# US 12,118,965 B2 · Acoustic resonance device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,118,965 B2 - Document ID: US12118965B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/830,289 - Filed: 2022-06-01 - Published: 2023-12-07 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-01 - Assignees: The Order Fulfillment Group Inc.; Grover Musical Products, Inc. - Applicants: The Order Fulfillment Group Inc.; Grover Musical Products, Inc. - Inventors: Edward D Lewis; Cory M Berger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12118965B2 ## CPC - G10D 13/10: Details of, or accessories for, percussion musical instruments - F21V 23/0492: {the sensor detecting a change in orientation, a movement or an acceleration of the lighting device, e.g. a tilt switch} - F21V 33/0056: {Audio equipment, e.g. music instruments, radios or speakers} - G01H 11/08: using piezoelectric devices - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H) - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01H: MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract An acoustic resonance device is provided including a cylindrical body, a tympanic cover, a vibration element, a lighting element, and a sensor. The cylindrical body includes an inner surface which defines a chamber. The chamber extends from a first end to a second end. The first end of the chamber is uncovered. The tympanic cover is coupled to the second end of the cylindrical body. The vibration element includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the vibration element is coupled to the tympanic cover. The lighting element is arranged within the chamber of the cylindrical body. The sensor is electrically coupled to the lighting element and is adapted to control the lighting element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An acoustic resonance device, comprising: a cylindrical body comprising an inner surface and defining a chamber extending from a first end to a second end of the cylindrical body, wherein the first end is uncovered; a tympanic cover coupled to the second end of the cylindrical body; a vibration element comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the tympanic cover; a lighting element arranged within the chamber of the cylindrical body; and a sensor electrically coupled to the lighting element and configured to control the lighting element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The acoustic resonance device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises an accelerometer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The acoustic resonance device of claim 2, wherein the sensor is positioned proximate to the second end of the vibration element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The acoustic resonance device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises a flexible first electrical contact and a second electrical contact arranged within a shell, wherein the second electrical contact at least partially surrounds the first flexible electrical contact such that when the flexible first electrical contact touches the second electrical contact, the sensor is activated. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The acoustic resonance device of claim 4, wherein the sensor is positioned within a control module coupled to the cylindrical body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The acoustic resonance device of claim 5, wherein the lighting element is coupled to the inner surface of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The acoustic resonance device of claim 6, wherein the lighting element is suspended within the chamber of the cylindrical body by an elongated member extending inward from the inner surface of the cylindrical body, and the elongated member is flexible to allow movement of the lighting element within the chamber. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The acoustic resonance device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises an acoustic sensor positioned within the chamber of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The acoustic resonance device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is coupled to the tympanic cover. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The acoustic resonance device of claim 9, wherein the lighting element is positioned proximate the first end of the cylindrical body and directed to illuminate the second end of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 11 An acoustic resonance device, comprising: a cylindrical body comprising an inner surface defining a chamber extending from a first end to a second end of the cylindrical body, wherein the first end is uncovered; a tympanic cover coupled to the second end of the cylindrical body; a spring coupled to the tympanic cover; a light-emitting diode coupled to the inner surface of the cylindrical body; and a sensor electrically coupled to the lighting element and configured to control the light-emitting diode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The acoustic resonance device of claim 11, comprising an array of light-emitting diodes coupled to the inner surface of the cylindrical body and arranged along a length of the cylindrical body from the first end and to the second end. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The acoustic resonance device of claim 12, further comprising a control board electrically coupled to the array of light-emitting diodes and the sensor, wherein the control board is configured to time activation of each of the light-emitting diodes in the array to create a lighting effect responsive to activation of the sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The acoustic resonance device of claim 11, wherein the sensor is lighting element is configured to activate proportionally to an intensity detected by the sensor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The acoustic resonance device of claim 11, wherein the sensor comprises a piezoelectric vibration sensor embedded within a wall of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The acoustic resonance device of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the body is translucent. ### Claim 17 A method of manufacturing an acoustic resonance device, comprising: providing a cylindrical body, a tympanic cover, and a vibration element, wherein the cylindrical body comprises an inner surface defining a chamber extending from a first end to a second end of the cylindrical body, the first end of the cylindrical body is uncovered, the tympanic cover is coupled to the second end of the cylindrical body, the vibration element comprises a first end and a second end, and the first end of the vibration element is coupled to the tympanic cover; positioning a lighting element within the chamber; and electrically coupling a sensor to the lighting element, wherein the sensor is configured to control the lighting element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the sensor is configured to control an intensity of illumination of the lighting element proportionally to a strength of a signal detected by the sensor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising calibrating the sensor such that the strength of the signal is proportional to an amplitude of sound waves within the chamber of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the sensor is configured to sequentially activate an array of lighting elements arrayed along a length of the cylindrical body from the second end to the first end.