G10H 2220/265
Key design details
Official title: Key design details; Special characteristics of individual keys of a keyboard; Key-like musical input devices, e.g. finger sensors, pedals, potentiometers, selectors
G10H2220/265 (Key design details) appears on 471 US grants and 547 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G10H 2220/275Switching mechanism or sensor details of individual keysIndexing code227
- G10H 2220/311With controlled tactile or haptic feedback effectIndexing code112
- G10H 2220/305Using a light beam to detect key, pedal or note actuationIndexing code99
- G10H 2220/271Velocity sensing for individual keysIndexing code40
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- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301714 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Key for keyboard device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301721 A1Yamaha Corporation
- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301722 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device and keyboard device assembly method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290295 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Dynamic Pedal and Display17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279318 A1Prophet Productions, LLC
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By later US patents
- Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback245US 6,703,550 B2Immersion Corporation · 2004
- Constantly changing polyphonic pitch controller135US 4,794,838 A1989
- 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
- Electronic stringed musical instrument91US 6,191,350 B1The Guitron Corporation · 2001
- Sound data output and manipulation using haptic feedback87US 7,208,671 B2Immersion Corporation · 2007