US Patent Issued to YAMAHA on Jan. 27 for "Sound bar and percussion instrument" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,982, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to YAMAHA Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Sound bar and percussion instrument" was invented by Ichiro Osuga (Hamamatsu, Japan), Ayumi Irisa (Hamamatsu, Japan), Kazuki Soga (Hamamatsu, Japan), Junnosuke Kaseda (Hamamatsu, Japan), Hisaaki Mukai (Hamamatsu, Japan), Eri Hirai (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yuichi Tadano (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound bar includes an elongated member having a striking surface having an elongated shape. A weight of a striking surface side area of the elongated member, per unit volume of the striking surface side area of the elongated member, changes along a...