ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,478, issued on May 27, was assigned to TECHNOLOGY CONNECTIONS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD (New South Wales, Australia).
"Vibrato control mechanism" was invented by Peter Walker (North Ryde, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrato control device for a guitar, including a body, a rotation mechanism within the body having an axis, and an arm connected to the body so as to allow rotation of the arm relative to the body about the axis. The arm is oriented so as to rotate generally parallel to the side of the body. The arm has particular application to a mechanically operated but electronically sensed vibrato control device."
The pat...