Key unit and keyboard instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10482851
APP PUB NO 20190096370A1
SERIAL NO

16136214

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A keyboard instrument includes a plurality of key blocks, and an instrument case. Each key block includes, a plurality of key main bodies, an area of the top surface abutting one edge side of the key main body in a longitudinal direction is pressed by a user; a plurality of connecting sections, the connecting section is deformed in response to be pressed by the user; and a supporting section which supports the plurality of key main bodies as one key block through the plurality of connecting sections. The plurality of supporting sections included in the plurality of key blocks are piled up in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction in the instrument case. The plurality of connecting sections included in one key block and the plurality of connecting sections included in another key block are overlapped each other in the instrument case.

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CASIO COMPUTER CO LTDJAPAN'S TOKYO SHIBUYA DISTRICT OF THE TOWN 1 CHOME 6 NO 2 TOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kuno, Toshiya Hamura, JP 21 105
Nishimura, Yuichi Saitama, JP 33 145
Taniguchi, Hirokazu Tachikawa, JP 64 497

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