G10C 3/18
Hammers
G10C3/18 (Hammers) appears on 117 US grants and 94 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10C- Granted patents
- 117
- Published applications
- 94
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 145
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Piano including drop action30 Jun 2026US 12,670,887 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Hybrid acoustic piano5 May 2026US 12,620,372 B2
- Keyboard instrument30 Dec 2025US 12,512,085 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Hammer device for keyboard instrument18 Nov 2025US 12,475,865 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Elliptical silicone roller for grand piano action with customized durometer reading12 Sep 2023US 11,756,513 B1
- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301716 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301723 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Rail component of keyboard instrument and cap member for the rail component6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229201 A1Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Keyboard device for keyboard instrument23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112336 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device for keyboard instrument2 Oct 2025US 2025/0308485 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inner force sense controller for providing variable force to multidirectional moving object, method of controlling inner force sense and information storage medium used therein57US 5,952,806 AYamaha Corporation · 1999
- Keyboard instrument with touch responsive display unit39US 6,084,167 AYamaha Corporation · 2000
- Hammering operation control unit of piano accompanied with automatic performance function34US 4,970,928 AYamaha Corporation · 1990
- Muffler mechanism for a piano22US 4,633,753 ANippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Method and apparatus for altering actuator drive in a reproducing piano18US 4,593,592 AKimball International, Inc. · 1986