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US 2025/0061868 A1Published application
Tuning apparatus and methods
OwnerKristopher C. Barnettinventor
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Abstract
A tuning apparatus. A button and a first bracket and a second bracket. A worm gear operatively coupled to the button. The worm gear positioned between the first bracket and the second bracket. A spur gear enmeshed with the worm gear, such that rotating the worm gear rotates the spur gear about an axis perpendicular to the worm gear. A spring post operatively coupled to the spur gear such that rotating the spur gear rotates the string post about the axis perpendicular to the worm gear.
Claims20
A tuning apparatus comprising:
- a button;
- a worm gear operatively coupled to the button;
- wherein the worm gear is positioned between a first bracket and a second bracket;
- wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are configured to receive at least one ball bearing;
- the worm gear is operatively coupled to the first bracket and the second bracket;
- a spur gear enmeshed with the worm gear;
- such that rotating the worm gear rotates the spur gear about an axis perpendicular to the worm gear;
- and
- a string post operatively coupled to the spur gear;
- such that rotating the spur gear rotates the string post about the axis perpendicular to the worm gear.
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A drive assembly comprising
- a baseplate;
- a string post comprising a first end that extends through an aperture defined by the baseplate;
- a spur gear receiving the first end of the string post;
- and
- a first radial ball bearing residing between the string post and the baseplate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.