ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,213, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Gismo Industrie-Holding & Verwaltung AG (Velbert, Germany).
"Musical instrument pickup, correspondingly equipped system, and use of an automotive audio bus (A 2 B) for same" was invented by Michael Eisenmann (Dorsten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A musical instrument pickup, in particular for a plucked string instrument and/or a bowed string instrument. The pickup comprises at least one sensor which is designed to convert soundwaves detected by the sensor into electric signals. The pickup has a digital audio bus interface which is designed to transmit electric signals and supply an el...