Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weight for key and key for keyboard musical instrument
- Patent Title (中): 钥匙重量和键盘乐器键
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Application No.: US14569195Application Date: 2014-12-12
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Publication No.: US09361861B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Masahiko Iwase
- Applicant: KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Agency: Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Philpott
- Priority: JP2013-258127 20131213
- Main IPC: G10C3/12
- IPC: G10C3/12 ; G10H3/20

Abstract:
A weight for a key of a keyboard musical instrument that is to be inserted and secured in an attachment space, provided to the key, is provided. The weight includes: a weight body portion; and a corrugated portion, disposed in at least one portion of a lateral surface of the weight body portion, the lateral surface being located around an axis extending in an inserting direction of the weight body portion into the attachment space, the corrugated portion including a plurality of corrugations aligned in the inserting direction. The weight body portion and the corrugated portion are made of an elastic material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150170619A1 WEIGHT FOR KEY AND KEY FOR KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2015-06-18
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