Keyboard apparatus and key guiding method

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PATENT NO 11538444
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17509052

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Provided is a keyboard apparatus including: a key, displaced about a key axis and having a cavity opening downward formed therein; and a guide member, having a guide inserted into the cavity of the key and guiding displacement of the key by contact between a guided surface of the key and the guide. The key includes a stopper formed within the cavity. The stopper includes a base connected to the key and extending downward, and a hook formed on a lower end side of the base and displaced in a position vertically side by side with the key axis. The guide includes a recess formed on a rear surface of the guide, and the hook is inserted into the recess. The hook is formed in a position overlapping the guided surface or a position vertically side by side with the guided surface in a left-right view of the key.

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ROLAND CORPORATION2036-1 NAKAGAWA HOSOE-CHO KITA-KU HAMAMATSU SHIZUOKA 431-1304

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kasubuchi, Masaki Shizuoka, JP 3 2
Sato, Hitoshi Shizuoka, JP 212 4018
Sawada, Mutsuo Shizuoka, JP 10 15

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