US 12,254,856 B1
Electronic hi-hat cymbal
David Simmons, Suffolk (GB); and Jeffrey R. Laity, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to Guitar Center, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed by Guitar Center, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/887,796.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/563,633, filed on Mar. 11, 2024.
Int. Cl. G10H 3/26 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 3/26 (2013.01) [G10H 2230/331 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic hi-hat cymbal, comprising:
a vertical cymbal stand;
a stationary housing mounted at an upper end of the stand;
a foot pedal mounted to a lower end of the stand configured to be depressed by a user's foot and having a return spring, the foot pedal being connected to a vertical rod that extends up through a bore in the stand to an upper portion positioned above the stationary housing;
a movable housing mounted to the upper portion of the rod wherein vertical movement of the rod causes the movable housing to move adjacent to the stationary housing, and the movable housing moves upward from a down position limited by impact between the movable housing and the stationary housing;
wherein one of the movable housing and stationary housing has a permanent magnet thereon with opposite poles vertically spaced apart and the other of the movable housing and stationary housing has a Hall effect sensor thereon configured to generate an electronic signal, with the magnet and Hall effect sensor being aligned so as to reciprocate vertically alongside each other when the foot pedal is depressed;
a return spring positioned to bias the movable housing upward;
a simulated cymbal mounted to a top end of the rod that moves vertically with the movable housing; and
at least one additional electronic positioning sensor that generates an electronic signal upon impact between the movable housing and the stationary housing.