Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key of keyboard instrument
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Application No.: US15247757Application Date: 2016-08-25
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Publication No.: US10347224B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Masahiko Iwase
- Applicant: KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka-Ken
- Assignee: KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
- Current Assignee: KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka-Ken
- Agency: Ferguson Case Orr Paterson
- Priority: JP2015-169459 20150828; JP2015-169460 20150828
- Main IPC: G10C3/12
- IPC: G10C3/12 ; G10H1/34

Abstract:
A key in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a key body, a hook, a weight, and a stopper. When the weight is accommodated in a hole of the key body, the weight is supported inside of the hole at least at the following two points: a point α where the stopper is caught on the hook; and a point γ where the weight abuts on a wall surface of the hole, when the weight is rotated about the point α.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170061938A1 KEY OF KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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