Moving coil type phonograph pickup cartridge

Claim 1

A moving coil type phonograph pickup cartridge comprising: a stylus assembly comprising; a cantilever arm, a stylus provided at the foremost end of said cantilever arm, an armature having two leg portions which extend obliquely and upwardly with a right angle to each other, said armature being provided with the rear end of said cantilever arm which is secured to a crossing point of virtual center lines of said two leg portions, coils Wound around respective of said two leg portions, two yoke member located so as to form an air gap between the opposed end surfaces thereof, a damping member attached of its both surfaces to the rear surface of said armature and to the end surface of one of said yoke members so that the leg portions of said armature are located in said air gap formed between the yoke members, a housing for accommodating said yoke members, said damping member and said armature, said cantilever arm extending through said housing and substantially extending of its virtual axis through said armature, said damping member and a part of said one yoke member, and terminals provided at the housing and electrically connected to said coils; a magnet assembly comprising; a housing, a permanent magnet accommodated in said housing and exposing the magnetic poles thereof at the lower surface, and terminals provided in said housing for being connected with the terminals of said stylus assembly and with terminals of a pickup arm, said permanent magnet being positioned in the housing so that the permanent magnet forms a magnetic circuit in said yoke members passing through said air gap when the stylus assembly is connected to the magnet assembly by connecting of the terminals of the stylus assembly with the terminals of the magnet assembly.