Guitar Neck Angle Adjustment Mechanism for Environmental Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Guitars face issues with neck angle adjustments due to environmental changes like temperature and humidity, leading to changes in the spacing between the fingerboard and strings, which can render the instrument unplayable even when well-tuned.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a support block, reinforcing plate, adjustment device, and fixing device allows for easy adjustment of the neck angle by rotating the neck about a fixed point, maintaining optimal spacing and preventing fret movement, thus sustaining tone and impact resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the neck angle is fixed, then the guitar structure is simple and stable, but the spacing between fingerboard and strings changes under environmental variations making the guitar unplayable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the fixed neck angle into an adjustable one. The neck angle adjustment mechanism allows the neck to rotate relative to the body, enabling dynamic adaptation to environmental changes in temperature and humidity that affect fingerboard spacing and string tension.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the guitar into adjustable segments - specifically, the neck is made separable from the body through the angle adjustment mechanism. This allows independent movement of the neck portion to compensate for environmental variations while maintaining the overall structural integrity of the guitar.
2Reliability
If the neck angle is adjustable, then the spacing between fingerboard and strings can be maintained, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism enables dynamic modification of the neck angle to maintain optimal playing conditions under varying environmental conditions, ensuring reliable performance while providing a controlled method for angle adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary adjustment mechanism between the neck and body that mediates the relationship between these components. This intermediate mechanism allows for controlled angle adjustment without directly altering the fundamental connection between neck and body, thereby maintaining structural stability while enabling adaptability.
3Strength
If the neck is fixed rigidly, then the structure is stable and simple, but impact resistance and tone sustainability are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by replacing rigid fixed connections with a controlled adjustable mechanism. The neck can be adjusted to optimal angles and then secured, providing both the stability needed for impact resistance and the adaptability to maintain tone sustainability under varying conditions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus enables convenient adjustment of neck angle to maintain optimal guitar performance across varying climates, ensuring consistent tone and ease of assembly/disassembly, while withstanding impacts.
Implementation Method 1
an adjustment bolt inserted into an adjustment hole formed from the bottom of the support block to the reinforcing plate and a thread portion formed in the adjustment hole of the central plate of the reinforcing plate so as to be thread-fastened with the adjustment bolt
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an apparatus for adjusting a neck angle of a guitar. The apparatus comprises a support block having a receiving groove into which the neck is inserted. The support block is installed inside a lateral plate. A reinforcing plate is installed at bottom of the receiving groove of the support block. The reinforcing plate includes a central plate, a fixed plate fixed to a front face of the support block, and a guide plate guiding rotating of the neck. An adjustment device includes an adjustment bolt inserted into an adjustment hole and a thread portion formed in the adjustment hole of the central plate of the reinforcing plate so as to be thread-fastened with the adjustment bolt. A fixing device includes a fixing bolt inserted into a fixing hole and a fixing nut fixed inside the neck body and thread-fastened with the fixing bolt.