Stringed instrument pickup with multiple coils

• US 10,446,130 B1
• Filed: 08/08/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
• Inventors: Shaw, Timothy P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren, David S
• Application Number:
  US16/057,964
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: 84726, 84725
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/511 Stacked, i.e. one coil on top of the other
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/515 Staggered, i.e. two coils side by side
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 3/143 characterised by the use of a piezoelectric or magneto-strictive transducer
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 3/181 Details of pick-up assemblies
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 3/182 using two or more pick-up means for each string
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/28 Coils; Windings; Conductive connections
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/325 Coil bobbins formers for coils in general H01F5/02
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 5/02 wound on non-magnetic supports, e.g. formers

Abstract

A stringed instrument pickup with multiple selectable coils has at least a bobbin body supporting at least one pole piece, a first coil, and a second coil. The first coil may continuously extend between a first terminal of the bobbin body and a second terminal of the bobbin body while the second coil continuously extends from the second terminal to a third terminal of the bobbin body.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a bobbin body supporting at least one pole piece, a first coil, and a second coil, the first coil continuously extending between a first terminal of the bobbin body and a second terminal of the bobbin body, the second coil continuously extending from the second terminal to a third terminal of the bobbin body, each terminal of the bobbin body being physically selectable individually, each coil being individually selectable, the first coil concentrically contacting the second coil, the second coil separated from the bobbin body by the first coil.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bobbin body is mounted on a body of a stringed instrument.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one pole piece is positioned proximal to, separated from, and vertically aligned with a string of a stringed instrument.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each coil comprises a single electrically conducive wire wrapped around the bobbin body.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first coil is wrapped around the bobbin body a different number of times than the second coil.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first coil has a different electrical impedance than the second coil.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first coil comprises a first material and the second coil comprises a second material, the first and second materials being different.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first coil comprises a first wire having a first gauge and the second coil comprises a second wire having a second gauge, the first and second gauges being different.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first coil comprises a first wire and the second coil comprises a second wire, the first wire having a different length than the second wire.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each terminal is integrated into the bobbin body.

11. A pickup comprising:

a first bobbin body supporting a first pole piece, a first coil, and a second coil, the first coil continuously extending between a first bobbin terminal of the bobbin body and a second bobbin terminal of the first bobbin body, the second coil continuously extending from the second bobbin terminal to a third bobbin terminal of the first bobbin body, each terminal of the bobbin body being physically selectable individually, each coil being individually selectable, the first coil concentrically contacting the second coil, the first coil separated from the first bobbin body by the first coil;

a second bobbin body supporting a second pole piece and a third coil, the third coil continuously extending from a first bobbin terminal of the second bobbin body to a second bobbin terminal of the second bobbin body; and

a baseplate attached to the first bobbin body and the second bobbin body to position the first pole piece and second pole piece in vertical alignment with a string.

12. The pickup of claim 11, wherein a magnet extends between the first bobbin body and the second bobbin body.

13. The pickup of claim 11, wherein the respective bobbin terminals are each attached to separate electrical interconnections.

14. The pickup of claim 13, wherein the separate electrical interconnections are secured in place by at least one support of the baseplate.

15. The pickup of claim 11, wherein the respective bobbin terminals electrically contact corresponding plate terminals of the baseplate.

16. The pickup of claim 11, wherein the first coil and the third coil have matching electrical impedances.

17. The pickup of claim 16, wherein the first and second coils are connected in series and have an aggregate electrical impedance that differs from the electrical impedance of the third coil.

18. A system comprising:

a bobbin body supporting a plurality of pole pieces in vertical alignment with a plurality of strings;

a first coil continuously extending from a first terminal of the bobbin body to a second terminal of the bobbin body;

a second coil concentrically wound atop the first coil, the second coil separated from the bobbin body by the first coil, the second coil continuously extending from the second terminal to a third terminal of the bobbin body;

a third coil continuously extending from a fourth terminal of the bobbin body to a fifth terminal of the bobbin body, each terminal of the bobbin body being physically selectable individually, each coil being individually selectable.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first coil and second coil are connected in series via the second terminal.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the third coil is connected in parallel with the first coil.