Drum

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9959849-B2
Application number	US-201515329836-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2015
Priority date	Sep 16, 2014
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A drum, including: a shell; at least one head; and a vibration damping portion including at least one of (a) an outer-surface facing surface which is disposed in substantially parallel with and is closely opposed to an outer surface of an outer peripheral portion of the at least one head without contacting the outer surface and (b) an inner-surface facing surface which is disposed in substantially parallel with and is closely opposed to an inner surface of the outer peripheral portion of the at least one head without contacting the inner surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drum comprising:
a shell;
at least one head having an outer peripheral portion with an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface;
a first vibration damping portion including an outer-surface facing surface disposed substantially parallel with and closely opposed to the outer surface of the at least one head without any member contacting both the outer-surface facing surface and the outer surface; and
a second vibration damping portion including an inner-surface facing surface disposed substantially parallel with and opposed to the inner surface of the at least one head without interposing any member contacting both the inner-surface facing surface and the inner surface.

2. The drum according to claim 1 , wherein
one of the at least one head is a resonance head, and
the first or second vibration damping portion is provided for the outer peripheral portion of the resonance head.

3. The drum according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an attachment provided on the shell for attaching a snare wire,
wherein the second vibration damping portion is provided for the resonance head and is located in a region of the resonance head in its circumferential direction, which region does not include a position of the snare wire in a state where the snare wire is attached to the attachment.

4. The drum according to claim 1 , wherein:
one of the at least one head is a batter head, and
the first or second vibration damping portion is provided for the outer peripheral portion of the batter head.

5. The drum according to claim 1 , wherein:
the shell includes an opening at one end portion thereof and a bent portion provided at the one end portion,
the inner-surface facing surface is provided at the bent portion of the shell.

6. The drum according to claim 1 , wherein the first or second vibration damping portion has a continuous or intermittent substantially annular shape in a plan view.

7. The drum according to claim 1 , wherein the inner-surface facing surface of the second vibration damping portion is opposed to the inner surface of the outer peripheral portion of the at least one head at a position located radially inward of a distal end of an opening portion of the shell that defines an opening of the shell.

8. A drum comprising:
a shell;
at least one head having an outer peripheral portion with an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface;
a first vibration damping portion including an outer-surface facing surface disposed substantially parallel with and closely opposed to the outer surface of the at least one head without contacting the outer surface;
a second vibration damping portion including an inner-surface facing surface disposed substantially parallel with and opposed to the inner surface of the at least one head without contacting the inner surface; and
a support member supporting each of the first and second vibration damping portions at a supporting position that is disposed spaced from the least one head.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Abe Banri
• Hashimoto Ryuji
• Miyazaki Keita

Classifications

• G10D13/18

  Snares; Snare-strainers · CPC title

• G10D13/02

  Drums; Tambourines with drumheads · CPC title

• G10D13/14 Primary

  Mutes or dampers · CPC title

• G10D13/022 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G10D13/025

  Physics · mapped topic