US 12,293,747 B2
Musical instrument
Yasuhito Ishihara, Hamamatsu (JP); Jun Ishii, Hamamatsu (JP); and Hidehisa Yasuno, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,158.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-115782 (JP), filed on Jul. 13, 2021; and application No. 2022-101776 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026122 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G10H 1/045 (2006.01); G10D 1/08 (2006.01); G10H 3/14 (2006.01); G10H 3/18 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 1/045 (2013.01) [G10D 1/08 (2013.01); G10H 3/146 (2013.01); G10H 3/181 (2013.01); G10H 3/185 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A musical instrument comprising:
an acoustic portion that makes sound in response to vibration;
an exciter that includes an exciter body and a vibrating portion configured to vibrate with respect to the exciter body and configured to excite the acoustic portion; and
a support portion that is attached to the acoustic portion and supports the exciter body such that vibration is transmitted from the vibrating portion to the acoustic portion, wherein
the support portion supports the exciter body such that the exciter body is elastically displaced with respect to the acoustic portion,
the support portion includes a support leg extending from the acoustic portion and a bracket fixed to the support leg and to the exciter body, and
a rigidity of the bracket fixed to the support leg and to the exciter body and is less than a rigidity of the support leg extending from the acoustic portion.