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US 2020/0342840 A1Published application
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.
Claims19
A vibraphone pickup, comprising:
- a bobbin having 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;
- and
- a magnet receivable into the magnet aperture;
- wherein the first coil outputs an analog signal and the second coil generates a digital signal.
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A vibraphone pickup, comprising:
- a housing;
- 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 used to output an analog signal or to generate a digital signal;
- each bobbin coupled to a circuit board;
- a plurality of filters coupled to the plurality of bobbins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.