# US 9,040,795 B2 · Cymbal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,040,795 B2 - Document ID: US9040795B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/958,632 - Filed: 2013-08-05 - Published: 2014-05-01 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-31 - Assignees: Roland Corporation - Applicants: Roland Corporation - Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoshino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9040795B2 ## CPC - G10D 13/063: Cymbals - G10D 13/10: Details of, or accessories for, percussion musical instruments - Y10T 29/49574: Musical instrument or tuning fork making - 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) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A cymbal is provided with an annular part having an annular shape and having a predetermined rigidity, a center part located at an inner circumference of the annular part and having a predetermined rigidity, and a first connecting part including an elastic material and connecting an outer circumference of the center part and the inner circumference of the annular part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cymbal, comprising: an annular part having an annular shape having a first predetermined rigidity, a center part located at an inner circumference of the annular part and having a second predetermined rigidity, and a first connecting part including a first elastic material and connecting an outer circumference of the center part and the inner circumference of the annular part, wherein, the center part is formed in a cup shape sloping downward toward the outer circumference of the center part in a radial direction of the center part; and the annular part is formed in an annular shape sloping downward toward an outer circumference of the annular part at an angle less steep than that of the center part in a radial direction of the annular part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cymbal as claimed in claim 1, comprising: at least one slit extended from the inner circumference of the annular part to an outer circumference of the annular part and dividing the annular part to form two ends of the annular part, and a second connecting part including a second elastic material and connecting the two ends of the annular part facing each other with the at least one slit therebetween. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one slit is formed along a radial direction of the annular part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one slit is a plurality of the slit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second connecting part is bent or curved. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one slit is formed along a tangential direction of the first connecting part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first connecting part comprises: a joint part for connecting the inner circumference of the annular part and the outer circumference of the center part, and a reinforcing part having a belt shape formed along the joint part and crossing over a lower surface of the annular part and a lower surface of the center part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the annular part and the center part are formed in a non-point symmetrical shape with respect to a center of the cymbal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the outer circumference of the center part and the inner circumference of the annular part are intermittently connected by the first connecting part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the center part is formed in a cup shape sloping downward toward the outer circumference of the center part in a radial direction of the center part; and the annular part is formed in an annular shape sloping downward toward the outer circumference of the annular part at an angle less steep than that of the center part in a radial direction of the annular part. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The cymbal as claimed in claim 2, comprising: a sensor for detecting a vibration produced by striking the annular part or the center part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The cymbal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connecting part comprises: a joint part for connecting the inner circumference of the annular part and the outer circumference of the center part, and a reinforcing part having a belt shape formed along the joint part and crossing over a lower surface of the annular part and a lower surface of the center part. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cymbal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the annular part and the center part are formed in a non-point symmetrical shape with respect to a center of the cymbal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The cymbal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer circumference of the center part and the inner circumference of the annular part are intermittently connected by the first connecting part. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The cymbal as claimed in claim 1, comprising: a sensor for detecting a vibration produced by striking the annular part or the center part. ### Claim 16 A method for manufacturing a cymbal, comprising: dividing an acoustic cymbal into an annular part having an annular shape and a center part located at an inner circumference of the annular part, and connecting the inner circumference of the annular part and an outer circumference of the center part by a first connecting part including an elastic material, wherein, the center part is formed in a cup shape sloping downward toward the outer circumference of the center part in a radial direction of the center part; and the annular part is formed in an annular shape sloping downward toward an outer circumference of the annular part at an angle less steep than that of the center part in a radial direction of the annular part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method for manufacturing the cymbal as claimed in claim 16, comprising: forming a slit extended from the inner circumference of the annular part to an outer circumference of the annular part and dividing the annular part to form two ends of the annular part facing each other, and connecting the two ends of the annular part facing each other with the slit therebetween by a second connecting part that includes an elastic material.