Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keyboard device
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Application No.: US17784108Application Date: 2019-12-18
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Publication No.: US11776511B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Yukihide Takata , Hitoshi Sato , Masaki Kasubuchi , Mutsuo Sawada
- Applicant: Roland Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka
- Assignee: Roland Corporation
- Current Assignee: Roland Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/049591 2019.12.18
- International Announcement: WO2021/124476A 2021.06.24
- Date entered country: 2022-06-10
- Main IPC: G10C3/16
- IPC: G10C3/16 ; G06F3/023 ; G10C3/12

Abstract:
Provided is a keyboard device that can suppress a reduction in the operability of a key. A rear guiding member comprises a pair of guiding surfaces that, in a side view of a key, face forward and rearward and are formed along an arc that is convex toward the front. The key comprises a pair of sliding surfaces that slide against the pair of guiding surfaces. Due to this sliding of the guiding surfaces and the sliding surfaces, rotation of the key can be guided while displacement of the key in the front-rear direction is regulated. Consequently, because forward and rearward displacement of the key during key pressing can be suppressed, a reduction in operability (feeling of touch) during pressing of the key can be suppressed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230016374A1 KEYBOARD DEVICE Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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