Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pedal apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 踏板装置
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Application No.: US13151214Application Date: 2011-06-01
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Publication No.: US08373052B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Kiyoshi Yoshino
- Applicant: Kiyoshi Yoshino
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Assignee: Roland Corporation
- Current Assignee: Roland Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2010-176471 20100805
- Main IPC: G10D13/02
- IPC: G10D13/02

Abstract:
A pedal apparatus that suppress the generation of acoustic sound at the time of operation includes a belt member made of an elastic material linked to an upright section of a main body section and a belt fastening section of a pedal. When the pedal is stepped on by a performer, the belt member is tensioned from a relaxed state and displaced to a linear form while being subjected to elastic deformation. When the pedal is further stepped on from that state, the displacement of the pedal is limited by the tensile force of the belt member. Accordingly, the generation of the striking sound that would otherwise be produced due to the impacting of bodies against each other to limit the pedal displacement can be avoided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120031253A1 Pedal Apparatus Public/Granted day:2012-02-09
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