G10H 1/346
Keys with an arrangement for simulating the feeling of a piano key
Official title: {Keys with an arrangement for simulating the feeling of a piano key, e.g. using counterweights, springs, cams}
G10H1/346 (Keys with an arrangement for simulating the feeling of a piano key) appears on 287 US grants and 291 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301714 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
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- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301723 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device for keyboard instrument and key for keyboard device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260639 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device for keyboard instrument13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237369 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular retroactive keyboard and a flat modular actuator123US 5,107,262 AMinistere de la Culture, de la Communication, des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire · 1992
- Adjustable keyboard apparatus and method66US 6,930,234 B22005
- 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
- Active touch keyboard53US 4,899,631 A1990
- Keyboard musical instrument equipped with small simple economical key touch generator46US 5,977,466 AYamaha Corporation · 1999