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US 11,380,290 B2Granted
Electric guitar body structural unit and electric guitar
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsKenta Ishizaka, Hideto Matsuda
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Abstract
A body structural unit for an electric guitar can include a body that includes a wood portion, wherein when viewed from the direction of thickness of the body, the direction of the wood grain of the wood portion is at an angle in respect to the direction of length of the neck of the electric guitar.
Claims14
A body structural unit for an electric guitar, comprising:
- a body that includes a wood portion with a wood grain, wherein a direction of the wood grain of the wood portion, when viewed along a thickness direction of the body, is at an angle with respect to a lengthwise direction of a neck of the electric guitar,
- wherein the body is formed in an asymmetrical shape with respect to a line that extends in the lengthwise direction through a center in a width direction of the body, and
- wherein the direction of the wood grain extends in a direction of maximum length of the body, when viewed along the thickness direction.
A body structural unit for an electric guitar, comprising:
- a body that includes a wood portion with a wood grain, wherein a direction of the wood grain of the wood portion, when viewed along a thickness direction of the body, is at an angle with respect to a lengthwise direction of a neck of the electric guitar,
- wherein:
- the body has a protruding portion;
- and
- the direction of the wood grain extends in a direction of protrusion of the protruding portion.
2 more elements
A body of an electric guitar, the body comprising:
- a wood portion comprising a wood grain extending along a first wood grain direction and being configured to connect to a guitar neck oriented along a longitudinal neck direction,
- wherein the first wood grain direction is oriented at an angle offset from the longitudinal neck direction, and
- wherein the wood portion is formed in an asymmetrical shape with respect to a line that extends in a lengthwise direction of the body, through a center of the body in a width direction of the wood portion, wherein the body comprises a maximum length dimension of the asymmetrical shape of the wood portion and wherein the first wood grain direction extends along the maximum length dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.