US Patent Issued to Roland on Sept. 2 for "Electronic hi-hat and operating method of electronic hi-hat" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,642, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Roland Corp. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Electronic hi-hat and operating method of electronic hi-hat" was invented by Yutaka Morita (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides an electronic hi-hat and an operating method of the electronic hi-hat that can improve the feeling at the time of hitting. Since an edge portion of a bottom frame is formed in a flat plate shape, the weight of an outer edge portion of the bottom frame can be reduced. As a result, even if a hit top cymbal comes into contact with the bottom frame, the weight of the outer edge portion of the bottom frame ...