William B Hudak from 210 Skinner Ln, Hebron, CT 06248, age 74, Phone: (860)2283877

Us Patents

Stringed Musical Instrument Body And Neck Assembly
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US Patent:

6372970, Apr 16, 2002
Filed:

May 19, 2000
Appl. No.:

09/575320
Inventors:

Nicholas Ladutko - Simsbury CT
Donald M. Johnson - Sandisfield MA
Frank I. Untermyer - Weatogue CT
William P. Vassilopoulos - Westfield MA
Clifford Gunsallus - North Canton CT
William Hudak - Hebron CT
Assignee:

Kaman Music Corporation - Bloomfield CT
International Classification:

G10D 300
US Classification:

84293, 84290, 84291
Abstract:

An acoustical stringed instrument includes a body, which has a top member having a generally flat forward part. The body also has a back member which includes a side wall with an upper section and a lower section and an inner side wall surface generally perpendicular to the forward part of the top member. A neck member of the instrument has an elongated upper portion extending upwardly from the upper section of the body side wall. Additionally, the neck member has an elongated lower portion extending through the interior of the body between the upper section and the lower section of the side wall and spaced rearwardly of the forward part of the top member. The elongated lower neck portion has an upper mounting means fixed to the inner side wall surface at the upper section of the body side wall, and a lower mounting means fixed to the inner side wall surface at the lower section of the body side wall.

System And Method For The Creation And Playback Of Animated, Interpretive, Musical Notation And Audio Synchronized With The Recorded Performance Of An Original Artist
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US Patent:

7423214, Sep 9, 2008
Filed:

Mar 18, 2005
Appl. No.:

11/084548
Inventors:

Brian Reynolds - Hopewell, JM
William B. Hudak - Hebron CT, US
Assignee:

Family Systems, Ltd. - Douglas, Isle of Man
International Classification:

G10H 7/00
US Classification:

84612, 84601, 84603, 84609, 84626
Abstract:

A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience.

Systems And Methods For The Creation And Playback Of Animated, Interpretive, Musical Notation And Audio Synchronized With The Recorded Performance Of An Original Artist
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US Patent:

7851689, Dec 14, 2010
Filed:

Mar 16, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/405013
Inventors:

Brian Reynolds - Hopewell, JM
William B. Hudak - Hebron CT, US
Assignee:

Family Systems, Ltd. - Douglas, Isle of Man
International Classification:

G10H 1/36
US Classification:

84610, 84609, 84634, 84649, 84650, 84666
Abstract:

A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience.

Systems And Methods For The Creation And Playback Of Animated, Interpretive, Musical Notation And Audio Synchronized With The Recorded Performance Of An Original Artist
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US Patent:

8633368, Jan 21, 2014
Filed:

Mar 13, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/404155
Inventors:

Brian Reynolds - Hopewell, JM
William B. Hudak - Hebron CT, US
Assignee:

Family Systems, Ltd. - Douglas
International Classification:

G10H 1/36
US Classification:

84610, 84609, 84612, 84634, 84649, 84650, 84652, 84666, 84477 R
Abstract:

A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience.

Systems And Methods For The Creation And Playback Of Animated, Interpretive, Musical Notation And Audio Synchronized With The Recorded Performance Of An Original Artist
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US Patent:

8637757, Jan 28, 2014
Filed:

Aug 8, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/188700
Inventors:

Brian Reynolds - Hopewell, GB
William B. Hudak - Hebron CT, US
Assignee:

Family Systems, Ltd. - Douglas
International Classification:

A63H 5/00
G04B 13/00
US Classification:

84609, 84610, 84612, 84634, 84636, 84649, 84650, 84652, 84666, 84668
Abstract:

A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience.

Stringed Musical Instrument Top Member
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US Patent:

62947184, Sep 25, 2001
Filed:

May 19, 2000
Appl. No.:

9/574356
Inventors:

Robert H. Saunders - Glastonbury CT
Nicholas Ladutko - Simsbury CT
Donald M. Johnson - Sandisfield MA
Frank I. Untermyer - Weatogue CT
William P. Vassilopoulos - Westfield MA
Clifford Gunsallus - North Canton CT
William Hudak - Hebron CT
Assignee:

Kaman Music Corporation - Bloomfield CT
International Classification:

G10D 300
US Classification:

84291
Abstract:

A top member for the body of an acoustical stringed instrument includes a forward part having an interior portion spaced inwardly from the side wall of the body after the top member has been assembled to the body, the interior portion having a pair of composite material layers with a core layer bonded therebetween. The forward part further has a core free flex edge portion which borders the outer periphery of the interior portion, and is made by having the pair of composite material layers bonded in contact with each other. A skirt projects rearwardly from the rear surface of the flex edge portion and extends along the edge of the flex edge portion. When its top member is assembled with the body, the skirt slidably fits over the sidewall of the body.

Proximity Sensitive Control Circuit For Electrical Musical Instrument
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US Patent:

57315353, Mar 24, 1998
Filed:

Jan 14, 1997
Appl. No.:

8/782986
Inventors:

William B. Hudak - Hebron CT
Assignee:

Kaman Music Corporation - Bloomfield CT
International Classification:

G10H 310
G10H 314
US Classification:

84733
Abstract:

A control circuit for use with a guitar or other musical instrument having an electromechanical pickup for converting natural vibrations of the instrument into electrical signals amplified or otherwise conditioned by a sound system to produce a derivative sound, controls a given parameter, such as the loudness or intensity, of the derivative sound and includes one or more pads of electrically conductive material fixed to the instrument and defining one or more discrete areas on the outer surface of the instrument which are sensitive to such discrete areas being touched by or brought into close proximity to a finger, hand or other body part of the performer, thereby allowing the performer to easily and quickly make changes in the given parameter of the derivative sound.

Piezoelectric Bridge-Type Pickup For A Stringed Musical Instrument
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US Patent:

62714570, Aug 7, 2001
Filed:

May 19, 2000
Appl. No.:

9/574983
Inventors:

William Hudak - Hebron CT
Assignee:

Kaman Music Corporation - Bloomfield CT
International Classification:

G10H 318
US Classification:

84731
Abstract:

A bridge type piezoelectric pickup for guitars and other stringed instruments that has a flexible circuit board carrying a pair of transversely polarized piezoelectric crystals for each string, the two crystals of each string being closely spaced from one another along the length of the string and supporting a common saddle resting on both of the crystals and supportingly engaging the associated string.