A recent post about the Venova™ wind instrument reminded me about a few patent applications from last summer.
In addition to technology patents, Yamaha have been actively filing for and obtaining design patents on the physical industrial design of their products. Here are a half-dozen recently awarded design patents:
- US D837,282: VKB-100 Vocaloid™ keytar
- US D831,003: Yamaha Sessioncake mixer
- US D826,316: Venova
- US D826,315: Genos™
- US D823,375: Venova
- US D792,921: Montage™
When I first saw the Venova, I thought, “Man, that looks like the physical manifestation of a virtual VL wind instrument.” Yamaha filed two patent applications for both the Venova and a close cousin: US Patent Application 2018/0254026 and 2018/0190245. If you’re interested in the gory details about the Venova design, dig in.
Ah, physics.
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