公开(公告)号：US20190392787A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16445266

申请日：2019-06-19

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hirokazu TANIGUCHI ,  Akihito AKAISHI ,  Akihisa HOSHINO

IPC: G10C3/12

Abstract: A keyboard instrument including a plurality of keys and a keyboard chassis, in which each key has a shaft or a shaft hole provided on one end side thereof. The keyboard chassis is provided with shafts when the plurality of keys has shaft holes, and is provided with shaft holes when the plurality of keys has shafts. This keyboard chassis supports the plurality of keys by the shafts being arranged in the shaft holes. Also, first spaces and second spaces are formed between an inner surface of the shaft hole and the shaft. The first spaces are positioned in a vertical direction of the key, and the second spaces are positioned in a longitudinal direction of the key. In addition, the second spaces are larger than the first spaces.

公开(公告)号：US20200043446A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16532325

申请日：2019-08-05

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Akihito AKAISHI ,  Hirokazu TANIGUCHI

IPC: G10C3/18 ,  G10C3/23

Abstract: A keyboard instrument including a hammer unit which includes a plurality of hammer members each of which has an effort point provided on one end side, a load point provided on an other end side, and a fulcrum provided between the effort point and the load point, and a hammer holder which rotatably holds the plurality of hammer members, and a keyboard chassis which includes a restriction member for restricting rotations of the plurality of hammer members performed in response to key depression operations within a restriction range and in which the hammer unit is mounted, in which the hammer holder has a plurality of contact points on the effort point side which comes in contact with portions of the plurality of hammer members on the effort point side when the hammer unit is in a vertically inverted state.