd R. Baggs, Robert Radis, Daniel Baggs, Thomas Linn
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Abstract
In several embodiments of the invention, a pickup saddle for a stringed instrument includes a U-shaped top cap having two legs, each leg including a receiving portion configured to mate with a mating portion of a base, a base fitted to the interior of the top cap, where two surfaces of the base include a mating portion matching with and affixed to a receiving portion of the top cap, a piezoelectric transducer placed between the top cap and the base and electrically connected to the base, a positive wire connected to the piezoelectric transducer, and a ground wire connected to the base.
Claims10
A pickup saddle for a stringed instrument, comprising:
- a U-shaped top cap having a string resting surface configured for a string to rest on it and two legs, each leg including a receiving portion;
- a base fitted to the interior of the top cap, where two surfaces of the base include a mating portion matching with and affixed to a receiving portion of the top cap, each receiving portion and mating portion matching and configured to mate with each other;
- a piezoelectric transducer with an upper surface mechanically and electrically connected to the top cap and with a lower surface not directly in contact with the top cap and the base;
- a positive wire connected to the lower surface of the piezoelectric transducer;
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- a ground wire connected to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.