Patents
US 10229664 B2: Voltage controlled oscillator with variable core for electronic musical instrument and related methods
- Granted
- 2019-03-12
- Filed
- 2015-01-23 application 15111641
- Type
- Utility · 22 claims
- Elsewhere
- Google Patents ↗ · USPTO patent document ↗ · USPTO Patent Center record ↗
Abstract
A signal generator for a musical instrument includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) comprising a control voltage input and a VCO output. The control voltage input controls a frequency of the VCO output. A controller is configured to control the voltage-controlled oscillator by inputting a sequence of analog control voltages from a plurality of preloaded control voltage inputs.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg190312.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moog Music, Inc. 1 patents | US company or organization | Asheville, NC | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyril Lance | Chapel Hill, NC | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Lee Ashton | Taylorsville, NC | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G10H | Electrophonic musical instruments; instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means or electronic generators, or in which the tones are synthesised from a data store | G10H5/002 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-11 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | INMUSIC MMI ACQUISITION LLC signed 2023-06-09 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. PROVIDENCE, RI | 64210/740 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-06-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MOOG MUSIC, INC. signed 2023-06-18 | INMUSIC MMI ACQUISITION LLC. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL | 64092/361 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2018-12-05 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ASHTON, MICHAEL signed 2018-12-04 | MOOG MUSIC, INC. ASHEVILLE, NC | 47677/466 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2018-05-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LANCE, CYRIL signed 2018-03-20 | MOOG MUSIC, INC. ASHEVILLE, NC | 45693/744 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.