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US 2019/0156805 A1Published application
Keyboard apparatus
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsKento OGAWA, Shunsuke ICHIKI
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Abstract
A keyboard apparatus includes: a key disposed so as to be pivotable with respect to a frame; a first member, an elastic member being disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the first member; a second member configured to be moved on the elastic member while elastically deforming the elastic member in response to pivotal movement of the key; and a hammer assembly connected to the key via the first member and the second member so as to pivot in response to pivotal movement of the key.
Claims18
A keyboard apparatus, comprising:
- a key disposed so as to be pivotable with respect to a frame;
- a first member, an elastic member being disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the first member;
- a second member configured to be moved on the elastic member while elastically deforming the elastic member in response to pivotal movement of the key;
- and
- a hammer assembly connected to the key via the first member and the second member so as to pivot in response to pivotal movement of the key.
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A keyboard apparatus, comprising:
- a key disposed so as to be pivotable with respect to a frame;
- a first member, an elastic member being disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the first member;
- a second member configured to be moved in contact with the elastic member and elastically deformed less easily than the elastic member;
- and
- a hammer assembly connected to the key via the first member and the second member so as to pivot in response to pivotal movement of the key.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.