Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keyboard device
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Application No.: US16570002Application Date: 2019-09-13
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Publication No.: US11017753B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Shunsuke Ichiki
- Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-050897 20170316
- Main IPC: G10H1/34
- IPC: G10H1/34 ; G10C3/12

Abstract:
A keyboard device includes: a frame; a plurality of keys including a first key and a second key, the plurality of keys rotating around the frame; and a plurality of guides for restricting an operation of each of the plurality of keys, at positions different in a vertical direction, each of the plurality of guides including a first member that is softer than the frame and the plurality of keys, and a second member that is harder than the first member, wherein each of the plurality of guides is in a first state where a corresponding one of the keys comes into contact with the first member, or in a second state where the corresponding one of the keys comes into contact with the second member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200005749A1 KEYBOARD DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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