Keyboard device and keyboard instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9495940
APP PUB NO 20150269914A1
SERIAL NO

14657982

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A keyboard device including a plurality of wippens that respectively rotate in the vertical direction in response to the respective depressions of the plurality of keys aligned alongside each other, a plurality of hammers that swing in response to the respective rotation of the plurality of wippens and then respectively add an action load to the plurality of keys, and a wippen holding member having a plurality of wippen flanges that are integrally formed along a direction in which the keys are aligned and that rotatably hold the respective plurality of wippens. Therefore, the plurality of wippen flanges do not need to be individually manufactured and assembled, and thus the plurality of wippen flanges can be easily disposed at once by just installing the wippen holding member.

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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
Hoshino, Akihisa Tokyo, JP 11 55
Taniguchi, Hirokazu Tokyo, JP 64 497

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